The PC is still weak for arcade type games

There are barely any notable fighters, platformers, shmups and other arcade type games comming out on the PC these days. And I also don't see any notable JRPGs, 3rd person shooters and even action adventures comming out on the PC. If they do come, it's mostly cheap ports from the consoles.

And don't say I'm hating on the PC. I'm just telling the truth.

Console orientated genres aren't that widespread on PC, who would have guessed.

In other news, RTS and simulation is still uncommon on consoles.

PC gamers are above this nonsense. 'no manual with empty pages to make notes = not worth their time'

So you mean PC doesn't have tons of console centric games coming out for it? :O

Then again I'm sure the consoles have lots of RTS, simulators, TBS and WRPGS!

Console orientated genres aren't that widespread on PC, who would have guessed.

In other news, RTS and simulation is still uncommon on consoles.

AnnoyedDragon

I don't deny that but if someone's a fighting game fan there is little for him on the PC besides SFIV.

Then again I'm sure the consoles have lots of RTS, simulators, TBS and WRPGS!

Espada12

Actually they're getting more and more of these type of games.

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Console orientated genres aren't that widespread on PC, who would have guessed.

In other news, RTS and simulation is still uncommon on consoles.

nameless12345

I don't deny that but if someone's a fighting game fan there is little for him on the PC besides SFIV.

They would have blazblue as well.

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Console orientated genres aren't that widespread on PC, who would have guessed.

In other news, RTS and simulation is still uncommon on consoles.

nameless12345

I don't deny that but if someone's a fighting game fan there is little for him on the PC besides SFIV.

Which of course works both ways. A fan of PC specific genres wouldn't find much on consoles.

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Console orientated genres aren't that widespread on PC, who would have guessed.

In other news, RTS and simulation is still uncommon on consoles.

AnnoyedDragon

I don't deny that but if someone's a fighting game fan there is little for him on the PC besides SFIV.

Which of course works both ways. A fan of PC specific genres wouldn't find much on consoles.

Well my statement is proof that the PC is not ideal for everyone after all like some here like to say :P

There are barely any notable fighters, platformers, shmups and other arcade type games comming out on the PC these days. And I also don't see any notable JRPGs, 3rd person shooters and even action adventures comming out on the PC. If they do come, it's mostly cheap ports from the consoles.

And don't say I'm hating on the PC. I'm just telling the truth.

nameless12345

Not in the mainstream, yes. Reality though is different.

Arcades, platformers are thriving trough indie devs, with games like Beat Hazard, Chicken Invaders 4, Grid Wars, Machinarium (they are incredibly fun, and lenghty, try them out asap) and others i can't recall at this moment. Don't let them fool you, some are better then your favorite high budget game.

Fightings games were never the domain of the PC, but the fighting genre is small, right now. There haven't ben many fighting games recently exclusively for consoles except like two or three. I'm talking about 2010/2011. Rest have ben ported over here. Including Blazblue. There's also MAME, google it.

But we got mods, and modders. So don't really need anything. We can play a thousand different games, and different genres of games by buying one popular mod friendly game.

There are barely any notable fighters, platformers, shmups and other arcade type games comming out on the PC these days. And I also don't see any notable JRPGs, 3rd person shooters and even action adventures comming out on the PC. If they do come, it's mostly cheap ports from the consoles.

And don't say I'm hating on the PC. I'm just telling the truth.

nameless12345

Well my statement is proof that the PC is not ideal for everyone after all like some here like to say :P

nameless12345

And my comments are proof that consoles are not ideal for everyone, like some people here suggest...

All you are doing is taking things that are equally applicable to both PC and console, and trying to spin them as saying something negative about PC, and only PC.

I really don't think it was worth creating a thread for such a easy to pick apart argument.

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Console orientated genres aren't that widespread on PC, who would have guessed.

In other news, RTS and simulation is still uncommon on consoles.

nameless12345

I don't deny that but if someone's a fighting game fan there is little for him on the PC besides SFIV.

On the other hand if you like simulators then there's not even one this gen consoles. Some arcade-sims there, but even those are extremely extremely rare (like 1 or 2 this gen).

There are barely any notable fighters, platformers, shmups and other arcade type games comming out on the PC these days.

nameless12345

These are not the kind of games pc gamers are exited for.

There are barely any notable fighters, platformers, shmups and other arcade type games comming out on the PC these days. And I also don't see any notable JRPGs, 3rd person shooters and even action adventures comming out on the PC. If they do come, it's mostly cheap ports from the consoles.

And don't say I'm hating on the PC. I'm just telling the truth.

nameless12345

We all know you are a poor console peasants wich loves to bash PC gaming. I however enjoy it and the though of you not being able to get a gaming rig even satisfies me more. Go play on your plastic console lol.

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There are barely any notable fighters, platformers, shmups and other arcade type games comming out on the PC these days. And I also don't see any notable JRPGs, 3rd person shooters and even action adventures comming out on the PC. If they do come, it's mostly cheap ports from the consoles.

And don't say I'm hating on the PC. I'm just telling the truth.

Gauloisess

We all know you are a poor console peasants wich loves to bash PC gaming. I however enjoy it and the though of you not being able to get a gaming rig even satisfies me more. Go play on your plastic console lol.

Wow, what a poor flaming attempt. I guess I should report you to the authorities :P

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There are barely any notable fighters, platformers, shmups and other arcade type games comming out on the PC these days. And I also don't see any notable JRPGs, 3rd person shooters and even action adventures comming out on the PC. If they do come, it's mostly cheap ports from the consoles.

And don't say I'm hating on the PC. I'm just telling the truth.

nameless12345

We all know you are a poor console peasants wich loves to bash PC gaming. I however enjoy it and the though of you not being able to get a gaming rig even satisfies me more. Go play on your plastic console lol.

Wow, what a poor flaming attempt. I guess I should report you to the authorities :P

In fact, I am going to jerk myself very hard off know knowing this. Thank you for making my day. I will think about the fact you're a poor console peasant and make fantasies about it in my head. I already took of my clothes and going to print out all the PC hate threads u made and squirt on it like it's the best Playboy in a thousand years.

Don't see the problem that you're seeing with PC's. I've been playing NEO-GEO games for the longest time on my PC. That includes games like Metal Slug, Last Blade, Samurai Shodown, and King of Fighters.

As for other arcade-y games, we also have awesome platformers like Super Meat Boy, and tons of free puzzle games like Bejeweled and the like that you can easily find right on the Web, unlike the ones you have to pay for on the consoles.

Everyone should know the overall bastions for each platform:

Consoles: Action, Action Adventure, Sports Simulation, Party games, Rythm games.

PC: Adventure, Vehicle Simulation, Management Simulation, Strategy, MMOG.

There are barely any notable fighters, platformers, shmups and other arcade type games comming out on the PC these days. And I also don't see any notable JRPGs, 3rd person shooters and even action adventures comming out on the PC. If they do come, it's mostly cheap ports from the consoles.

And don't say I'm hating on the PC. I'm just telling the truth.

nameless12345

There are barely any notable fighters, platformers, shmups and other arcade type games comming out on the PC these days. And I also don't see any notable JRPGs, 3rd person shooters and even action adventures comming out on the PC. If they do come, it's mostly cheap ports from the consoles.

And don't say I'm hating on the PC. I'm just telling the truth.

nameless12345

It's weak for gaming in general, but great for running a business and making money.TheMoreYouOwn

Is that why PC will get 64 players with battlefield 3 and console Bad Company 3 with again 24 max...

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[QUOTE="Gauloisess"]

We all know you are a poor console peasants wich loves to bash PC gaming. I however enjoy it and the though of you not being able to get a gaming rig even satisfies me more. Go play on your plastic console lol.

Gauloisess

Wow, what a poor flaming attempt. I guess I should report you to the authorities :P

In fact, I am going to jerk myself very hard off know knowing this. Thank you for making my day. I will think about the fact you're a poor console peasant and make fantasies about it in my head. I already took of my clothes and going to print out all the PC hate threads u made and squirt on it like it's the best Playboy in a thousand years.

All you have to do is browse around on steam for a few minutes to know that's false.

PC games usually get better versions of console ports. Case in point: Assassin's Creed 1 and 2. If you neglect the inane DRM, the graphics are eons ahead of what's capable on consoles. It's the same with Dragon Age (designed for the PC, obviously--we're talking about Bioware here). If developers aren't lazy and optimize their ports well, the PC version will always be better than the console version.

Troofs:

this is on my crappy PC with a resolution of 1440x900, all other settings to the max. I'm touting an HIS 4670 1GB DDR3, 4GB RAM, and an Intel Quad Core Duo (in essence, a bad prebuilt HP m9500t with a custom graphics card I bought from a friend for $400). If you can experience this with a low-end gaming PC, computer gaming already wins the battle.

Console orientated genres aren't that widespread on PC, who would have guessed.

In other news, RTS and simulation is still uncommon on consoles.

AnnoyedDragon

Wait.... what do consoles have to do with arcade games?AcidSoldner

Why not read the OP?

PC seems to be getting more of those games due to indie releases. Bit-Trip Runner and Beat released on Steam recently. VVVVVV and NighSky are neat indie platformers (there are more like Gumboy, Gish, The Maw). Not to mention SMB sold the most on PC. Aquaria is one of the best action-adventure games I've played this generation and it's PC exclusive. Recettear, Mark Lueng and Chantlise are exclusive indie JRPG's for the PC. Fighters like BlazBlue and Street Fighter are making their way onto PC. PC also has plenty of Shmups but I can't vouch for their quality (mostly hardcore Japanese ones from knowledge).

All in all I can see the PC is faring better with those 'console genres' than consoles are faring with 'PC genres'.

indie games like nobodies business

There are some doujin fightersAdrianWerner

Melty Blood would be good example.

Arcade games? If you ever went around IndieDB, you'd see a ton.

You also have too look at the Japan front, which in all honesty, have tons.