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The problem? the pc sells itself, its primary use is not exclusive to gaming hence pc hardware makers have no incentives to go into gaming, the pc needs and operating system and thus ms, mac etc. can sell their operating systems without going into gaming (ms wld rather sacrifice pc ports for xbox sales).

You do have some valid points, but this paragraph is a bunch of BS. PC hardware manufacturers have no incentive to get into pc gaming? Where do you think these companies make the biggest profits? PC gaming hardware. They can sell the high end stuff at a high profit margin, they can't do this with with the lower end stuff that is sold to the every day consumer. PC gaming and workstations are the only places they do this, and if they don't go into the gaming market well over 50% of the high end market is gone.

I agree that the OS developers don't give a crap about gaming, but software is not hardware (they are opposites actually)

Its not piracy but its that no companies give a sh** about it. Its the"hey we making this game, might aswell milk it a bit" system. With consoles like xbox and ps there are companies (ms and sony respectively) that benefit from the success of these consoles. Hence money is spent to create exclusives. Are exclusives good for gamers? no. Because you would need multiple consoles to access the whole collection of games. But on the other hand competition brings out the best in the competitors.

The thing with the pc is. Apart from blizzard and a few other companies with a fanbase and genre embedded in pc, no companies have any incentives to go pc.

Hence pc only has

a) delayed, watered down, we spent so long testing for all hardware excuse yet theres loads of bugs games

b) whatever blizz/valve churns out twice a decade

and c) absolute sh** that ea gives casuals who deserve better than a reskin and slight visual improvements (hello ea sports and the sims expansions)

The problem? the pc sells itself, its primary use is not exclusive to gaming hence pc hardware makers have no incentives to go into gaming, the pc needs and operating system and thus ms, mac etc. can sell their operating systems without going into gaming (ms wld rather sacrifice pc ports for xbox sales). Now pc savvy guys on here will go and make whatever that does arrive on pc the best experience of all the consoles but the lack of developer support will continue to lower the pc fanbase. You think about the great pc developers at the start of the decade. How many are still developing for pc?

The face that the pc is still relevant in gaming is only testament of how great the availability of custom settings, modding and freedom the system can provide.

maybe bioware shld stop using the exact same mechanics theyve bin using for the past decade on every game. Wow choose class and get some stats, pick some perks and get locked into fighting animations and watch the dicerolls EVOLUTIONARY.

sounds to me like atkinson shld definately make a video game. steroids, mass killings, multiple rape, give the man a job at EA.

Story-wise it wldnt make sense to have her as a party member

maybe add spoilers in title

definately pc

the gameplay on pc is better

U WILL RUN IT FINE

im running it with most things on high/medium with no lagand my laptop is the exact same as urs but its only 2ghtz duo and hd3650 (worse than urs)

edit: plus u double my ram rofl

they are pretty good just as workable as controllersexcept for dunk contest and some iso moves.

similar to but fundamentally different? gee thx guys that really cleared it up

cuz this is a pc board and SE hasnt done squat for pc gamers? "oh our game sold well? well we conned u guys and we're still not bringing the singleplayer ff games (which are the actual good games apparently)to pc".

seriously this is just one of those, oh mmos like WoW are making lots of money on pc? lets milk our popular franchise and hope the pc guys dont realise that we dont give a fk about them unless its regarding them buying this particular game.

it really only goes to show the growth of gaming community AND the stagnation of new developers and original titles. You can see this in the movie industry these days, every new blockbuster has a decent chance to compete for the recordbooks, dont get me started on sequels to all those franchises.