Will Consoles Leave PC Out of the Videogames Business?

2008-08-15 18:49:21

#26

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6503

specialistx2324 wrote:
i was once a big time pc gamer. loved the controls , and the power of the system that can run games at 60+fps. i just got tired of emptying my bank account just for upgrades. several thousand dollars of upgrades just for a $50.00 USD game does not seem practical to me anymore even though i make good money to this date.

Well PC gaming doesn't require you to break the bank, if you get the right stuff from the right place you can get a very strong computer for $700, and since you're going to need a PC for work and stuff anyway why not spend a bit more on making the PC able to play games?

Well the reason for that is that you need to assemble a PC yourself if you don't want to overpay for it, and very many people are uncomfortable with fucking around with the insides of their PC, even though it is actually simple and not complicated if you take 30 minutes to learn and easy to do if you have a screw-driver and flash-light.

2008-08-15 19:12:35

#27

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6709|Canberra, AUS

Flecco wrote:
specialistx2324 wrote:
i was once a big time pc gamer. loved the controls , and the power of the system that can run games at 60+fps. i just got tired of emptying my bank account just for upgrades. several thousand dollars of upgrades just for a $50.00 USD game does not seem practical to me anymore even though i make good money to this date.
Upgrading every 2-3 years works for me and most of the gaming dudes I know in person..........

I haven't upgraded in 5 years, what's the problem? (I'm about to, though)

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2008-08-15 19:47:13

#28

TrollmeaT: Aspiring Objectivist; +492|6707|Colorado

Yeah every 5 years works for me, barely this time as my old p4 2.53 is showing its age. Luckily I have all the parts coming in for my quad this weekend. Im excited lol!

Consoles will never dominate the game market, it's a PC world. Consoles are just the icing on the cake imo.

2008-08-16 04:46:18

#29

Snake: Missing, Presumed Dead; +1,046|6601|England

Consoles are good for when you have a group of mates around all on Pro-ev, wrestling games or occasionally FPS's - even if FPS fails on consoles.
Thats the only time they make any sense.

2008-08-16 05:48:41

#30

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|6792|Argentina

Snake wrote:
Consoles are good for when you have a group of mates around all on Pro-ev, wrestling games or occasionally FPS's - even if FPS fails on consoles.
Thats the only time they make any sense.

Racing games are way better on consoles too.

Last edited by sergeriver (2008-08-16 05:49:10)

2008-08-16 06:21:35

#31

jord: Member; +2,382|6713|The North, beyond the wall.

Consoles are better.

2008-08-16 06:22:19

#32

Spidery_Yoda: Member; +399|6305

I voted for the co-exist one.

Because they obviously do.

The funny thing is, my Steam games list (mostly TF2) interest me far more than my 360+games. I think I just prefer the PC 'style' than consoles nowadays.

2008-08-16 07:45:32

#33

Miggle: FUCK UBISOFT; +1,411|6777|FUCK UBISOFT

sergeriver wrote:
Snake wrote:
Consoles are good for when you have a group of mates around all on Pro-ev, wrestling games or occasionally FPS's - even if FPS fails on consoles.
Thats the only time they make any sense.
Racing games are way better on consoles too.

how so?

I'd say they're pretty similar on both.

Last edited by Miggle (2008-08-16 07:46:11)

2008-08-16 08:06:34

#34

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6503

sergeriver wrote:
Snake wrote:
Consoles are good for when you have a group of mates around all on Pro-ev, wrestling games or occasionally FPS's - even if FPS fails on consoles.
Thats the only time they make any sense.
Racing games are way better on consoles too.

You do know that you can get a console style controller to run on the PC?

2008-08-16 09:13:29

#35

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|6792|Argentina

DoctaStrangelove wrote:
sergeriver wrote:
Snake wrote:
Consoles are good for when you have a group of mates around all on Pro-ev, wrestling games or occasionally FPS's - even if FPS fails on consoles.
Thats the only time they make any sense.
Racing games are way better on consoles too.
You do know that you can get a console style controller to run on the PC?

Can I get Gran Turismo too? Btw, I have one but it doesn't feel the same.

2008-08-16 09:17:25

#36

iNeedUrFace4Soup: fuck it; +348|6580

Console is an economy PC, so no. If they ever start releasing major hardware upgrades for consoles like CPUs and GPUs, then they will stop calling them consoles and start calling them PCs.

I could care less about most of the exclusive titles for console. Most of the decent ones get multi-platform releases anyway and end up on PC with better graphics, more content, and free patches.

Last edited by iNeedUrFace4Soup (2008-08-16 09:19:13)

2008-08-16 09:28:22

#37

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6505

I think this is the dumbest topic you've started so far in the PS3 / console-based fanboyism

PC's pre-dated consoles, and whenever a 'new generation' of consoles are released they stay on top of the PC equivalent for 2 years and nothing more. PC's can do more, they can do it faster, and they're much more versatile. In my opinion consoles are only good for racing and sports games... and that's not to say PC doesn't have great titles of their own in those categories. Consoles do have their niché as being good for socialising and parties but from a gaming-sense PC's are far superior and in a league of their own.

I think consoles are developing and heading more in the direction of home-entertainment systems anyway, not as serious gaming platforms that will rival PC's. PC's will maintain their gaming supremacy and the console will slowly turn more and more into a living-room centrepiece that runs all of the TV, DVD, Hi-fi and gaming needs of the owner.

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2008-08-16 09:45:12

#38

blah: macaroni with cheeseeee; +111|5782|Croatia

They will coexist.

/thread

2008-08-16 11:24:53

#39

usmarine: Banned; +2,785|6796

not for me they wont. consoles cant even think about keeping up with flight sim stuff.

2008-08-16 11:36:08

#40

Miggle: FUCK UBISOFT; +1,411|6777|FUCK UBISOFT

sergeriver wrote:
DoctaStrangelove wrote:
sergeriver wrote:

Racing games are way better on consoles too.
You do know that you can get a console style controller to run on the PC?
Can I get Gran Turismo too? Btw, I have one but it doesn't feel the same.

you can plug a sixaxis into your computer if you have the right driver.

2008-08-16 12:36:47

#41

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|6792|Argentina

Uzique wrote:
I think this is the dumbest topic you've started so far in the PS3 / console-based fanboyism

More BS.

I think you are a dumbass, read the OP. I don't want consoles to kill PC, I love PC's. If they released Bad Company for PC I would buy it again. I hate playing that game with the PS3 controllers.

Last edited by sergeriver (2008-08-16 12:43:25)

2008-08-16 12:54:14

#42

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6505

sergeriver wrote:
Uzique wrote:
I think this is the dumbest topic you've started so far in the PS3 / console-based fanboyism

More BS.
I think you are a dumbass, read the OP. I don't want consoles to kill PC, I love PC's. If they released Bad Company for PC I would buy it again. I hate playing that game with the PS3 controllers.

I read the OP and you stated you loved playing "FPS", not "I Love PC's <3".

I'm just going off the fact most of your threads in this sub-Forum are based around the PS3 and its inherent awesomeness.

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2008-08-16 13:05:36

#43

sergeriver: Cowboy from Hell; +1,928|6792|Argentina

Uzique wrote:
sergeriver wrote:
Uzique wrote:
I think this is the dumbest topic you've started so far in the PS3 / console-based fanboyism

More BS.
I think you are a dumbass, read the OP. I don't want consoles to kill PC, I love PC's. If they released Bad Company for PC I would buy it again. I hate playing that game with the PS3 controllers.
I read the OP and you stated you loved playing "FPS", not "I Love PC's <3".

I'm just going off the fact most of your threads in this sub-Forum are based around the PS3 and its inherent awesomeness.

sergeriver wrote:
With more and more people buying consoles, developers are releasing more and more exclusive games for the said systems. Will this eventually leave PC out of the videogames business? I hope that won't happen, I like playing my Fps's in my PC not in consoles (Bad Company).

2008-08-16 14:41:58

#44

SamTheMan:D: Banned; +856|6009|England

consoles for gta and sports games

pc for everything else

2008-08-16 15:41:35

#45

Machine_Madness: Madness has now come over me; +20|6471|Brisbane, Australia

It will survive, but piracy is a major factor why companies go towards console releases. If they find a way to keep piracy minimal, they have won.

I know a games developer, and I asked him why doesnt his company make games on PC. He replied saying that they would LOVE to make games on PC, as it allows more work and things dont have to cut down, but piracy issues really spook the executives.

IMO as much as we all love piracy, its killing what we love, PC gaming.

2008-08-16 17:08:13

#46

StormEye: Sniper; +50|6680|Malibu

Machine_Madness wrote:
It will survive, but piracy is a major factor why companies go towards console releases. If they find a way to keep piracy minimal, they have won.

I know a games developer, and I asked him why doesnt his company make games on PC. He replied saying that they would LOVE to make games on PC, as it allows more work and things dont have to cut down, but piracy issues really spook the executives.

IMO as much as we all love piracy, its killing what we love, PC gaming.

It is even easier to use pirated software on consoles. Unlike PC, where people have to at least get crack or image every patch it is released, in console, as long as you crack the code once, every pirated software is easily used.

Go to Hong Kong, or China (they are same country but whatever) and see how the pirated consoles are doing. It is selling better than PC.

2008-08-16 19:46:58

#47

Machine_Madness: Madness has now come over me; +20|6471|Brisbane, Australia

yeah but if you try to play online with a moded console you get banned so...

2008-08-16 20:03:30

#48

Morpheus: This shit still going?; +508|6034|The Mitten

Only if they make consoles upgradedable every month, once a new part (gfx, processor) comes out.... oh wait, it's called a pc.

EE (hats

2008-08-16 20:13:17

#49

Doctor Strangelove: Real Battlefield Veterinarian.; +1,758|6503

Machine_Madness wrote:
yeah but if you try to play online with a moded console you get banned so...

Well you can't play online with pirated PC games anyway, except on cracked servers which are glitchy, laggy, full of hackers and not running the most advanced patch.

2008-08-16 20:25:55

#50

csmag: Member; +92|6482|Canada

usmarine wrote:
not for me they wont. consoles cant even think about keeping up with flight sim stuff.

I seriously wish that somebody would make a hardcore flightsim for the ps3. As of right now, my ps3 has more capable hardware than my pc and it would just be easier (for me). It's not like controls would have to be dumbed down as i would just map them onto my HOTAS. Until then, I guess only my aging pc will only see the skies.

Yes, they already did	1%	1% - 2
Maybe in the long term, but not right now	6%	6% - 7
No, consoles and PC can coexist	44%	44% - 45
No, PC will survive consoles	47%	47% - 48
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