Not to mention a PC is multi purpose, whereas a console is quite limited.
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Yeah I love how some console gamers take the price argument into account without remembering they need a PC along with their console to live in the 21st century... console + low end PC = same price as a good PC...Jaekus wrote:
Not to mention a PC is multi purpose, whereas a console is quite limited.
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
Well, I'm sure you're probably right, but at the end of the day there are tons more console gamers than PC gamers. I would not say it's because of the gameplay... (although of course console games are usually watered down compared to PC only) I think it has to do with the fact that you need the technical know how to run a gaming PC, while a 5 year old could figure out how to use a console. At the end of the day consoles are more accessible. The reason I bought a 360 back in 2006 was because all my friends IRL were console gamers, the people I knew when playing BF2 or in my CoD clan were all hundreds of thousands of miles away.Miggle wrote:
tbh it's quite easy to put down money on your PC every 5 years and still run everything well.
And I must say, sitting in a couch while playing games is much more comfortable than sitting in my cheapass desk chair.
I don't think that the reason consoles are more popular is because people are too stupid to play on PC. I think it's because consoles are vastly more advertised. Half the console market knows nothing about gaming on PCs.Spearhead wrote:
Well, I'm sure you're probably right, but at the end of the day there are tons more console gamers than PC gamers. I would not say it's because of the gameplay... (although of course console games are usually watered down compared to PC only) I think it has to do with the fact that you need the technical know how to run a gaming PC, while a 5 year old could figure out how to use a console. At the end of the day consoles are more accessible. The reason I bought a 360 back in 2006 was because all my friends IRL were console gamers, the people I knew when playing BF2 or in my CoD clan were all hundreds of thousands of miles away.Miggle wrote:
tbh it's quite easy to put down money on your PC every 5 years and still run everything well.
And I must say, sitting in a couch while playing games is much more comfortable than sitting in my cheapass desk chair.
That said, they aren't very different any more. Anybody who thinks PC games aren't just as watered down as console games has been under a rock for the past 5 years.
This is very true, as being a console gamer for 15 years before making the gradual transition to PC over the past 5 or so has opened my eyes to how richer a PC experience can be.Miggle wrote:
I don't think that the reason consoles are more popular is because people are too stupid to play on PC. I think it's because consoles are vastly more advertised. Half the console market knows nothing about gaming on PCs.
This is also true - BC2 is a good example.That said, they aren't very different any more. Anybody who thinks PC games aren't just as watered down as console games has been under a rock for the past 5 years.
The main thing consoles have over PC is the ability to have a group of people in a room playing the same game, and even if you're not playing it can be fun watching. PC does come across as being very isolated as a comparison.
Splitscreen is dying.Jaekus wrote:
This is very true, as being a console gamer for 15 years before making the gradual transition to PC over the past 5 or so has opened my eyes to how richer a PC experience can be.Miggle wrote:
I don't think that the reason consoles are more popular is because people are too stupid to play on PC. I think it's because consoles are vastly more advertised. Half the console market knows nothing about gaming on PCs.This is also true - BC2 is a good example.That said, they aren't very different any more. Anybody who thinks PC games aren't just as watered down as console games has been under a rock for the past 5 years.
The main thing consoles have over PC is the ability to have a group of people in a room playing the same game, and even if you're not playing it can be fun watching. PC does come across as being very isolated as a comparison.
Since consoles are slowly trying to become full-blown PC's, no. Eventually microsoft will just sell you a dell and call it an xbox.
And it will also be a TV.iNeedUrFace4Soup wrote:
Since consoles are slowly trying to become full-blown PC's, no. Eventually microsoft will just sell you a dell and call it an xbox.
Protip: ~½ of samsung's PC displays have tuners built in and personally I'd much rather have a semi-powerfull HTPC than a BluRay player & HDD/DVD recorder or WEB-integrated HD TV...Spearhead wrote:
And it will also be a TV.iNeedUrFace4Soup wrote:
Since consoles are slowly trying to become full-blown PC's, no. Eventually microsoft will just sell you a dell and call it an xbox.
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Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
I thought it would be increasing given that tvs have become a lot bigger than they used to be.Miggle wrote:
Splitscreen is dying.Jaekus wrote:
This is very true, as being a console gamer for 15 years before making the gradual transition to PC over the past 5 or so has opened my eyes to how richer a PC experience can be.Miggle wrote:
I don't think that the reason consoles are more popular is because people are too stupid to play on PC. I think it's because consoles are vastly more advertised. Half the console market knows nothing about gaming on PCs.This is also true - BC2 is a good example.That said, they aren't very different any more. Anybody who thinks PC games aren't just as watered down as console games has been under a rock for the past 5 years.
The main thing consoles have over PC is the ability to have a group of people in a room playing the same game, and even if you're not playing it can be fun watching. PC does come across as being very isolated as a comparison.
Loads of games that would have splitscreen only have crappy online multiplayer.Jaekus wrote:
I thought it would be increasing given that tvs have become a lot bigger than they used to be.Miggle wrote:
Splitscreen is dying.Jaekus wrote:
This is very true, as being a console gamer for 15 years before making the gradual transition to PC over the past 5 or so has opened my eyes to how richer a PC experience can be.Miggle wrote:
I don't think that the reason consoles are more popular is because people are too stupid to play on PC. I think it's because consoles are vastly more advertised. Half the console market knows nothing about gaming on PCs.
This is also true - BC2 is a good example.
The main thing consoles have over PC is the ability to have a group of people in a room playing the same game, and even if you're not playing it can be fun watching. PC does come across as being very isolated as a comparison.
I guess it's the progression of technology that drives the market (you can sell more peripherals), and online console gaming can be marketed as being the "new" thing, whereas split screen is old school.
At least bungie always got it right with splitscreen, I think some game makers are beginning to realize you can't go without splitscreen but there are those that forget such things.Miggle wrote:
Loads of games that would have splitscreen only have crappy online multiplayer.Jaekus wrote:
I thought it would be increasing given that tvs have become a lot bigger than they used to be.Miggle wrote:
Splitscreen is dying.
The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.
Polls like this were being made back in the 90's.
No, I don't think we are. A great deal of console games are simultaneously released on PC. Despite PC users' valid complaint of oversimplified controls, the industry is STILL there, and Steam is a behemoth.
If anything, as the distinction between consoles and PC's grows more vague, they'll become the same thing.
No, I don't think we are. A great deal of console games are simultaneously released on PC. Despite PC users' valid complaint of oversimplified controls, the industry is STILL there, and Steam is a behemoth.
If anything, as the distinction between consoles and PC's grows more vague, they'll become the same thing.
A slow death of quality, yes.
A slow death of the platform, no.
A slow death of the platform, no.
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Quality comes and goes. The industry's primary problem is that games are becoming so complex to develop that it occasionally takes priority over making it fun. But this is being circumvented more and more, the way I see it, with quality back-to-basics indies and strongly-maintained classics and titles.TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
A slow death of quality, yes.
A slow death of the platform, no.
Exceptional game is made, game sells well
sequels and copies are made, riding on the success of the original
gradually the sequels and copies over-saturate the market and become less profitable
Finally the point is reached that it's better to try something new than to re-hash the same shit yet again
return to step 1
We're somewhere in-between 2 and 3, Call of Duty being the original game.
sequels and copies are made, riding on the success of the original
gradually the sequels and copies over-saturate the market and become less profitable
Finally the point is reached that it's better to try something new than to re-hash the same shit yet again
return to step 1
We're somewhere in-between 2 and 3, Call of Duty being the original game.
PC won't die because as much as I prefer consoles you can't play an in depth RTS on a console. Nor a flight sim. Nor a large fps, like ARMA2.
Not yet.jord wrote:
PC won't die because as much as I prefer consoles you can't play an in depth RTS on a console. Nor a flight sim. Nor a large fps, like ARMA2.
You can actually.. it's just that no RTS has taken proper advantage of the PS3's mouse & keyboard supportRDMC wrote:
Not yet.jord wrote:
PC won't die because as much as I prefer consoles you can't play an in depth RTS on a console. Nor a flight sim. Nor a large fps, like ARMA2.
Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me
Quite frankly only unreal tournament has taken advantage of the mouse and keyboard support, no other game has.
The irony of guns, is that they can save lives.
I would have kept my Ps3 if they had something like a new Command and Conquer on it, or a Total war series game.
So..you couldn't give a shit about the 1000 other console exclusives?jord wrote:
I would have kept my Ps3 if they had something like a new Command and Conquer on it, or a Total war series game.
I got a 360RDMC wrote:
So..you couldn't give a shit about the 1000 other console exclusives?jord wrote:
I would have kept my Ps3 if they had something like a new Command and Conquer on it, or a Total war series game.
Logically yes, but why allow split screen so 2 people can play on one console/game when they can make you buy 2 so you and your friend can play together.Jaekus wrote:
I thought it would be increasing given that tvs have become a lot bigger than they used to be.Miggle wrote:
Splitscreen is dying.Jaekus wrote:
This is very true, as being a console gamer for 15 years before making the gradual transition to PC over the past 5 or so has opened my eyes to how richer a PC experience can be.Miggle wrote:
I don't think that the reason consoles are more popular is because people are too stupid to play on PC. I think it's because consoles are vastly more advertised. Half the console market knows nothing about gaming on PCs.
This is also true - BC2 is a good example.
The main thing consoles have over PC is the ability to have a group of people in a room playing the same game, and even if you're not playing it can be fun watching. PC does come across as being very isolated as a comparison.