Leaked Microsoft Video Reveals Horrible Future for PC Gaming
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Oh sorry microsft! US Pc players arnt all casual!
whats that?!
'new expeirence'?
fuck dat shit!
STEAM GET OVER HERE!
i wuv woo
whats that?!
'new expeirence'?
fuck dat shit!
STEAM GET OVER HERE!
i wuv woo
Targeting a market that can't/don't know how to pirate makes sense. Facebook games are making thousands of percents on returns because of their low development costs (money + time both), but that doesn't exactly spell disaster for the future of pc gaming. If each studio has 2-3 casual games that are making mad profit off casual gamers, and those three games don't take a lot of money + man hours to update, that means studios don't have to worry about making every game action-adventure to appeal to the masses in hopes of higher returns. (well, they don't have to worry about that as much anyways, to some degree of limit, obviously their stockholders won't be happy if they're making games they know won't sell well) That might actually mean better games coming out that aren't just a shotgun appeal to every genre by adding as many gameplay elements as they possibly can.
Wow, rereading what I wrote I'm so idealistic it kinda makes me sick, aw well, imagining rainbows and unicorns ahead isn't the worst idea.
Wow, rereading what I wrote I'm so idealistic it kinda makes me sick, aw well, imagining rainbows and unicorns ahead isn't the worst idea.
Well, it's not surprising. It's been obvious for a while that the game industry wants to start going after the lowest human denominator who will be willing to spend tons of money on stupid things like Avatar costumes.
The trend has been brewing for a while, and truthfully I think it's something we, the serious gamers could have stopped, but we didn't while it was moving one step at a time. In the end we wound up embracing every new change, and effort to bring more casual people into gaming, one element at a time, and now the gaming industry doesn't really need us for the time being, since while profitable we're just not as profitable as say doing a trivial amount of graphics work to make virtual clothing (the equivilent of one piece of armor in an RPG), and then selling it to the stupid for their Avatars for $5.
I also find it kind of amusing that shooters are increasingly catering to the masses, and tend to be one of the easiest types of game to make, and also among the most deritivitve, and that's what's shown as serious gaming.
Honestly, we'll see what happens, I hope we aren't abandoned, but well... it's obvious Microsoft is going where the money is.
Truthfully when it comes to PC gaming I don't want a "full online experience" unless I'm playing an MMORPG, I want a solid, single player game I can enjoy on my own. I actually don't want to get into all of this "social networking" stuff. That's what games like WoW are for. Nor do I want my games to have to be connected to the internet to be used at their full capacity.
The trend has been brewing for a while, and truthfully I think it's something we, the serious gamers could have stopped, but we didn't while it was moving one step at a time. In the end we wound up embracing every new change, and effort to bring more casual people into gaming, one element at a time, and now the gaming industry doesn't really need us for the time being, since while profitable we're just not as profitable as say doing a trivial amount of graphics work to make virtual clothing (the equivilent of one piece of armor in an RPG), and then selling it to the stupid for their Avatars for $5.
I also find it kind of amusing that shooters are increasingly catering to the masses, and tend to be one of the easiest types of game to make, and also among the most deritivitve, and that's what's shown as serious gaming.
Honestly, we'll see what happens, I hope we aren't abandoned, but well... it's obvious Microsoft is going where the money is.
Truthfully when it comes to PC gaming I don't want a "full online experience" unless I'm playing an MMORPG, I want a solid, single player game I can enjoy on my own. I actually don't want to get into all of this "social networking" stuff. That's what games like WoW are for. Nor do I want my games to have to be connected to the internet to be used at their full capacity.
Well, you do if it's integrated into the game. I spent probably over an hour fighting with GFWL trying to get Bulletstorm to run, and although the game seemed fun when I finally got it to work, it's soured me on loading it a second time on the offhand chance I'll have to fight Microsoft again to make the damned thing run.Macar said:
GFWL is what would happen if Steam was run by incompetent people who likely also hate joy.
Ahahahahahahahah!Andy Chalk said:
Sorry, I can't stop laughing.
Hehem! First off, I don't see the problem in that at all. If they just include the interface form XBOX 360 to the PC, It's not a problem. How many players of XBOX just don't care and play their game as usual. I bet all the functionality of a pc will still be intact otherwise what's the point in having one in the first place.
Does someone wanna take me on that bet?
We're despairing here, but I can only imagine the celebration party at Valve, having just found out one of their major competitors is on about as right a track as a train following deer footprints...
I didn't say it made sense. That just seems to be what they're trying to do. Honestly I couldn't understand why they introduced avatars into XBL. I would have just preferred an update that would make my menus NOT TAKE 30 SECONDS TO OPEN EVERY TIME I PRESS THE GODDAMN GLOWING X BUTTON.Irridium said:
um so here's a question... Who gives a shit. Its just something casual. Its nothing thats gonna destroy PC gaming. I mean Valve aren't just gonna die out over night. Battle field 3 still happening. Seriously... it doesn't make a bit of difference.
I'm guessing this is microsoft's way of saying; "not only did pc gaming died; it went to hell!"
Soon, simply buying a physical copy of a video game and playing it without a ton of auxilliary stuff is the software version of off-the-grid life.
On a more serious note this might very well strike a chord with publishers. Games are over-monetized already (increased reliance on DLC, the Battlefield Heroes ordeal and whatnot) and this is more or less logically follows. But at some point the moneygrubbing will peak and the pendulum will swing the other way towards a more strictly game-oriented market (this might happen as the market fractures, as Extra Credits mentioned).
Either way, is anyone surprised that Microsoft suddenly embraces gaming when Office can be replaced by Google Apps, the traditional operating system is going obsolete and Windows Phone 7 had such a disappointing start? Gaming is probably the most reliable and competitive part of their business right now.
On a more serious note this might very well strike a chord with publishers. Games are over-monetized already (increased reliance on DLC, the Battlefield Heroes ordeal and whatnot) and this is more or less logically follows. But at some point the moneygrubbing will peak and the pendulum will swing the other way towards a more strictly game-oriented market (this might happen as the market fractures, as Extra Credits mentioned).
Either way, is anyone surprised that Microsoft suddenly embraces gaming when Office can be replaced by Google Apps, the traditional operating system is going obsolete and Windows Phone 7 had such a disappointing start? Gaming is probably the most reliable and competitive part of their business right now.