Poll: Will PC gaming thrive or dive?
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PCs have already been going longer than most of you. Possibly me as well. What makes you think they won't continue to go on? People still play Doom regularly, 17 years after it's creation.
No but I don't think we will see a golden age again or for awhile. PC gaming will continue to occupy the the niche market it currently already does. I don't think it will dwindle any further. Although technically speaking as much as I hate saying this people who play social games on Facebook are pc gamers.
Depends on what you mean by "pc". If you mean that tower that is a paper weight as soon as you get it home from the store then probably, but it will always have a niche. If you mean tablets, cell phones, laptops then no. The latter is the next generation in the gaming world actually.
onsoffil n/abs(S)oplinger said:Captcha:
No sir, I will not type that. ...I don't know how..
I think that whenever a discussion like this comes up, people tend to exaggerate the frequency that it's necessary to upgrade, as well as the costs involved.
Wow, people took this bait easily enough, eh?
PC gaming (on top of my other hobbies/vices) is a luxury i can't afford right now.
I don't think it will die any time soon tho. Just like this topic.
PC gaming (on top of my other hobbies/vices) is a luxury i can't afford right now.
I don't think it will die any time soon tho. Just like this topic.
IM sorry, I disagree. Its not been done to death, its been done to death, then to life, then to death, then reincarnated, then done to death again, then jumped on by a gnome, then raised as an undead lawyer, then done to a dead, dead. And then brought back by god himself to do this all over again.Donnyp said:
And wow.. That poll is really, really biased. I mean either PC is just for Making games. Or you would NEVER abandon the PC. Or the PC is only for mature games, WTF IS THAT?
pc gameing is not dead gust pc spesific games are becomeing scarce and are mostly limited to the indi market (minecraft, dwarf fortres...) rts and fully functional versions of the sims but 9/10 big releaces are multi platform nomaly including pc although there is sometimes a delay as some companys nameing no names (ubisoft-cough) makesure the retail pc version is as unplayable as posible in the name of drm despite the fact that coders will make cracks/custom installers no mater how complex the drm it may take them longer several months in the case of assins creed 2 but they did it so you are just as well using SecuROM or simalar non inrtusive drm as with some games it is easir to download and install ilegaly than to use a legiemate coppy
I's sooner expect Sony to drop out of the console business than the death of PC gaming.
PC gaming is doing very, very well, but for some reason people haven't caught up.
1. MMOs on the PC make more revenue than all the games on the Xbox360 combined.
2. casual gaming (games like farmville) on the PC, dwarfs Nintendo
3. on the triple-A front, nobody counts the digital downloads that amount to 50% of the AAA game sales in North America (and Valve keeps quiet about it while most of that money is flowing through them).
PC gaming is doing very, very well, but for some reason people haven't caught up.
1. MMOs on the PC make more revenue than all the games on the Xbox360 combined.
2. casual gaming (games like farmville) on the PC, dwarfs Nintendo
3. on the triple-A front, nobody counts the digital downloads that amount to 50% of the AAA game sales in North America (and Valve keeps quiet about it while most of that money is flowing through them).
No it doesn't honestly. Battle.net more than doubles that. with over 12 million World of Warcraft accounts in their database and even if only half of those accounts are active it still doubles Steam. And thats just for ONE GAME, their is also the rest of Blizzard's line up that havent been added in. That is more proof that PC gaming isn't dying.Cadaurny said: