Question of the Day, July 3, 2010

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

PC Gaming has been 'dying' since 1985.

Anything that has been dying that long cannot be considered to be dying.

So no, PC Gaming is not dying, nor is console gaming, or handheld gaming. To suggest that OC Gaming might be dying would be to suggest that movies would be dying because of the invention of televisions, (which happened by the way when televisions were first introduced) and is just as wrong.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Why only 2 poll options??? Neither of them represent my opinion on the matter.

 

[xavierxenon]

Oh gee, thanks for the neutral option.

I'd like to think that PC gaming isn't dead or dieing, its more that console gaming is growing quite fast.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

someone had to post it.

And no PC gaming is not dying. Its just not getting quite as much support at the mo

Someone really needs to replace Duke Nukem forever in that image with Half Life 2:Episode 3.

Anyway, PC gaming is neither dying nor does it reign supreme. It exists alongside console gaming in a never ending flame-war regarding the superiority of each medium.

 

[Yopaz]

I do most of my gaming on consoles, but I have a solid collection of PC games and I don't think it will die any time soon, I think the chances are bigger that it will get ahead of consoles in the future than dying.

 

[The Night Shade]

"Hail to the pc console gamers" in other words no

 

[e2density]

For anyone who said the PC is dying, stop praying and go back to your Xbox.

 

[Nurb]

C) This question gets annoying every other week

it won't die so long as there's someone who can see the value of the PC as an restricted platform that can give more control to people instead of taking it away at the whims of a company.

 

[8bitmaster]

who comes up with these questions? PC gaming has never been better thanks to steam and digital media which is the way to go for pcs. Also, theres still a little thing called LAN parties which are all pc gamers, also everyone has a computer that they have played games on at some point. Once you go pc gaming, you don't go back for most things. It is just so precise with movements. When lan parties fall to all console gamers, I will commit suicide.

 

[deth2munkies]

PC > Console. Always has been, always will be. Consoles are just single function PCs with no depth or range.

 

[Timbydude]

Don't get me wrong; I enjoy playing on my PC more than I do on my consoles. But, I just don't know how much longer it's going to last in terms of quality. Other than a few awesome developers (Bethesda, BioWare, Blizzard, 2K [sometimes], CDProjekt, Crytek, Valve, Relic), no one cares about the PC as much as they do the consoles. And why should they? Development costs are less and the profit margin is higher for console development.

Simply put, playing games exclusively on the PC is just ignorant nowadays. There are so many awesome games that come out exclusively for consoles (Red Dead Redemption, Alan Wake, Super Mario Galaxy 2, to name the most recent) that it's really not an option anymore. Plus, a console costs less than a high-end gaming rig. There's just no reason why console games should be completely ignored, as some PC elitists choose to do.

I don't know if PC gaming will actually ever die, per se. I'm sure games will continue to be released on the PC for a while. The only question is whether or not there will actually be any original PC games or if they'll all just be ports.

I feel like the future of the PC is best seen as that of the Wii if no titles were exclusively developed for it. All that leaves is shovelware and inferior ports.

And for what it's worth, the "Happily dying since 1985" picture kind of hurts the PC case more than helps it. If you look at the most recent games in the picture, there are very few released after 2004, and even some of those (Unreal Tournament 3, Bioshock) weren't PC exclusive. UT3 in particular was a shoddy port of a console game.

 

[sooperman]

Two options in either extreme? The hell?

Anyway, no. PC gaming will die just as soon as console gaming. Both have their advantages, both are doing fine.

PC > Console. Always has been, always will be. Consoles are just single function PCs with no depth or range.

Mmm the PS3 and the Wii can browse the Internet. The Wii and the 360 get Nexflix. Don't hate, mkay?

And besides, PC gamers are so superior to everyone you don't even have to tell us that PC gaming is better in every way.

 

[Rombor]

I don't think PC gaming is dying, but it doesn't reign supreme. I won't vote due to the lack of an appropriate option to the poll.

 

[e2density]

no one cares about the PC as much as they do the consoles

 

[Timbydude]

no one cares about the PC as much as they do the consoles

Did you just CTRL+F that phrase? I listed developers right before that who are in the same category as Valve. Oddly, though they're by far the biggest one in that regard, I forgot to list them. My mistake.

 

[silasbufu]

You need more poll options. Like , no it's not dying and no, it does not reign supreme. It's just there and it will be.

 

[ItsAPaul]

Is Bioware still around? Then PC gaming isn't dead. I could care less if less games are made for it since I'm just going to buy Biowares anyway, and that rarely leaves room for others.

 

[Brandon237]

i hope this doesnt bring out the pc master race

We have come to claim our territory: THE GAMING INDUSTRY! Muahahahahaha.

You will pay tax in the form of zoo biscuits and must become pc engineers to further our great cause. Now give me zoo biscuits.

Pc and console gaming are going along side by side just fine. Neither is or will die.