Update: GTA V Coming to PC, Says Nvidia

[evilneko]

Desktops will be non-existance for most of the first world countries in three years. Everyone will own a laptop, with smaller CPU processors and only integrated graphics.

What happens to PC gaming then?

Even more Niche.

I find this just as ridiculous as your other prognostications. Do you realize how many times that same prediction has been made?

 

[Dragonbums]

The game was going to come to PC anyway.
Which is why I didn't really see the point of all those PC enthusiasts throwing a fit and making a petition for GTA V to come out to PC in the first place.

I mean, come on. Really.

 

[Vrach]

Yeah, obviously it will be out. And update's just PR complying with Rockstar to keep their stupid tease going.

 

[Adon Cabre]

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I find this just as ridiculous as your other prognostications. Do you realize how many times that same prediction has been made?[/quote]

My first post on this thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.825163-Update-GTA-V-Coming-to-PC-Says-Nvidia#20010785] explains better.

 

[Adon Cabre]

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Building a PC and video games are two completely different hobbies.

$800+ PC > PS4.

17-3770 - $300+
HD 7870 or GTX 660 - $200+

Motherboard.
A stylish Shell.
12 gb of ddr3 RAM.
Power supply.
HDD.
Blue ray drive.
Etc... Must support 4k.

Quality products will put you up another $300 -- this will beat the PS4 in terms of gaming & hardware capacity. I've already researched this when I was considering the jump.

$400 PS4 + $400 toward a phone, television, or games.

 

[Techno Squidgy]

Desktops will be non-existance for most of the first world countries in three years. Everyone will own a laptop, with smaller CPU processors and only integrated graphics.

[citation needed]

I highly doubt the desktop is going anywhere in 3 years. The market is still too big. Business and industry will still need the power and flexibility of desktops, and at the very least there were still be desktop hobbyists for many years. Change takes time.

disclaimer:
I have done no research. This is all based on thought and assumption with minimal basis in reality. I await my re-education.

 

[Adon Cabre]

Desktops will be non-existance for most of the first world countries in three years. Everyone will own a laptop, with smaller CPU processors and only integrated graphics.

[citation needed]

I highly doubt the desktop is going anywhere in 3 years. The market is still too big. Business and industry will still need the power and flexibility of desktops, and at the very least there were still be desktop hobbyists for many years. Change takes time.

disclaimer:
I have done no research. This is all based on thought and assumption with minimal basis in reality. I await my re-education.

I worked at a medical clinic, where nurses and doctors used online HIPPA compliant medical programs and Facebook. And the entire time was there, I ordered laptops, software, servers, routers, etc... and not one desktop. In fact, our CIO was trying to cycle them out of the front office. Needed the Space. Me another another guy named Kevin dismantled 50 of them to send off to recycling.

But the envy of every consumer (and my parents) has been a laptop or ultra book. So after purchasing a mid-range $900 laptop with a stripped down graphics card to support a fluid 1080p Touch Display; then they'll decide between upgrading their phone or buying a console.

Not only that, but the PS4 is the smallest, most freaking stylish PC box that I've ever seen. The XOne is literally a desktop placed on its side.

I actually explain this alot better in my first post on this thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.825163-Update-GTA-V-Coming-to-PC-Says-Nvidia#20010785].

 

[Techno Squidgy]

I worked at a medical clinic, where nurses and doctors used online HIPPA compliant medical programs and Facebook. And the entire time was there, I ordered laptops, software, servers, routers, etc... and not one desktop. In fact, our CIO was trying to cycle them out of the front office. Needed the Space. Me another another guy named Kevin dismantled 50 of them to send off to recycling.

But the envy of every consumer (and my parents) has been a laptop or ultra book. So after purchasing a mid-range $900 laptop with a stripped down graphics card to support a fluid 1080p Touch Display; then they'll decide between upgrading their phone or buying a console.

Not only that, but the PS4 is the smallest, most freaking stylish PC box that I've ever seen. The XOne is literally a desktop placed on its side.

I actually explain this alot better in my first post on this thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.825163-Update-GTA-V-Coming-to-PC-Says-Nvidia#20010785].

Hmm. Interesting, though I remain unconvinced and will have to look into this myself. I was kinda hoping for some data, sales numbers or something, so that I could see for myself but it won't be that hard to find, I think.

I dunno why, it just seems unlikely to me that the desktop will disappear. If laptops are moving to low power CPUs and cut down GPUs, then I imagine the desktop will have to stick around. What good is a crippled laptop for 3D modelling, animation or software development. Those all need powerful machines with beefy hardware to deal with rendering or compiling which can take hours on current desktops, moving to laptop hardware would only increase those times, which I imagine is the exact opposite of what industry wants.

Perhaps we will see the end of the consumer desktop, but again, I don't think it likely any time soon. Too many PC gamers, bedroom programmers, amateur 3D artists, bedroom recording studios and amateur film makers. In my head, a laptop just wouldn't cater for these people's needs, especially not one that's been designed with battery life rather than performance in mind.

I'll agree with you that the PS4 looks banging though. Simple, yet sleek. Looks kinda mean as well.