I have never figured out why folks on this site like to ignore the PC version of games so much. Its always rationalized as "Well we are just talking about consoles...". But wait this is VGChartz as in Video Game. PC's have video games too. Now I don't particularly care about tracking PC sales, since the hardware is a nightmare to track, but that doesn't mean it should be dropped from discussion. The "PC doesn't count" argument always seems to be used selectively and is usually just a shield people hide behind.
Now if you want to make the argument that a certain game sucks to control on the PC, then sure, I can get behind the fact that most people will buy the console version if it is commonly excepted that the controls are much better for a certain game. But I just can't get behind the idea that games like UT3 are going to be better somehow on the console and should therefor count as an exclusive for the PS3 (even though it is only a timed exclusive). This is of course not to mention the fact that the PC is the preferred UT method for most people and the PC will probably have far better support than the PS3 version.
We are, all of us, gamers. The first thing we think about when we hear about a game we want is "What platform?", and as long as we have one of the platforms listed we are good to go. Basically by discounting the PC versions you force it out of the discussion and we magically pretend that people who own PC's but not xxx console are going to go out and buy a xxx just to play a game they can already play on their PC.
In conclusion, I just don't see how we can say we are discussing video games, and yet discount what is probably the largest install base platform out there simply because it doesn't fit your reality. The PC is real, people play games on it all the time, stop ignoring it just because its conveniant for your arguments!
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