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Senlis on 20 October 2008
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FryMyArse said:
frybread said:

blah blah blah blah blah

Keep talking about how bad PC is while I have access to all the best PS360 games on it, and unless I want to play those games in lower resolution, with worse framerates and less detail, PS360 offers nothing to me.

 

720p? No thanks, I'll stick with 1200p.

PC Gaming is growing by leaps and bounds over the HD consoles, which are losing their companies money. If anything is dying, it's "hardcore" gaming.

As long as you don't mind waiting for those games, as long as six months after their primary release on console, then have at it. You'll be playing GTAIV long after I've beat the game...twice. But hey, if you prefer sloppy seconds, then you'll get them.

You can SAY that it's growing by leaps and bounds. You can hope and pray and screw your eyes shut and wish it to be so, but it is not.

Console gaming is what's driving the industry now, and PC gaming has pretty much been relegated to stay at home Moms playing pinochle while the kids are at school. If anything, you pure PC gamers have become "hardcore"...the same segment that Nintendo has abandoned. Kind of a paradox, isn't it?

 

 

Besides the childishness of FryMyArse's response, he does have a point.  A lot of the games that are ported over from consoles are done a few months after their primary release.  I will note, however, that a newly released game for consoles typically run 60$, while the most a computer game will cost is 50$ (and look better).  However, I have seen ported games come out for even less than that.  Personally, I don't buy a game until it drops in price because I value my hard earned money to spend 50-60$ on it.  Besides the point I have a ton of games and quite a few I haven't beaten yet.  So I really don't have any need to be buying games when they come out and are at max price.

As for the number of games being released for PC.  If you think they are lacking, you should take a closer look at what there is to offer.  Note that a lot of people who say that PC sales are down only look at the retail stores and how bad PC sales are doing there.  That's because a lot of people have started using buy & download services like steam and direct-to-drive.

I wouldn't say there are no hardcore offerings on the Wii.  I'm not going to argue that point because it will just provoke a lot of pointless fanboyish bantering (not talking about FryMyArse in particular).  However, if Wii is not hardcore, it would make sense for PC gamers to get it.  They already have their "Hardcore" PC offerings; why would they buy an XBOX 360 or PS3 to get what they already have.  Instead, I think most PC gamers would spend the money upgrading their PC.  The Wii, however, offers something different.  The motion controls work well with developers who know how to use it (i would note madden, resident evil 4, metroid prime 3, no more heroes, okami, legend of zelda as just a few examples).