2009: PC's Best Year EVER (possibly better than all consoles combined)

[shio]

haxxiy said:

theRepublic said:

shio said:

theRepublic said:
Where did you come up with 280 million PC gamers?

I probably need to buy a graphics card if I want to play these games. :(

I got it from PCGA. They actually said it was over 260 millions I think.

 

Found it.  It is actually 260 million PC gamers worldwide (in 2007).  That number actually comes from DFC Intelligence, which is a market research company.

I wonder how many of those people can actually play these new games though.  I would consider myself a PC gamer, and I'm pretty sure my computer would struggle on those new games without an upgrade.

Graphics card attach rate is 10%. I remeber seeing it not much ago. Assuming all of these PCs are used for gaming, try to find out how many PCs have been sold in the last two years and we can get an idea.

On-topic: besides three or four games that I've actually heard about, there is just one thing for me to say: shit sandwich. Going by shio's standards, I could say the next iteration of North American Hunting Extravaganza is actually an upcoming game which all Wii owners are looking foward and will blow everything out of the water.

 

 

My standard is pretty high. I have only listed games that seem to have good potential, because the website I got these games from had over twice as much exclusive 2009 PC games, and I had to remove over half of them from my list because I didn't think they had much potential.

And again, what games I listed are you saying that look terrible or have no expectations? I'm curious about that. Here's my list:

ACTION

Americas Army 3
Battlefield Heroes
Black Sky
Braid
Chrome 2
Collapse
Cryostasis
Delta Force: Angel Falls
Fallen Empire: Legions
Fez
Gish 2
Global Agenda
Ground Branch
Limbo
Lone Wolf: Flight from the Dark
Mirror’s Edge
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Natural Selection 2
Naumachia - Space Warfare
Quake Live
Saints Row 2
Shattered Horizon
Untitled Konjak game
Zeno Clash

 
ADVENTURE

Alternativa
The Book of Unwritten Tales
Culpa Innata 2: Chaos Rising
Gobliiins 4
Gray Matter
Heaven
Last Half of Darkness: Tomb of Zojir
Love
Machinarium
Mata Hari
Memento Mori
Mozart
The Path
Secret Files 2
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper
Still Life 2
Three Cards to Midnight
Treasure Island
Untitled Fushiosphere title
The Whispered World

 
SIMULATION

Ace of Aces
Digital Combat Simulator: Black Shark
Infinity: The Quest for Earth
Jumpgate Evolution
Lore: Aftermatch
Microsoft Train Simulator 2
PT Boats: Knights of the Sea
Rise of Flight
The Sims 3
Spore: Galactic Adventures
Storm of War: Battle of Britain
The Tomorrow War
Universe Online
 

 
STRATEGY

Anno 1404
Battleforge
Cities XL
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Demigod
Disciples III: Renaissance
Empire: Total War
Hearts of Iron III
League of Legends: Clash of Fates
Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment
Solium Infernum
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
 

RPG

Age of Decadence
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships
The Broken Hourglass
Deathspank
Diablo 3
Drakensang: The Dark Eye
Dungeon Party
King’s Bounty: The Princess
Mysteries of Westgate
Not the Time for Dragons
Reluctant Hero
Warrior Epic


Puzzle

Auditorium
Constellations
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Deep Blue Sea
Farmlands
Fool and his money
Guitar Rising
Overflow
Subversion


RACING

Burnout Paradise
Turismo Carretera