I think it's hard to argue that console gamming hasn't at least somewhat negatively affected the quality of PC games this generation. How many PC games have you played in the last 3-4 years that have had an interface obviously tailored to console gammers? You never used to see this.
Certainly the maturity level of games has degraded precipitously, and console gamming is not exactly helping there. I can't think of a single console game this generation that has a premise I'm not embarrassed by. The alpha centauri used to have quotes from classics, the new civ has everyone talking in some obscure dialect of retard Esperanto.
However, all of these changes are more likely attributed to demographic shifts. Up until the late 90s a significant number of PC gammers were made up of older hobbyists. The decline of Computer Gaming World, and the rise of the FPS probably correlate with their decline fairly accurately.
When the FPS's started to dominate PC gaming it was all over. Games like rules of engagement, carriers at war, or SU-27 flanker would likely lose allot in a console port. FPS's tend to be pretty simple games at heart, and stand to lose very little in a port. And if that's all anyone plays what's the downside to moving to consoles?
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