What is with the hostility of PC gamers towards console gamers?

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richardhutnik said:

Mendicate Bias said:
lol get prepared for a shit storm from the pc fanboys *cough*shio*cough* ;)

On topic, I honestly think its because they feel betrayed by the industry in a sense. Just a few years ago they were king of the gaming world with every high profile 'hardcore' game always debuting on the pc first. Fast forward a few years later and it seems like the focus of a lot of the bigger developers has shifted towards the consoles. I personally know of a pro UT gamer that can't stand UT3 because he says it was made with consoles in mind first and pc's second. Not sure what he means by that since I never played the game but I'm guessing they watered down the gameplay to allow for a more casual friendly aproach.

It also shows why pc gamers usually have such a high hatred of Halo. It started the entire shift that made consoles the home of shooters. And yes consoles have now surpassed pc's in the shooter realm. Halo 3, Gears of War 2, Resistance 2, Killzone 2 and The Conduit are all a testament to that fact.

I think it is something along the lines of this.  The story plays out this way:

1. Hardcore PC gamer drops over $1000 on their PC.

2. They tweak, pop, peak, and optimize their rigs to play real well.

3. They pump up the resolution real high and are boastful about that.

4. They find the masses could care less about this and just want to play games.  They are also wondering how in the heck they want to do this, AND will pay extra?  Don't the masses know if they just dedicate themselves to the PC, they can have a superior game experience FOR LESS MONEY PER GAME?  Nevermind the fact that the Wii can't even come close to their horsepower, but they are happy with it.

5. They are resentful that console gamings have a lot of attention, and sell better, and are what people care about. 

6. There is also the reality that the console versions of the same games usually sell better.

 

here is the hole in that, console games need to sell way more to make the same revenue for publishers so while they can make more than PC they have to sell way more than the PC version to accomplish this.

This is why most HD console games are multiplat now.