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STEKSTAV on 24 November 2009
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Kenryoku_Maxis said:
STEKSTAV said:
RPGs and Strategy i can agree with though. Theres basicly no Strategy games on consoles, Halo Wars maybe the only title that works okay. And as for RPGs, Consoles controls are often the main issue here. RPGs on PCs plays better in 8/10 games.

Mass Effect and Dragon Age being the recent ones that had an enhanced experience when the controls were in order.

Adventure though? Nah. Uncharted and the PS3 basicly has monopoly on that one.

The RPG market is 100x bigger on consoles simply because of Japan.  You also need to count handhelds in that since the DS is pretty much making 90% of all RPGs now.  But even if you don't count handhelds, the console market still has way more.  Ever since the mid-90s, that's always been the problem, consoles have had more content.  It wasn't always better than stuff coming out on PCs, but there was more of it.  It was in the late 90s that PCs started to decline in quality (mostly only a few good games a year) and consoles really took over.

Its not about your perception of how an RPG (or any other genre) plays.  Its about how the games sell.  Even RPGs made for PCs primarily like Fallout 3 sell better on consoles.

Also, there are strategy games on consoles.  Many of the first strategy games, such as Advance Wars/Fire Emblem and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, were on consoles.  And their series are still ongoing, with many MANY others appearing all the time, both small-time turn based strategy games based in Japan such as Utawarerumono or big time games such as Disgaea and the various Mysterious Dungeon spin-offs.  Whereas some of the PC strategy series are dying, such as Age of Empires.

The genres PCs control is FPS, MMO and Simulation.  But even then, consoles are picking away at those markets.

I disagree. Like i said.. ME and DA are the recent installments that shows why RPGs are better on PCs. Dragon Age even got smacked around abit because you could clearly tell it was a PC game first, and console game second. And since im not counting DS, the 90% RPGs only released in Japan does little to affect my point of view. And imo its not about how the game sells, its Gameplay vs Gameplay. You said so yourself. You said that PC has FPS, MMOs an Simulations, for what reason? Not because they sell better on PCs vs Consoles, but because they have better gameplay, and controls being on of the key points, i.e RPGs plays better on PCs due to the share number of keys available.

That however dosen't make the console version unplayable or not worthy of a purchase, but for an enhanced experience to enjoy the game without "restrictions", PC would be the main platform.

And as for Stratagy.. i disagree. Consoles have nothing on PCs when it comes to Strategy games. Even if they are on consoles, and even if consoles have games only released on Consoles. They PC still ranks superior when it comes to share numbers of games, aswell as how they play out.