2 things that will keep pc gaming alive for many more years

[Mendicate Bias]

vlad321 said:

Mendicate Bias said:
While I agree that PC gaming won't die I disagree with the reasons you listed for it. Your argument boils down to controls.

Well next generation when all consoles have precise motion control technology and IR pointers (or some new control method we have yet to see) I see the RTS finally moving to consoles as the inherent controller limitations will no longer be there.

As for mmo's, if MS and Sony start bundling keyboards and mice or something akin to that with their next gen consoles mmo's will also make the jump to consoles. Seeing as how their trying to make consoles multimedia hubs a k&m would go a long way to establishing consoles as the internet hub device in the living room.

I see PC gaming existing in the future as the place where independent developers and individuals making low budget unique games go. I feel as though the big budget games will move almost exclusively over to consoles.

So you are saying that they will become even more like PCs. Maybe they will stop charging for online and open the platforms up to the communities as well and stop half-assing PC features.

Yea they will become more like PC's but with one major difference. They will always have uniform system specs and first party developers which will allow for massive budget games not possible on the PC and relieve developers of the headache involved with coding for multiple hardware setups.

If a console maker moves towards a more complex system where you can start to incrementally upgrade your console then I see that console failing since the creator of that console will have forgotten the essentials that made consoles so appealing in the first place, the fact that you can just pop in a disk and start playing no worries or hassle.