| Hephaestos said: now that consoles are equiped with hard drives, there's really no barrier to them having MMos (with updates, patches...) that could even be cross platform (this would ensure a good amount of players).
I get killiana's point on the quality of PC games... but this also has to do with the fact that consoles are now basically PCs, so the devs can do the same games... and make them cross platform. Of course, the limitations of consoles will touch also the PC, this is the cause of the decrease in quality. Lastly... quality games haven't been comming out cause Bliz was occupied with wow :p as they account for the best PC games anyways =) (they are 40% of the games you cited) |
I agree, this generation and the following generations of consoles is and will be on par with PCs in terms of graphics. Of course you will have PC games such as Crysis that are at the bleeding edge of graphics output and good gameplay, but they are not the norm. Most PC shooters aim for one or the other, the Unreal series exemplifies the best graphics with meh gameplay, while the Battlefield series has skimped on graphics for the best multiplayer experience.
Yeah, nobody is better than Blizzard with the exception being Nintendo. Rare had quite a run there in the 1990s with Donky Kong Country, but flatlined in the 2000s. Same with Square Enix who was at the pinnacle during Final Fantasy 7 , but has not released a Final Fantasy game quite as good as 7 since.
Finally, I was hoping for someone to bring up the current generation of consoles eating into the PC gaming market. I believe that if I was faced with the proposition in 2007 to spend $600 max (price of the PS3) on a console or spend $1500 for a new computer to run the best PC games, I would take the former without a doubt and always.
When I was exclusively PC gaming from 2002 until early 2007, I encountered way too many PC gamers who got off on how powerful and expensive their gaming machine was like teenage boys brag about the size of their penis. Those who owned an Alienware had an overinflated epeen and you could not play through a WoW raid without them mentioning how cool their PC was at least once through Vent.
