Will Console and PC Gaming Decline in 2010?

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mirgro said:

Killiana1a said:

DirtyP2002 said:

well 2009 had MW2 and NSMB Wii. Two HUGE sellers for the consoles.

This year we have Halo Reach, Black Ops, GT5, Fable 3, Donkey Kong, Wii Party for the consoles. I think it might be flat on the consoles.

The PC market is going to increase, but that is not that hard considering how bad 2009 was. Blizzard, the one and only on the PC market, releases 2 games. Last year they didn't release anything. You basically have to check blizzards releases to make a statement about the PC market.

Yeah, ever since Sierra and Westwood folded, the big names and anticipated games in PC gaming have gone elsewhere.

I agree in comparison to 2009 where there was really no big PC release other than Dragon Age: Origins, it will only be higher this year due in large part to StarCraft 2.

I have a contrarian thought, if this economic recession continues for another 2 plus years, then we may see the PC market downsize even further. Think about it. PC gaming is the most expensive platform to game. The entry point is a PC costing at least $1200 and higher if you want to play the latest, greatest FPS at maximum resolution settings.

Computer technology gets better year after year along with getting more expensive, therefore how can one expect long term increases in the PC market in the midst of a global economic downturn when consumers just do not have that extra $1000 to blow in upgrading their PC or getting a new one?

As for consoles, year over year fluctuates, but it is a fairly stable market because of the low entry point for the individual consumer.

The beauty of PC gaming is that you can spend less than $500 and still play all the games and have them look at least as good as they do on a console. The $1200 is only in the cases if you wat more, far more, than a current console will ever be able to even imagine of processing.

With those $500 you also would not need to upgrade every year at all. Since it will still play those those games and it won't play the newest game on max, but let's be honest, the newest game on max wouldn't be able to even launch on the consoles before setting them on fire.

All in all, your post told me you don't know crap about PC gaming for you to be making such long posts about it.

yup, over a year ago you could build a $500 PC that would play Crysis on High Settings (much better than any console). Now it's much cheaper than that.