MARCUSDJACKSON on 05 September 2011
| RolStoppable said: Computer games versus video games is the answer. What is what? Simply put, computer games come from companies with a heavy PC background (many, if not most, Western developers) while video games are made by companies who made their name on consoles (pretty much all Japanese developers, because PC gaming doesn't play a role in Japan). The differences between computer and video games are less pronounced than in the past, because many former PC only developers have moved towards consoles in recent years, mainly due to Microsoft's Xbox line. Gamers go where the games are and as such the Xbox 360 audience includes plenty of former PC gamers who eventually got tired of upgrading their rig. In other words, the Xbox 360 reached the point of being good enough and PC gaming got somewhat disrupted. That's why AAA PC games became rarer in the last five years. While Sony is also striving towards computer gaming, their origins still exist. Microsoft created its fanbase by gobbling up parts of the PC market while Sony took many of Sega's and Nintendo's former customers. This is why computer games tend to do better on the Xbox 360 and video games do better on the PS3. The stereotypical PC gamer doesn't give a damn about Japanese games and the typical video gamer doesn't care that much for Western productions. So anytime a multiplatform game comes out that can easily be classified as either a computer or a video game, it's easy to predict on which console it will do better. The basic question that needs to be asked is: "Would this game sell on the PC?" If yes, then the game will most likely do better on the Xbox 360. If no, then the PS3 will take the victory. |
this maybe the most logical post in this thread
