Are Consoles ruining the gaming industry?

[MikeB]

totalwar23 said:

MikeB said:
I was mostly a PC gamer for the previous generation (only owning a DS lite since when it came out). With regard to dumbing down games that's not necessary the case anymore. With the Cell processor and Blu-Ray technically consoles provide technical advantages over PC gaming of their own.

With regard to the Wii, the bestsellers are totally unlike PC games. This style of gameplay is new and interests many new consumers, especially females.

Don't want to start anything, but I can't help but ROFLMAO.

You don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand this. Blu-Ray discs can hold more data, currently many of the exclusives are streaming 7.1 quality audio, with newer game engines other data, most importantly texture data can be streamed as well. This allows for a wider varierty of data (more data) to be streamed than is the case with DVD.

With regard to the Cell processor you just need to read any of the univerity or scientific papers, research shows potential advantages compared to PC CPUs. IBM isn't using the Cell to built high-end supercomputers for nothing.