PC Gaming up 230%, Console down 28% (PC Gaming Comeback!)

[bouzane]

SvennoJ said:

bouzane said:

SvennoJ said:
I go back to pc gaming now and then, then get fed up with it again and put on a console game that just works without always on drm, server lag, annoying extra layers like gfwl and other bullshit.

Console games can have all of these problems. All you have to do is research the game before you purchase it. Personally, I have no problems with GOG and Steam with the exception of a handful of Ubisoft games.

I never had any problems with console games, granted I don't play online much.

I rather buy my games in a store, hard copies of pc games are becoming an endangered species. Waiting for hours to download a game while eating up my bandwidth limit sucks.
And the hard copies still take longer to install then the longest ps3 install. Then there are different codes to enter before you are allowed to play, possibly make an account first or link it to Steam or Origin etc, make sure drivers are up to date, tweak the settings over and over to get it running smoothly, possibly resort to a new beta driver after searching the forums, or resort to editting ini files.
And after all that get annoyed that the interface has been optimized for controller use instead of a mouse.

Sure there are many advantages too, but console games are simple insert and play, bar a few automatic patches (which you can ignore if you don't want to play online anyway)

If you want to play indie games or older games from gog then sure pc is where it's at, never had any problem with gog. But if you don't need the best possible graphics and don't care about mods it's far easier to stick to consoles for full new games.

I don't know what you've been playing but the vast majority of PC games are easy to install and play on a modern system. It takes longer to install a PC game? It also happens to load faster every time I launch it thereafter. Enter a single code to install the game? No biggie, takes less than a minute. Link a game to Steam or Origin? Again, takes seconds and has perks. I update my drivers a couple times a year and that's both easy and sufficient. Tweaking settings, using beta drivers, editing ini files? I've had to do the first a couple dozen times, again no big deal. I've never needed a beta driver and I've had to edit ini files maybe three or four times in my life. It seems that despite the fact that I've played hundreds of PC games I've had less problems then you. What type of setup could possibly cause so much trouble?