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Adinnieken on 06 March 2013
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JinxRake said:
Adinnieken said:
JinxRake said:
AAdinnieken said:
Mummelmann said:
PC gaming has been dying since around 1990, that's when it started.

Um...it wasn't on the decline in 1990, but it has been on the decline since the late 1990's. 

PC Gaming needs to solve several problems before PC gaming comes back.  Microsoft tried to solve the problems with Windows Gaming, Steam sort of addresses the problems but introduce others.  Origin does nothing to resolve any of the issues.  Don't think anything else out there addresses the issues game developers have with the PC, which is why they have gone to consoles in droves.


And what would this mystical problem be?  You say it needs adressing, but say not a word about what it actually IS.

Piracy.  In the late 1990's and early in the 2000's piracy of game software was a major issue and driver to developing for consoles rather than PCs.  It's still a reason why developers work on the console rather than PC or move to the console.  It's been stated by several developers over the course of the decade and a half. 

I didn't say a word about because I figured the average person on this site was educated and well read.

The average person also knows that piracy is alive and kicking a lot of ass on the other platforms as well, from phones to consoles. As such, it's not a problem of the PC, but a problem of gaming in general. The XBox 360 for example was cracked very shortly after it launched. It's noone's fault but your own that your post was vague to the point of seemingly intentional parody.

The modding of a console is a pretty simple thing really that can be done without much effort and with a really low cost. It'll play pirated games just as well and I have known people who played a lot of stuff on theirs PS3s, rolled back the console and then basically uploaded all their trophies to their PSN account.

The jape was rather weak honestly, maybe next time.

Returning to your original post: "Pc gaming coming back"...I was not aware it had gone anywhere. Most big releases of this generation have come to the PC, with a few notable exceptions - Red Dead Redemption being one - and the platform has seen nothing but growth lately. Yes, developers have gone under, but that has been in the light of a global problem, with both PC centric developers disappearing, as well as console centric ones. 

You're 24 years old.  You have no idea what PC gaming was actually like in the 1990's and the extent of it back then.  The depth and breadth of developers was far greater than what you see today.  The industry didn't just consolidate, it shrunk,  and PC gaming shrunk the most. 

While you're right about many titles being available both on the PC as well as consoles, that's not the point. 

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 sold over 21m units on consoles to the PCs 870k.  Quake II in 1997 sold 610,000 units, with fewer available computers and fewer gamers, and it was a huge success.  A 33% growth over 16 years isn't good.  Especially considering that gaming consoles have sold. 3,443% more in the same time period.