greenmedic88 on 29 August 2014
| Arkaign said: I'm a huge PC gamer, but only a tiny percentage of gamers are both able and willing to build their own. Leaving them with prebuilts. I do think PC gaming will continue to grow, but not explode. What is going to happen : Nintendo will bring a new more powerful unit closer to ps4 level in 2016 or 17 at the latest, but it will launch at 249 or less. Ps4 will be 299 by holiday 2015, and 249 or less by holiday 2016. Microsoft will begin killing xb1 investment and support beginning in 2016 (really a bit before, but it will be most visible in 2016 onward). Xb1 will end sales in 2017 at the latest. Microsoft will transition to making PC games, and later possibly games for other platforms. That will mean no big pressure to replace ps4, and we're on for a 8-10 year gen. |
I really don't know why more builders, and I go on the assumption that any big PC gamer builds their own, don't acknowledge that they are a minority niche among PC gamers, but this is reality.
I'm almost of the notion that MS should place more emphasis on PC gaming, but apparently they don't see it as enough of a growth market to place more effort behind it than their Xbox division. While I have a very hard time seeing them abandon the Xbox as a platform, they are going to have to stage quite a turnaround in the upcoming years if they want to convince shareholders of the viability of their console business.
