ZenfoldorVGI said:
Naz, come on man. You banned me for a week and I didn't even use a personal insults like you just did. I didn't say PC gaming was dying, I said it was in decline and that perhaps it was destined to become obsolete(which does not mean dead, it just means worse than console gaming) and I implied that it was in its twilight years, yes, but I doubt PC gaming will ever die as long as there is Blizzard and a few others. Speaking of Blizzard, they make up a huge portion of all that software and the MMO market. WoW is at 10 million or close to it at this point. I love PC gaming. I do, however, find it disturbing that I can't even bring up the subject of its decline or share my opinions on it without you getting defensive, hostile, and insulting with your post man, that wasn't cool. Pirating, System Requirements, and things like this(anit-pirating software or non-userfriendly installs) limit the market somewhat for PC games. That's a fact. Even the group trying to save computer gaming admits that in the challenges they face as PC developers. I wish you would read my original post again and realize that it's not necessarily as hostile or as meanspirited towards PC gaming as you originally though. When I see developers dropping the PC, or calling the Consoles "where its at" and btw these are long time developers on the PC that have historically gave the PC huge exclusives, then I can't help but feel that the PC gaming market is in decline. Maybe not dying, but it's not all rosey and happy like you seem to want to portrey it. There wouldn't need to be a group to revive computer gaming, if computer gaming was on the rise as a hot growing industry. You don't have to respect me, I still respect you, but please don't talk to me like I'm an idiot. |
Your posts still show ignorance. PC gaming is nowhere near dieing nor declining. It's healthily growing each year, particularly digital distribution and online revenue in general.
The only thing that we have proof of decline is the US' PC boxed retail market, and even then it's negligible when we consider the boom of online revenue. Besides, North-America has the smallest PC market out of the 3 big regions, both Europe and Asia's PC market are easily several times bigger than the North-American's.
There have been reports that PC market has been increasing even more in Europe and Asia, both retail and online sales. Heck, even in the UK (a mostly console-focused "nation") the PC was THE top selling games platform of 2007, with 23% of retail market (and that's not even counting the online revenue), that was the first time in many, many years that PC was the top selling platform in the UK.
Pretty much the only place it's decreasing is the North-american boxed retail market. The North American PC online market though, is booming and I bet it's far bigger than the retail market.
Piracy is a big problem no doubt, but System Requirements??! If anything, today is the best time in PC gaming for not only System Requirements but also Hardware Costs. It's amazing when my 5 year old PC can still play Mass Effect, SPORE, Starcraft 2, and almost every single PC game out there. Hell, you can even play an awesome game like Audiosurf on a near 10 year old PC. It helps that this gen the consoles got outdated faster than the previous generations, when comparing to PC's.
As far as I see it, PC has far more exclusives than Wii+360+PS3 combined. No big games? Then how about this year PC having far more AAA exclusives than any console?
It's true that PC has been losing several of the bigger exclusives, but that also applies to all other consoles, if not more. Pretty much today 360/PS3 only have exclusives because of first-party support, with the ocasional third-party game. And just as alot of PC franchises are being released multiplatform, also alot of consoles franchises are being released on PC.
