Pemalite said:
WrathofTank said:
The truth is that if the same game sells on console and on pc, it will pretty much always have a much larger player base on console, including Overwatch. I've have understood why Blizzard has focused so hard on Overwatch on PC when they have a much larger audience on console based on sales.
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Because PC games are more profitable, PC games tend to have longer legs and PC games tend to be the platform used in allot of eSports events.
Every game Blizzard sells on PC, is 30% or more of a cut that doesn't go into Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo's pockets but goes to Blizzard instead.
PC Games tend to keep-on selling for decades. On consoles they tend to fall into obscurity after the initial release, StarCraft Brood Wars didn't hit 10~ million copies sold overnight for example, Diablo 3 PC outsold all console versions.
And eSports is the logical part, Overwatch is a very eSports centric game, mouse and keyboard is better for competitive players, the PC also allows for eSports organizations to have their own overlays and such.
The PC also doesn't charge for patches, so when Blizzard tests a new idea, they test/experiment with it on the PC first, because. You know. Money and all that.
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A lot of your post has absolutely nothing to do with console vs PC, but a marketplace that Blizzard controls vs one that they do not.
I think you're way off on your sales legs comment. The truly great, meaningful games will sell well for over a decade. Even moreso now as the digital marketplaces have developed so much in PSN and XBL. Being on PC doesn't make something just start selling well over time. Your comment is also quite strange as the late port on consoles still pushed over 4 million combined with all of the horrid word of mouth that Blizzard got on release date.
