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Some PC people say this every gen.  They will say it next gen too.



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Nettles said:

Pretty generalised statement there.Console sales are bigger.So Diablo 3 sold more on PS3 than PC? Individually mine raft sold the most on PC but yes, if you add up all console platform sales yes together they are more.

Look at the numbers. Are you blind? You must be, but then: How do you even type those post?

Minecraft (total 54 million copies sold):

PC 15 mln

X360 10 mln

Minecraft PE 10+ mln

Other (ps3?) 54 - 15 - 10 -10 = 20? (no way, but personaly I think it is something like 10 mln or so)

http://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2014/06/26/minecraft-ps3-360-sales-surpass-pcmac-game-closes-in-on-54-million-across-all-platforms/

Diablo 3 - greates sales succes on a PC (15 mln total, 2 mln on consoles)

But then, out of nowhere (PC best francaises and genres):

CoD MW: 20 mln sold total (X360 10mln, PS3 7mln)

CoD MW2: 25 mln sold total (X360 14 mln, PS3 10 mln)

CoD MW3: 31 mln sold (X360 15 mln, PS3 13 mln)

GTA 4: 25 mln (Xbox 360 11 mln, PS3 10 mln)

Skyrim: 20 mln (X360 8 mln, PS3 5.5 mln)

Battlefield 3: 17 mln (X360 8 mln, PS3 7 mln)

FIFA Soccer 13: 14 mln (X360 5 mln, PS3 7.5 mln)

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010): 6 mln (X360 2.5 mln, PS3 3 mln)

Crysis 2: 4.5 mln (X360 1.5 mln, PS3 1.4 mln)

Watch Dogs: 4 mln in 1st week (PS4 1.5 mln, XBO 0.7 mln, PS3+X360, 0.9 mln)

And I will not bring up Wii or DS titles (from 10 to 80 mln units of single game on one platform)

Where are PC gamers? Where are those masses? 0.7 mln people begging for GTA 5 port?



My XBO has features that set it apart from my gaming PC. And I like that.



Ka-pi96 said:
youarebadatgames said:

PC only gamers don't give a rats ass about cinema games and watered down shooters when we've already got the biggest and best genres around - LoL, Dota2, SC2, CS:Go, and MMORPGs.


what i think is even funnier is that CS:Go is on consoles.



Play4Fun said:
We done slamming PC gamers yet?


we will be just as soon as PC gamers stop making threads to bash consoles...



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This time I wont read all of the comments in here. I'll just say that consoles wont die, or that if they do it wont be any time soon. Like someone else here said, they are (most likely) just becoming more niche. Consoles will always have their appeal, and there are things consoles DO have over PCs, but whether consoles will start taking more advantage over that is dependent on whether it's a viable alternative for the market.



PC gaming profits were greater in 2013 than console gaming profits.
Mostly because of the MOBA genre.

Then again console players buy nothing but GTA and Shooters.

And gtfo, CS:GO is only popular on PC, it still gets a a nice chunk of Twitch viewers.

Warned - Kantor



My problem;

Can I like,

PC
Console
Tablets
Phones

Or am I a misfit ?



I've haven't played a game on a PC since Doom came out.    What your saying about PC makes sense, it's more functional, better graphics - but I just can't get into sitting so close to the comuter to play.    Sit me in front of the HD TV on my sofa, I don't want to sit in an office playing on a PC. 



Sharpryno said:

PC gaming profits were greater in 2013 than console gaming profits.
Mostly because of the MOBA genre.

Then again console players buy nothing but GTA and Shooters.

And gtfo, CS:GO is only popular on PC, it still gets a a nice chunk of Twitch viewers.

Warned - Kantor


I wont say you're wrong about the PC gaming profits, but I think you should do everyone a favor and at least provide evidence to support your claim.

Also, easy to see how you got warned for saying something like that given that GTA and shooters are extremely popular on PCs as well.