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Forums - PC Discussion - 2009: PC's Best Year EVER (possibly better than all consoles combined)

Squilliam on 06 January 2009
vlad321 said:
Squilliam said:
vlad321 said:
Final-Fan said:
vlad321 said:
MontanaHatchet said:
Save for a few gems, this list is really not that impressive. Sorry PC elitists, no one cares. Besides, I can't believe your list includes games like Mirror's Edge and Saint's Row 2 that console gamers got months ago. I'll try not to choke when I laugh too hard.
Half-Life, Warcraft, Diablo, Starcraft (UT would be on here if you completely erase from your memory that UT3 EVER existed). If a new game that has any of those is released in a given year, it really doesn't matter what the consoles have. You can stack MGS4, LBP, SSBB, MKWii, Gears, any FF, ANY game, and it will still be a Technical K.O. 30 seconds into round 1 in favor of the PC. Since I see Stacrcraft in 2009 and a Diablo game in 2010, the winners are already set for those years. I'm hoping for a Half-Life 3 in 2011, I'm REALLY hoping, but I doubt it.

Well ... hmm ... no.

One single game, even StarCraft, cannot singlehandedly make the PC lineup win against a stellar year for consoles. MKWii, M. Prime 3, Brawl, GTA4, LBP, Gears 2, MGS4, etc. etc. I mean, I love StarCraft as much as anyone. I played it like a normal human being in 1998, and kept doing so until it ATE my LIFE around 2000. Then I escaped from the frying pan into the fire known as Diablo II. Point being, I respect what a juggernaut that game is, but no game is THAT much of a juggernaut. But I'm not saying SCII won't win 2009 for the PC.

 

We can let the numbers speak for them. The latest entries for each of the 4 franchises are still played today (I'm not counting WoW as Warcraft here). Just going on USEast at 7am right now on Diablo II shows that there's still 31k people playing it, and a little over 189k in Battle.net overall. That's also after the 350k CD keys that got banned by Blizzard several months ago. Now don't get me wrong, but how many games from the years these games were released are still played with such geat fervor. In fact I'm sure there's games that came out in 2008 that aren't even getting this much attention. 8 or 10 years from 2009, people will still be playing SC2, and no one will give a shit about MGS or LBP or Gears2 or MKWii or Brawl or GTA4, etc. etc. In 8-10 years after 2010 people will still be playing Diablo 3 in droves and as before, they won't give a shit about any of the games mentioned above. You also have to admit that there are many people(not all) out there who will buy SC2, and won't buy any other game until Diablo 3 comes out (if then).

 

Edit: I'm willing to bet they are still selling pretty damn well too!

The recent survey in the United States about console usage showing that the PS2 was still the most played system and that indicates otherwise.

 

 

Define game system.

System designed primarily for playing games.

 



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Staude on 06 January 2009

needs half life 2 episode 3



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blunty51 on 06 January 2009

braid.

yes.



PS360ForTheWin on 06 January 2009

lots of good games! Dawn of War 2 should be ace, ive pre-ordered it online



chasmatic12 on 06 January 2009

That is a buttload of games.



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SleepWaking on 06 January 2009

Episode 3 is coming out this year is it, I'm going to be upset otherwise. I have to agree with shio this list owns the consoles lists. I wouldn't say combined though, for me personally it is, but it's also about preferences. Like okr said it is good to have shio here, he may be exaggerating but it does get attention to the PC, which it isn't getting enough on these boards.



Squilliam on 06 January 2009

 

 



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shio on 06 January 2009

@Squilliam: Please don't do that. I asked you what exclusive 2009 PC games you think don't deserve to be mentioned in my list, nothing else. Showing a list of all the PS3 games wasn't even called for.



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frybread on 06 January 2009

If you're good at finding parts, you can build a PC for around $350 or less (using rebates and sales) to play all of these games this year. If you're impatient, like me, then just use a build in my sig for $490.



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Squilliam on 06 January 2009
shio said:
@Squilliam: Please don't do that. I asked you what exclusive 2009 PC games you think don't deserve to be mentioned in my list, nothing else. Showing a list of all the PS3 games wasn't even called for.

It was a joke, I already removed it!

Big lists are terrible, they lack focus.

A top 10 would always suffice, unless you intend to purchase more than that next year.

 



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