Guess you are part of those 299 million people that don`t pay for Pc games...bummer...

Are you kidding me?! 1 million is a huge success for the PC version of Assassin's Creed! The PC version was supposed to be doomed from the start because:

1. It came out 3 months later than the console versions
2. Had no marketing, while consoles had tons
3. Was the biggest unoptimized piece of crap when it came out
4. It has only been 1.5 years since it came out. PC games can sell for decades.

Sorry, but if you're telling me that AC getting 1 million on PC is a flop, then I would consider the console versions to be flops aswell.

EDIT: Assassin's Creed 2 will be much more worthy for comparison, since the PC version will come out at the same time as the console versions. You have to wonder why Ubisoft is allowing the PC version to release same time as consoles' if it sold so badly on PC.

Consoles get the best games every year. Take a look at metacritic just for reference.


I'll take the PS3 for this example.

PC 2009 so far:

Street Fighter IV 91
Braid 90
Empire Total War 90
Plants vs Zombies 88
Eve Online Apocrypha 88
Time Gentleman please 87
Burnout paradise UB 87
The Sims 3 86
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II 85
Secret of Monkey Island: SE 85

Football Manager 2009    83

Dawn of Discovery   82

Hearts of Iron III     81

Trine 80

PS3 2009 so far:

Street Fighter 4  94

Batman : AA   92

Killzone 2  91

WipeOut HD Fury 89

Demon's Souls 88

BlazBlue 88

Fight Night Round 4  88

Burnout paradise UB 88

Shatter 87

Guitar Hero Metallica 86

Marvel vs Capcom 2 86

Madden NFL10  86

Resident Evil 5 86

Comet Crash 86

Red faction gerrilla 85

Infamous 85

Battlefield 1943  84

Skate 2 84

UFC undisputed 84

Tiger Woods PGA tour10  81

Fat Princess 81

Look at the variety , and the franchises, different genres. PS3 please.

You're doing it wrong:

+80% PS3 games in 2009: 31

+80% PC games in 2009: 55

This is according to gameranking.com, which tracks much more sites/mags than metacritic. Metacritic usually only tracks the most popular sites/mags, which almost rarelly touch on small or indie games, and PC has a wide amount of small/indie/niche games.

^I prefer my big franchises like Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid, Killzone, Uncharted , etc etc. Many indie games I can get for cheap at the PSN store. Of those 55 games ranking 80% + for the PC, most of them are casual stuff I don't care about.

And you're the one doing it wrong, listing just numbers. That's why I listed names. It's not about quantity. I couldn't care less to be able to play 30+ puzzle games ranked over 80/100, or 10 RTS ranked 80+ in one year. I vouch for variety and the best of as many genres as possible.

Your taste of games has nothing to do with this. This is about what reviewers think of the game, and how well the games score.

Names are irrelevant, we're talking about scores. And if you want variety, PC has by far the most variety, and it's only on PC that you can truly get the best experience, regardless of the genre.

honestly, i dont know myself.

i like some PC games (i.e. most blizzard games), but i grab the console version of a game over the PC version anyday.

The vast majority of PC games are free, so I clearly don't pay for them.  However, I've certainly bought PC games including a couple Age of Empires games, a couple Civilization games and most recently Plants Vs. Zombies.

It's all about the controls baby!

The customization of the controls is what I like about PC gaming, The shared game library with the HD consoles, and CHEAPER games is also a bonus. The mouse like controls of the Wii is why I want PC/Wii.