PC has had the ability to out pace consoles for over 2 years if not since the consoles launched, but the problem is the smaller install base of gaming riggs incomparison to every other computer, and piracy, which at the end of the day is the biggest culprit...ask crytek.

so when a company wants to make a graphically intense game they have to consider first what are the average specs of computers out there on the market and then use that as the lowest setting and work up, and then theirs the fact of how much piracy will affect their bottom line....allot of PC developers have figured that it's better to leverage their games on console since piracy is much much lower, and graphics are somewhat high end...well at least the specs are a known factor, and as a business one can not turn away from something that has a higher chance of generating profit rather than risking it all for what? reputation?...reputation won't pay the bills, and a business if all about making money as it's the only way to stay alive in the scene.

Now given all the above, what we have today is just a repercussion of what most have already known for years as being a problem on PC, but now there is a solution which benefits everyone...except wii owners, Nintendo phase shifted their business 90 degrees from everyone else, but it doesn't matter, different market, different taste in games...either way theirs something for everyone.

Most certainly not, I hadn't even begun using mods. I did try a few when I had decided I wouldn't want to continue playing like this but Oblivion didn't run smooth without any mods. Ofcourse it did when I turned everything down but then the 360 version looked better. I'm not trying to say everyone has these problems and that console gaming is better for everyone but I now it is better for me.

And I know a laptop isn't for gaming but I figured I would be able to play games that were a bit older, especially strategy games I missed out over the years and have a computer that can play some future titles aswell. But Stalker the first none RTS title I gothad problems form the start. Any other non-rts I got after that had problems, some minor, some big. Consoles have the certainty that you can play the games that you bought without any problems. I'd trade in the edge in graphics that I was supposed to have with a PC for that any day.

Never again, not in this generation or in later ones

It sold over 1.5 million copies in its first 6 months. I'd imagine it's well over 2 million by now, plus all the Steam sales.

ok I have something to input that i really noticed today, playing uncharted today for about 3 hour, I realise hey yeah crysis does look a lot better, AND on a good rig (mines not to shabby) crysis runs smoother, man is uncharted a laggy game or what, allmost never at 30fps, I am now thinking that mayb its not the graphical quality that has been improving on pc. but the framerates you can get over some console games on pc is allmost mind boggling.

This is an interesting article on input lag in console games. The Slashdot discussion is worth a read as well.

Even though cyrsis outstrips any console game, it's only one game and is not representative of pc games in general.

My guess is that 'alot' of multiplatform games (pc/360/ps3) look best on the PC already. Though it's entirely subjective whether you think that difference is 'small' or 'large'.

I really don't see that much of a difference between pc games and consoles games in general (at the moment). Not until it is a common occurence that PC games outstrip console games even on their medium settings will I concede that pc games have taken over console games.

Yup, Crysis was a success, much more than Killzone 2. Not only did it sell 1.5 million in just 6 months, they probably also made alot of money from the deals with the hardware manufacturers. Since then, Crysis had another year and half to keep selling, and got released on Steam in late 2008.

I wouldn't be surprised to Crysis reached 3 million sales lifetime.

Fixed.

well yeah PC is better, but the gap is definitely getting thinner...

soon PCs will get life like graphics (almost is on the forest pictures) and consoles will folow... all that will be left will be :
_ the ability to zoom and not loose quality
_ density of the area (more ennemies, trees)
_ animation of more objects
_ perfecting light effects

that's about it.... in 20 years your only difference will be running 120 fps or 150 fps....

that is why consoles need motion control and other inovations... otherwise they can't have a next gen!