Mr. GOH! Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) PC gaming is dead. Discuss. Edited January 3, 2011 by Mr. GOH! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 It isn't. Discuss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 while (Steam != "") { print "PC Gaming is not Dead."; } else { die. } ^ totally invalid PHP markup with a totally good point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 It isn't. Discuss. Hmm. Interesting point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 PC gaming is dead. Discuss. Uhhh...No, Peg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 No examples yet? Maybe my confrontational style didn't sufficiently communicate what I wished. So here's one: PC gaming is dead because Steam has had to mark down tons of games to get them to sell at all over the holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 PC Gaming is dead because Minecraft only sold 800,000 copies compared to the 7(?) million COD Blops had PC Gaming is dead because Epic don't make PC games any more. err come back to me later, doing other shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akuam4n Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 No examples yet? Maybe my confrontational style didn't sufficiently communicate what I wished. So here's one: PC gaming is dead because Steam has had to mark down tons of games to get them to sell at all over the holidays. If anything, people wait until the game they want is a low price on Steam because they know, it will be eventually. With a lot of those games on consoles as well, chances are they played it already, and don't mind the wait. I'll be waiting to see how many copies Minecraft will sell out of beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 No examples yet? Maybe my confrontational style didn't sufficiently communicate what I wished. So here's one: PC gaming is dead because Steam has had to mark down tons of games to get them to sell at all over the holidays. If anything, people wait until the game they want is a low price on Steam because they know, it will be eventually. With a lot of those games on consoles as well, chances are they played it already, and don't mind the wait. I'll be waiting to see how many copies Minecraft will sell out of beta. My intent is still not obvious, it appears. Here's another example: PC gaming is dead because Starcraft 2 was not the best selling game this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 That's because Starcraft II is overrated bullshit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akuam4n Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 That's because Starcraft II is overrated bullshit. Truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 That's because Starcraft II is overrated bullshit. I wouldn't know because I don't play SC2. But the best selling game of 2010 was BlOps, which I have played and is definitely overrated bullshit as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 That's because Starcraft II is overrated bullshit. Also: So here's one: PC gaming is dead because Steam has had to mark down tons of games to get them to sell at all over the holidays. I'd say the mark down is because Steam is awesome. The developers make a shit load of money off these sales. There's been a number of cases where small developers have been saved from a Steam sale where their game sells for peanuts and sells like hot cakes. Plus there's numerous conversions from people that pirated the game and figure, what the hell, it's cheap and I loved the game, I'll buy it. Plus, there's gotta be minimal overhead, unlike the actual physical copies of the games. PC gaming is far from dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akuam4n Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 That's because Starcraft II is overrated bullshit. I wouldn't know because I don't play SC2. But the best selling game of 2010 was BlOps, which I have played and is definitely overrated bullshit as well. And yet it still got fabulous reviews, and won numerous awards. Reviewers have gotten too soft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Okay, how about this: PC gaming is dead because a gaming PC costs $3 million dollars to buy and building one from scratch requires multiple engineering degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Am I the only one seeing Mr GOH's intent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 I saw it. I just wanted to say that about Starcraft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Am I the only one seeing Mr GOH's intent? hahaha seems like it I only wised up to it after your first post, but then seeing everyone else argue seriously was too amusing for me to intervene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeniorPuffyPants Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 Okay, how about this: PC gaming is dead because a gaming PC costs $3 million dollars to buy and building one from scratch requires multiple engineering degrees. it doesn't really cost 3million dollars build & buy a pc. my cousin who is a high school drop out helped me build one for around 500$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 PC gaming was never alive to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Are people doing it on purpose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docsfox Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 PC gaming is dead because everyone keeps telling me it's dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Am I the only one who thinks PC gaming is possibly doing better than every except in terms of an "industry" perspective? It's easier to develop and release games these days. Indie titles are better than they've ever been. There just isn't any money in it for the big guys except Valve. To me it's like the music industry dying. I really don't give a shit if the big companies all go away as independent work will still exist. Work that's untainted by a board of executives and the quest for a dollar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 You're certainly not the only one. As the creation of this thread shows. It's not a huge money spinner (though it's 70% of Activisions earnings, so you'll never hear them say anything bad about PC) But from a gamer perspective it's better than it's ever been. Once you've got your PC, the ease of use these days is amazing (srsly console folks no matter much you think console gaming is much more streamlined, I've never had to wait to play a game for about 2-3 years now, that's something that's really missing on consoles atm), it's shit loads cheaper, it's much more flexible in the genres you see, theres much more 'un-safe' games; the games that aren't a guaranteed money maker. The hardest part is getting the PC. Once you realise you're spending several hundred on a PC anyway, it's jsut a case of putting forward a couple hundred more and poof it's now a PC that'll do all your daily tasks of facebook n photoshoping n whatever, and will also play games generally better than they'll ever look on console and with a much larger library. And with the cheapness of even new games you're gonna make that initial ~$200 back anyway. According to http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/deanbmmv I have $890 worth of games through steam alone. I certainly haven't spent that amount. (also odd, I'm sure last I looked I had 82 games). If say that was $890 on full priced console games you'd have 14 games. full priced PC games you'd have either 20 games, or a spare $140. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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