TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) Yeah, I'm polygamous with my love of gaming platforms. If I have the choice for a multiplatform game though, I'll get it for the PC these days, since I have a good enough one to enjoy the benefits of choosing PC. Edited February 10, 2011 by TheForgetfulBrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Oh yeah I'll play a game on anything. While I prefer PC I won't refuse to game on consoles because of it. As for multi-plats on PC, 99% of the time, but there's a few where it's not worth getting on PC for various reason like Assassins Creed (i.e shitty DRM and it taking like half a year from console to PC release) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) Oh yeah I'll play a game on anything. While I prefer PC I won't refuse to game on consoles because of it. As for multi-plats on PC, 99% of the time, but there's a few where it's not worth getting on PC for various reason like Assassins Creed (i.e shitty DRM and it taking like half a year from console to PC release) Yeah, but the thing about AC, while the DRM is total balls, it's supposed to be a better version, with additional content. That said, Ubi's ridiculous about putting it on sale - I grabbed ACII on sale for $15 on the Xmas Steam sale, which seemed reasonable to me, but ACI was $15 too, which is not. That is a $5 game at this point. Very lame. Edited February 10, 2011 by TheForgetfulBrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRan Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 My opinion is that without PC gaming there IS no gaming industry. Just look at the hardware R&D that goes into each and every new console when it's designed. Simply put, they have to draw from PC hardware both on a low level and a high one. Not to mention the fact that the software (DirectX, OpenGL, etc.) and hardware that goes into making the backbones for these consoles is coming DIRECTLY from the PC. NVidia and ATi also a make a killing not only by selling graphics cards to the consumer, but also making hardware for the Big 3 console companies. So tl;dr, there's no gaming industry without PC, pure and simple. The way the industry works, it's impossible to have console gaming without PC gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I can easily see an industry without PC gaming and rather with just PC development instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted February 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 My opinion is that without PC gaming there IS no gaming industry. Just look at the hardware R&D that goes into each and every new console when it's designed. Simply put, they have to draw from PC hardware both on a low level and a high one. Not to mention the fact that the software (DirectX, OpenGL, etc.) and hardware that goes into making the backbones for these consoles is coming DIRECTLY from the PC. NVidia and ATi also a make a killing not only by selling graphics cards to the consumer, but also making hardware for the Big 3 console companies. So tl;dr, there's no gaming industry without PC, pure and simple. The way the industry works, it's impossible to have console gaming without PC gaming. Well, it's imported directly from PC made in 2006 or earlier. I have a feeling that console manufacturers don't like the relationship you describe and will continue to move further and further from it. We won't see a new console generation, until PC gaming starts cutting into console game sales. Well, except Ninty might barf out a new console because PC it tries hard as fuck to be independent from PC gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirandello Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 (edited) I know PC gaming isn't dead yet. Why? Because I'm still playing PC games. And so long as I still play PC games, even if I am the last PC gamer on the planet, it isn't dead. That's as plainly direct as I can put it. Edited February 11, 2011 by Pirandello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I'd say it's more a case of hardware n games not made for it anymore. Cos I reckon there's folks still playing NES games, but the NES has been dead for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/14/the-very-important-list-of-pc-games-part-1/ http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/15/the-very-important-list-of-pc-games-part-2/ Part 3 and 4 I guess come on Wed n Thursday. I've played up to now a grand total of 15 of the games :/ (Out of about 50+) Many are well before my time mind, Walker notes he was 13 at the time I was only 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 PC Gamer (online) has a pretty interesting Top 100 PC list. http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/16/the-100-best-pc-games-of-all-time/ If nothing else, you might find some games you missed playing that it's time to dig up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I see your PC gamer list and raise you PArt 3 of RPs list: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/16/the-very-important-list-of-pc-games-part-35/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheForgetfulBrain Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 "IMPORTANCENESS" haa, love it. I'll have to check out RPS more regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Yeah, they don't take themselves too seriously, but when they do they're good. And definitely very focused on PC. Love the all games are equal mantra too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 19, 2011 Report Share Posted February 19, 2011 http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6290/a_renewed_focus_pcgas_new_.php The PCGA president gives a pretty long interview. I've not read it all. Just sort of had it open since last night peeking at it but I assume there's some nuggets of information in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 The straight face EG version: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-01-pc-gaming-is-growing-everywhere or the RPS-like RPS version http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/03/01/pc-is-strong-pc-games-revenue-up-20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 http://www.pcauthori...ut-of-date.aspx I may be biased, but I somewhat agree. In the past year or so I've seen quite a few more folks taking an eye in PC gaming, and with motion controls and such folks kind of losing interest in consoles. Personally I think the article may be leaning a bit too much on the assumption that the technical capability of engines on PC would be enough to draw developers over. But there's definitely something there. He also missed out id tech 5 which I believe is due this year too. Oh yeah this too: http://www.gamasutra...he_PC_Space.php "The user base is gigantic' date='" he says. "PC retail may be a big problem, but PC downloads are awesome. … The margins are much better and we don’t have any rules in terms of first party approvals. From our perspective, it's an extremely healthy platform. … It's totally conceivable it will become our biggest platform."[/quote']That'd be president of EA Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRan Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Being exclusive to one platform or another is stupid honestly. That being said I am a bit of a sony fanboy. Until PCs give blowjobs I'll get most of my games on console. Dude, have you seen Mirror's Edge running on a good PC? That shit's better than a blowjob. As long as the PC version isn't dog turd, I'll get the PC version solely for the better graphics and performance. There's no reason for me to pick the console version unless it's an exclusive or if the PC version is horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Oh yeah this too: http://www.gamasutra...he_PC_Space.php "The user base is gigantic' date='" he says. "PC retail may be a big problem, but PC downloads are awesome. … The margins are much better and we don’t have any rules in terms of first party approvals. From our perspective, it's an extremely healthy platform. … It's totally conceivable it will become our biggest platform."[/quote']That'd be president of EA Games. I'm sorry EA is not really friendly to PC gamers recently (post 2008) outside of Battlefield games. Take a look at Dead Space 2 and Hot Pursuit DLC exclusion (not to mention the other issues with HP). How about them screwing over steam with releases. The DA2 release etc. It's no lie that Nvidia cards have issues, you'd need to install Beta drivers to get it running looking somewhat good and there's odd framerate dips. He's saying this for two reasons. 1)September release of The Old Republic which is a heavy budget game and an MMO and only available on the PC. 2)They've acquired some more casual studios to make more casual games and not just playfish facebook games. What they or rather Frank Gibeau really means is, hey PC gamers we do love you for constant MMO support and casual games support. I promise BF3 will be good on the PC but please do buy our MMO and casual games and particularly Maxis games and EA Bright Light. When EA are truly friendly towards PC development it'll be a different story, but right now it really isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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