Half life series? LoL? CSS 1.6 and source? Hawken? Arma? Chivalry? Dragon age (PC was DRASTICALLY different)? Legend of Grimrock? Sim City? Civ series? Diablo series? UT? Planet side 2?
Do I have to go on?
See below lol.
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Which of the latest pc games were mere console ports?
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Half life series? LoL? CSS 1.6 and source? Hawken? Arma? Chivalry? Dragon age (PC was DRASTICALLY different)? Legend of Grimrock? Sim City? Civ series? Diablo series? UT? Planet side 2?
Do I have to go on?
See below lol.
Now, please name 15 exclusives per console that were big hits...
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None of them really make someone want to buy a PC though unlike some console exclusives.
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I'm sure there are a lot of people who buy PCs to play MMOs alone (GW2 and WoW alone are major pulls).
Nor has console to the masses. Some might think "all my buddies are playing WoW, I might grab a pc to play it on". I might think "sods law, all my buddies are now playing the new Halo... Guess I better buy a 360 again to join in".
I personally think it's down to the gamer.
Of course....its all down to personal taste.
Some people prefer exclusive games on consoles.
I have a PS3 for the few games that are exclusive to PS3 (Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy are the only 3 I can think of off my head that I like).
Most games are usually spread across PC, PS3 and Xbox.....I prefer to play them on the PC for the better experience.
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Loads of people upgrade hardware for big PC release. Crysis had everyone buying new GPUs. The battlefield series is the same.
Those aren't PC exclusives though.
You will definetley have people upgrading their PC hardware for the Total War Rome 2....but then PC is different, as people who are into PC gaming, are usually upgrading their PC's on a fairly regular basis.
Buying a PS3 or Xbox these days for an exclusive is about the cost of a GTX 660 graphics card....so is hardly a big commitment if they want to play a game badly enough.
I hate MP, I was talking purely from singleplayer perspective, which is what I play.
Loads of people built new PCs/upgraded for most of those games listed....ever been in General Hardware subforum? Happens all of the time...plenty of "spec me a PC/upgrade for Planetside 2/Rift/Diablo 3"
Stacking up PC exclusives against console exclusives will inevitably fail. Most of them are dire and lack variety. Half-Life sucks btw, worse than Halo.
People on computer forums yeah who aren't the majority of gamers as a whole.
Inevitably fail?......in your OPINION yes maybe, but then other people may think the opposite, as the respective games are about an individuals tastes.
Plus this isnt a willy waving contest about Consoles vs PC's.
A lot of "PC Exclusives" are games that aren't actually exclusives so much as coming from a time where consoles weren't up to the task at all/were impossible to develop for, or from titles that can't afford the distribution channels ie indie developers. Console exclusives on the other hand are generally massive AAA titles whereas there's no overarching manufacturer trying to get people to develop for the PC only in the same way as Microsoft and Sony pull developers towards exclusive development for consoles.
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Leave the troll be, must be half term.