Future of the 'Gaming PC'

JackG4

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Hi all,

Was pondering yesterday how long the 'Gaming PC' can continue for? Is there a long-term future for us buying parts and assembling custom PCs?

What's your view?
 
JackG4 said:
Hi all,

Was pondering yesterday how long the 'Gaming PC' can continue for? Is there a long-term future for us buying parts and assembling custom PCs?

What's your view?
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This was only discussed the other day.

Short answer:
Pancake.


Long answer:
Gaming PCs will never go out, they'll always be more powerful than consoles, at least for the foreseeable future.
 
Considering the launch line-up for this newest gen consisted mostly of EA games, I'd be more worried about the future of console gaming.
 
robertchalmers1 said:
nah ususally find the better games dont appear for at least 12-18 months after release. if the games are still poor middle of 2015 then i would say they flopped but i doubt it
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Like;
Battlefield 5,
Call of Duty: Shadows,
Fifa 15/16,
Forza 5?
Killzone 4/5?
Dead Rising 4
Etc. :p

Consoles need to grasp the Indie market/Not so mainstream titles, EA also need to be stopped for the sake of consoles & PC!
 
I've just posted this in another thread... Steam has over 65 million active users .. Ps4 has sold 6 million and Xbox one has sold less so I can't see it dying anytime soon :)
 
I must admit obviously there is more choice with Console gamers and now that console games are 1080 for instance BF4 Console and PC 1080 I cannot see much difference, but as I use my PC for more than just gaming, hence why I still need one
 
Lex1970 said:
I must admit obviously there is more choice with Console gamers and now that console games are 1080 for instance BF4 Console and PC 1080 I cannot see much difference, but as I use my PC for more than just gaming, hence why I still need one
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More choice with console gamers? lol? Not sure if you mean console gamers have a greater choice of games?

Also BF4 doesn't run at 1080p on console (max is 900p on PS4)
 
I believe consoles should be worried.

When the general public realise they can have a PC (HTPC) for not much more than a nextgen console that can be plugged in to the lounge TV and be used with a 360 Joypad which will then give them a vast library of cheap games from the likes of steam and humble indie bundles etc.

I bought a PS4 and while it's a good machine I do kind of wish I didn't buy it and just stuck to PC gaming, kind of an addiction buying new shiny tech!
 
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I have been wondering if we are going to see a sealed AMD pc for living room gaming based on a suped PS4 type spec.
Basically a ddr5 kaveri properly crossfired to another hard wired grahics chip with say 12 gigs of ram.
I am wilfully ignorant so dont know why when the PS4 has shared ddr5 that AMD cant do the same with minimal dev costs on a PC platform.
 
Well I'd been waiting for the new gen consoles for yonks and when I heard the specs I couldn't believe how far behind they were compared to even the average pc. So I scrapped the idea of a console and came back to pc gaming. I read somewhere yesterday that a heck of a lot of console gamers have done the same after the disappointing lack of 1080p 60fps games. This bodes well for the future of pc gaming.
 
Wilko_Dog said:
I've just posted this in another thread... Steam has over 65 million active users .. Ps4 has sold 6 million and Xbox one has sold less so I can't see it dying anytime soon :)
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Was just going to post this , xbox has 42 million approx subscribers but still way behind steam , bring on steambox :-)
 
This year I see intel having it by the b**ls. DDR4 and the natural progression from the Titans will see to that. Consoles will just be for the enthusiasts (fanboys).

About time we took some back.

My rather drunken opinion - not gospel.
 
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