PC gaming dying?

tomanders91 · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:05

People are saying on gamespot forums that PC gaming in 3-5 years will be dead because developers see more money in console gaming (and other reasons) and will stop making PC games, tbh i hope this wont be true as im getting rid of my 360 to get a gaming pc.

Lolcb · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:08

Lol, *** a bunch of no swearing.

nemtizz · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:10

Lolcb said:
Lol, *** a bunch of no swearing.

Why star out what?

ste_bla · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:12

Adum said:
Why star out what?

txt speak im guessing

w o t = ***
w a t = ***

Bananadude · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:13

Well, even if it is true, which of course it isn't, then in 3-5 years your gaming PC won't be up to that much anyway, so no need to worry. But this will never happen. It's pure nonsense.

nemtizz · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:14

ste_bla said:
txt speak im guessing

w o t = ***
w a t = ***

Nah i didn't mean that, he starred out what and left the *******. Which dosent make sense.

DaveyD · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:15

Lolcb said:
lol, *** a bunch of ********.

Fully star out your swearies please.

Adum said:
Why star out what?

Why quote the swearie?

BurntCarcus · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:16

Couldnt see nvidia and ati stopping making graphics cards for pc's tbh, is that not what they build them for first then convert them for consoles later after they bring out new ones for pc's? I have noticed smaller displays in shops now like game, their pc section is tiny now, used to be a whole wall of the shop.

tomanders91 · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:17

i ment game developers

DaveyD · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:19

tomanders91 said:
People are saying on gamespot forums that PC gaming in 3-5 years will be dead because developers see more money in console gaming (and other reasons) and will stop making PC games, tbh i hope this wont be true as im getting rid of my 360 to get a gaming pc.

Was that in the console section by any chance?

At the moment, it could go either way, as there really aren't *that* many decent games that are coming out on the PC platform, well ones that I would want to go out and actually buy anyway. It's a difficult market to make things for, you have so many hardware configurations you have to accomodate for, it's crazy. It's no wonder developers are moving to consoles, they have to work on one, or two hardware specifications, and just tune the game to run on that, and nothing else. They wont have to worry about all those rubbish gaming PCs out there to get the game running on.

By the next generation of consoles, we'll have a lot more PC like consoles, meaning more of a merger between the two.

tomanders91 · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:21

nah it was in pc section

Cronox · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:29

DaveyD said:
By the next generation of consoles, we'll have a lot more PC like consoles, meaning more of a merger between the two.

I defiantly agree with this. The last 2 gens have been moving heavily in this direction with features like downloadable content/patches, online play, video/audio playback, IM/online chat/friends lists and hard drives. The one real advantages PC gaming still has are the keyboard and mouse, and I would be surprised if future consoles don't add decent support for this.

Lolcb · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:32

If its a merger between two then it wouldn't be either console or pc. It would be like a new hybrid genre of gaming.

Raikiri · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:33

Adum said:
Nah i didn't mean that, he starred out what and left the *******. Which dosent make sense.

No he didn't star out 'what' has been said it was automatic because he spelt it like a charver.

Darkwave · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:33

If I had a penny... :rolleyes:

Zefan · 2 Dec 2006 at 16:34

Ulfhedjinn said:
If I had a penny...

LOL. Words, mouth, out of mine.

number41 · 2 Dec 2006 at 17:05

Would be great to leave PC gaming. I'd love it if a console came out that supported keyboard and mouse and was just as powerful. Would be so much simpler to have no more patching, gameplay issues, etc.

I dont own a console for the keyboard/mouse issue as I like RTS games, but if consoles supported PC like graphics and could play RTS games then id certainly dump the PC in favour of one.

I have a top spec PC which cost loads, but the games market is being kept back by people using cheaper systems and then complaining when the game runs slowly :rolleyes:

If I was a software company I'd much rather write for a single system rather than having to support PC software with all the different types of hardware configs, graphics settings, patching required, etc, etc.

It suprises me WHY pc games are cheaper than consoles considering it must surely be easier to code for a single hardware platform with a single set of hardware and not have to support it with patches, etc either! Thats the other thing that puts me off consoles

pumaz · 2 Dec 2006 at 17:11

If things get really desperate i bet ATI and NVIDIA will start making games just to sell all us suckers £400 video cards every 6 months

HangTime · 2 Dec 2006 at 17:13

number41 said:
It suprises me WHY pc games are cheaper than consoles considering it must surely be easier to code for a single hardware platform with a single set of hardware and not have to support it with patches, etc either! Thats the other thing that puts me off consoles

It may be cheaper to develop, but the publisher has to pay huge licensing fees to the console manufacturer to make a game for that platform. Effectively there is a 'tax' levied on console titles.

badgermonkey · 2 Dec 2006 at 17:30

I'm sure it's only been half a week since the last one of these