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Pro Tip: PC gaming will never die. As long as MS keep bundling minesweeper and solitaire in their OS's
PC Gaming is not dieing right?
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i dont think that pc games are dying, they are just changing to be more like console games
we get a lot less exclusives than we did in the late 90's because its cheaper for the developers to make a game on a console and then port it to pc
the ports have been getting a lot better tho so as long as the games are good im happy
This tbh.
People were telling me PC gaming was not going to last more than a few years about 12 years ago
There will always be a market for PC games - it is just a rapidly changing market.
Caporegime
Exactly, unfortunately probably only 30-40% (if I'm generous) will come away with that, most will just read the title and jump to conclusions.
Soldato
Regardless, you still need a platform to host use these things.
Problem is you mentioned desktop gaming as if we use a computer solely for gaming, we don't. In fact we already have been using it for some of the things you mentioned for years.
If anything, consoles will evolve to run like a PC with a decent interface, browser/apps and a keyboard to type with, without the hassle of compatibility issues. However it will be cheap and still inferior to, funnily enough non dedicated hardware which has done the job already.
I find it very hard to see the reverse happening, that would be a step back in technology, a dumbing down.
Which leads to the next point, console games are simple, easy, for the masses. It has always been, it's were the most money is. Because why? A lot of people need simple things and are easily (but shortly) amused!
The only reason I hate the games I love turning to consoles is they have to limit a lot in the production stages around console uses, not that I hate consoles.
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Reason I am in here is to get back into PC Gaming.Thing is it is younger people who are being brought up on consoles,who have never or will never play a PC game,That is the problem for the future.
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As is said in the video it's not a ridiculous idea to think that the PC will no longer be the "Hub" when smartphones connect directly to your TV, camera, tablet, fridge, a networked storage device, and the internet without a host-client relationship. Different gadgets will talk to each other and operate separately from one controlling machine.
I should have worded that completely differently. Basically my point is what we use a desktop PC for now will, in all likelihood be spread out among different gadgets that are mobile.
My point exactly. The lines are blurring. You no longer need a PC to surf the web, manage your music collection, organise your holiday snaps, edit videos, watch WebTV. You can do these things on a Console.
Nonsense. That is a generalization. So PC games are some sort of special high-breed game that are extremely complex and for a select audience? True that the PC lends itself to more in-depth RTS and RPG games, but it has more than it's fair share of "simple" games and action that are beautifully designed and have more merit as games than many RPGs and RTSs.
let them play what they want, who cares............. just as long as i can keep gaming via PC, because via pc you can have far better quality gaming/ more gaming options and far easier/ more accurate controls.................FACT! i've used a console once and it was crap, i was all over the place.
everything technological is going small, gadgety and nerdy, but this is just trendy crap; because you dont really need it all, simply put you cant beat gaming on a 55'' tv screen with surround sound and the guns sounding loud and real...........FACT
the world is becomming technologically frivolus, they're making you buy stuff you dont need, you never saw this in the 1970/ 80s. the world is more advanced yes, but it's also full of corporate bull***!
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As harsh as this may sound, who cares what your friend thinks
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you need a pc for all the things you mentioned. thats why everybody owns one and people still buy them. they are just necessary and no amount of gadgets will ever replace them. yes they are shrinking in size (laptops, tablets which are still PCs) but will always be there.
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