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PCs Losing Out as a Gaming Platform?

Posted by michael on from the linux-gamers-out-in-the-cold dept.

Snibor Eoj writes "The Boston Globe Online has an article by Hiawatha Bray discussing the state of gaming on PCs and consoles. He points out that PC users now suffer the same fate as Mac users have for years, that of waiting for a great game that's already out on another platform. Consoles continue to gain market share, and software companies are noticing that and writing more and earlier for consoles than for PCs."

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  1. Re:It's the Linux support by RebelTycoon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Shut the hell up!

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  2. Re:FPS's... by Gehenna_Gehenna · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Quake III Arena with horrible resolution with a game pade?


    Nope. I play on my HDTV w- a mouse and keyboard. Sticks in the USB ports front of my PS2. Right next to the firewire port. Which is located next to my 40 gig hard drive running linux. I play online. I play offline. None of my games need any patches (!). And your gaming pc is $2000 before you buy the monitor, my gaming console was $400, which includes linux kit.

    I play on my pc too, but the gaming companies can smell where the market is heading. Thus, we enter the age of the console.

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  3. Re:Minimum vs. recommended requirements by Fastball · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Get passed up for parole or something, chump? Not my fault that you are your cell block's bitch.