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PCs Losing Out as a Gaming Platform?
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."
Many of these companies are probobally scared by computer piracy and think that releasing games onto consoles will make their games sell more. After all it is a bit harder to copy console games.
when the Zork trilogy hits he console. 20 years and counting...
This will be on PC before any console. Nothing else matters.
Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
"You can't Mod a console game"
I can't believe you said that! Do you have any idea what you in all likelyhood have just started? Countless geeks are preparing even as we speak to attempt it. Do you have any idea how much productive time a thoughtless statement like that can waste if you toss it out in THIS crowd?
Appended to the end of comments you post. 120 chars.
Penny Arcade just covered this topic pretty well, in response to the fallout from the announcement that Starcraft: Ghost would be console-only.
"It is our blasphemy which has made us great, and will sustain us, and which the gods secretly admire in us." - Zelazny
But that's half of the fun of PC games! Getting to open up your computer for upgrades, running benchmarks on FPS, and hunting for those hard to find video drivers. For each new PC game I buy (about 2 a year) I usually need to spend around $150 on PC hardware to make it play decently.
They should just make a SimPCupgrade where you can simulate putting together a machine that will play computer games decently. Just image the savings!
That's not nearly as good as the usual headline switcheroo:
Boston Globe:
"Microsoft faces more court dates amidst a storm of anti-trust suits."
Slashdot:
"Microsoft, the cabal of death itself, took to the courthouse today, flanked by demons and succubi alike as they prepared to defend themselves against the forces of good. We go now to Bill Gates."
Bill: "Your soul is mine!".
Finally, math books without any of that base 6 crap in them.
the PC is DYING!!!!
You can't destroy the Earth, that's where I keep all my stuff!
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2002-09 -23