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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. Piracy a factor?? by harks · · Score: 3, Funny

    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.

  2. Doom III by FyRE666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    This will be on PC before any console. Nothing else matters.

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    Code, Hardware, stuff like that.
  3. Penny Arcade has this topic nailed. by tm2b · · Score: 3, Funny

    Penny Arcade just covered this topic pretty well, in response to the fallout from the announcement that Starcraft: Ghost would be console-only.

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    "It is our blasphemy which has made us great, and will sustain us, and which the gods secretly admire in us." - Zelazny
  4. Re:Hmm. Same story, TWO different headlines... by unicron · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!".

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