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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. Gaming? Good riddance! by og_sh0x · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe if PCs lost the gaming sector to consoles, mom and pop would get e-mail and web browsers for their $200 consoles and forget about PCs. Then we (the hobbyists and other serious PC enthusiasts) could have them back! Some of the commercial hands would get out of the PC cookie jar and those who want to use the PC for something other than gaming and web browsing won't get drowned out by the mass of Joe 6-packs!