Console Games Sales Beat Out PC

ttol writes "In the Star Tribune, they write that "PC games fell 6.2 percent through the first 10 months of this year, making the first such decline ever." They go on to say that consoles will break record sales this year, and that there is a shift towards console gaming from PC. Is this due to the fact that there are now three major contenders (XBox, Playstation 2, Game Cube) and all the advanced features they offer (DVD ability on the first two etc)? I, for one, will continue with my Battlefield 1942 on my PC."

Comments

Re:Well, DUH!

[yobbo]

You have never walked past an XBox display in the Mall, have you =)

Re:Well, DUH!

[cicatrix1]

Uh, you're wrong. New console games and new PC games almost always cost $50 on the nose. If anything, PC games are breaking the trend and getting more expensive, especially if you go for the fancy "Collectors Edition" so you get a shiny box and an arm patch or something.

My name is Gus Sarrola

[grommet_tdi]

and I'm a PC gamer...well, I used to be.

http://drunkgamers.com/switch0001.shtml

Re:I don't work for the RIAA or the MPAA

[Bert Peers]

Tape to tape copiers ?? Back in the ZX Spectrum days, there was a pirate radiostation that would play tapes with software on the air ! So every week you'd have a few thousand geeks ready with their tape recorder hooked up to their FM receiver to "warez" the latest rally game or whatever. Try beating that for bandwidth :)

I don't think it was totally legal though :]

Re:Well, DUH!

[MonTemplar]

You have never walked past an XBox display in the Mall, have you =)

I have. Maybe they're only shipping over QA'd XBoxen over to Europe, and selling all the others to you guys Stateside. :)

MT.

Re:I work at a major software chain store.

[The J Kid]

Dude, you just said the PC is dying - on slashdot - and got away with it!

Where is this world coming too? :P