Console Games Sales Beat Out PC

Posted by michael on Saturday December 14, 2002 @11:00PM from the linux-users-not-buying-games dept.

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."

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isnt it obvious? by draed · 2002-12-14 23:41 · Score: 2, Redundant

let's see... with consoles, companies don't have to worry about piracy, and they get to develop for 1 hardware platform instead of the 1000's of different combinations of pc hardware. seems obvious to me, that eventually, most games will be developed for a console system.