Why Consoles Overwhelm PC Games At Retail

An anonymous reader writes "With the GameCube at $99 and PlayStation 2 sales still huge, people are starting to really notice the shrinkage of PC games at retail. Why? What does the future hold? An article at JoeUser.com asks that question and looks at what is likely to happen to PC games as consoles slowly take over most of the retail space for games." This piece, written by Brad Wardell, creator of Galactic Civilizations, argues: "The issue isn't whether the PC game market will die. It won't. The issue is whether PC games will be able to keep up with console games from a production values point of view."

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Re:Console games rock. Change is good.

[Mike Mentalist]

Please. FPS gaming without a mouse is like coding without a keyboard.

You are quite obviously one of those idiots who cannot grasp the fact that some people are able to play FPS games on both consoles and PC's.

Yes, the mouse/keyboard system is better for FPS games than a controller. But that doesn't mean that a controller is totally useless. I can go from playing three hours of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory on the PC to playing Halo on the Xbox without any trouble at all.