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Is PC Online Gaming Unwell?
Thanks to GameSpy for their 'Spy/CounterSpy' editorial discussing whether the rise of online console gaming will eventually lead to the decline of online PC gaming. On the one hand, it's argued: "Not only do I think that console gaming is not a threat to PC gaming - I think it actually helps the PC gaming scene by introducing new players to the online gaming world", but on the other hand, an alternative point of view is advanced: "My current love for certain online PC titles really reminded me just how annoying online computer gaming is... even though there are PC exclusive online games that I love to play, I'd rather be playing them on Xbox Live."
even though there are PC exclusive online games that I love to play, I'd rather be playing them on Xbox Live.
On a television? Without a mouse or keyboard? Obviously, more work is put into more games for consoles. The best writers are all probably employed on console games. Perhaps many of the best engineers and designers work on console games. However. You have to play them with mittens and bottle bottom glasses.
I need that like I need a broom shoved up my ass.
Some day, consoles will work with high res displays (for less $ than a PC setup, please) and will have more precise input. I dream of that day.
There are no trails. There are no trees out here.
the open source community could well create a utopia of inexpensive online gaming unreachable by the console market
And a heard of feral cats might rise up and sieze power in the midwestern states, forcing all men to endure back breaking slave labor cultivating catnip while the spin yarn till their fingers bleed.
Other things that are theoretically possible but not going to happen:
I could spontansiously tunnel to the other side of the universe and find I'm on an alternate Earth where everything is the opposite only Jerry O'Connell has won an Oscar for Kangaroo Jack, and I and my double are reading slashdot.
As for the online voice chat, I actually think that's a disadvantage. Anyone play WarCraft 3 online? A large part of the chat during games is some guy who sucks cursing out someone else trying to pass the blame for the team losing. You don't want to hear the majority of the chat; most of it is mindless bickering.
At least it's better than my experiences with XBox Live... 12 year olds talking about thier penises.