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Will Next-Gen Consoles Kill Off PC Gaming?
An anonymous reader writes "CNET is predicting that next-generation consoles will drive the final nails into the already half-closed coffin of mainstream PC gaming. The root of their argument isn't one of power, but of price: 'The bottom line is that console manufacturers often heavily subsidize their new machines, swallowing huge losses up front in hopes that they'll make it all back selling games... Other things being equal, the DIY-heavy PC gaming industry can't hope to compete in that kind of market.' Which is to say that once the 18-34 demographic starts buying $400 PS3s instead of $400 video cards, developers may have no choice but to follow suit." Will there still be a market for PC games, or are the graphics of the next generation of consoles going to make PC games unnecessary?
thats because you're stupid. I can't watch NTSC either because it has 100 less lines and I can see the scanlines. Don't be stupid, PAL-N/B/G/I have 25FRAMES per second, but 50 FIELDS per second, as they are interlaced. The only way you would see the flicker is watching a 25fps PAL under a 60HZ fluorescent lamp. Oh and don't ever think of watching progressive-scanned DVD or going to the movie theater because they play movies at (**EWW!**) 24 FPS!!! .. wait. progressive scan and the cinema look great. so, the problem is just you. ignorant asshole.
then you're just proving that you are an asshole. I happen to live in a PAL country (Argentina, PAL-N) and screen doesn't "flicker". Asshole. Also, if that was even close to the truth, then the whole world would have used NTSC or PAL-M (30 fps). But no. Most european countries use PAL-B/G/I. And I don't think they notice the suppossed flicker, as I don't notice it with PAL-N. Jackass