PC Gaming Isn't Going Anywhere

Posted by Zonk on Friday July 22, 2005 @04:06PM from the mouse-and-keyboard-for-the-win dept.

Grimrod writes "Dave Long, one of the editors of GamerDad, has a unique look at the PC as a game platform and how it gets forgotten among the constant barrage of console gunfire in his latest Long Shot column. From the article, 'It might never be like 1998 again on the computer, the year that PC gaming was probably at its very peak, but it's far better than analysts and even armchair soothsayers would have you believe. I got caught up in the hype myself to a certain extent. I started to believe I didn't need the computer for games. Now that I'm back on the inside with current hardware, I realize again how dumb that idea was.'"

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Re:He's right by Seumas · 2005-07-22 17:43 · Score: 2, Informative

If PC games were going anywhere, all the really cool games wouldn't be coming out on PC first and later ported to consoles. Doom? Counterstrike?

Not to mention, there are a few popular PC titles that I don't believe are available on any other platform.

You know, a few silly titles like World of Warcraft, Everquest, Ultima Online, Dungeon Siege, Neverwinter Nights, The Sims, The Sims Online...