PC Gaming Isn't Going Anywhere

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

[NanoGator]

"The computer isn't dead for gaming, and in my opinion, will never be overshadowed by consoles."

Actually it's always been overshadowed by consoles. Game developers make a lot more money on consoles than they do the PC. PC Game makers, for example, shoot for 100,000 copies sold. Console game makers shoot for half a mil.

"what makes most PC games so much better than the console games is the amount of personal interactivity with people. I can talk to the people i'm playing with in counter-strike. I can't do that with a console (excluding some horrid voicecom)."

Heh. You should try buying a second controller and inviting a friend over. ;)