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PC Gaming On The Comeback Trail
The Chicago Tribune reports on efforts from the PC gaming sector to revive what many have considered to be a failing part of the industry. From the article: "Many [Gamespot] stores have demo kiosks for consoles such as the PlayStation 2 or Nintendo DS so gamers can try before they buy. Testing a PC game has been impossible. Not anymore. In a trial collaboration announced a few weeks ago, GameStop and Round Rock, Texas-based Dell have rolled out computer game kiosks in 25 GameStop stores. Customers can test a handful of the best PC games the same way they test-drive the latest PS2 release. The kiosks will be powered by Dell's revamped and supercharged XPS computers, coupled with 42-inch Dell high-definition plasma monitors."
All of your comments are down right wrong, i cant believe someone could have such a bias towards PC gaming, in which the entire market is run by graphics, first person shooters, and RTS's. You seem to forget that with every console generation (since the Ps1), the console has surpassed the PC in specs, in a year or two it slowly creeps up and passed the console, but none-the-less the console lead the way. Console games have such a greater compacity for different genre's it isnt funny and (your talking about three systems here, not to mention the PSP and DS now) game of the year usually turns into game of the month for consoles. Theres so many great games to pick up on consoles, while your left with (insert random fps) or (insert random RTS) for PC's. Theres just far too many great games that come out on consoles, 20-40 a year, while less than 10 absolutely great games usually get released for PC a year.