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Is PC Gaming Set For a Comeback?
An anonymous reader writes "A combination of factors like console penetration, piracy, and the huge inherent variability in PC hardware setups have made the PC a third-class citizen for many gaming genres, especially the kind of high-adrenaline action games that were once the PC's bread and butter. Epic is a company that has been vocal in its shift toward consoles, with many controversial statements dropped over the years in reference to piracy being the reason. So it was with some surprise that we noted Epic's VP, Mark Rein, pointing out recently that the PC is as important as ever. Why the turnaround? This article suggests that the extended length of the current console generation will drive some developers back to the PC as new games push up against hardware limits."
Indeed. Also where is that promised UT3 Linux client, huh? Well? Fsck you Epic! Die in a fire!
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Hearing Epic complain about the PC market is like listening to a farmer that planted no seeds.
So you're saying the PC is undead?
Fear things that go bump in the night, consoles!
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
Developers don't make decisions. Publishers make decisions. EPIC get used to that crapbox360!
And also when i buy a videocard, i need them to tell me whether i need a REFRIGERATOR for my little hot piece of hardware.....and for how long. I am really pissed off by all this COOLING-FAN issues.