As has been pointed out by others, I don't think it is the time to make judgments yet.
There are lots of gamers who are simply waiting for some top games to come out to upgrade they're machines.
I'm one of them.
I think many people in the business are making very short time predictions that aren't completely to the point. There are lots of criticism this days but there are some major things that aren't being taken into count
1 - The fact that Geforce 7 or lower Geforce still kick ass. 2 - The fact that some major games that use Directx 10 haven't come out yet(Crysis) 3 - Connected to the above fact. The fact that many people are waiting for the new game line up and the new graphics cards (that can ACTUALLY run DirectX 10) to come out 4 - The fact that people are waiting for Vista drivers to mature to migrate to Vista.
Personally since my computer is almost technology dead I'm looking to buy a new one. But fact is I've been evaluating alternative choices like the PS3 and Xbox 360...
The reason I haven't bought them is simple.
For price/quality If I wait for the right time I can get a better experience with a new PC You can buy a pretty decent PC that can beat the Xbox360 easily just for about $600 http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/sp3.asp?v=d
The top xbox360 (the elite edition) costes about $450 with a $600 I get better graphics, I have more disk space. I can run many more applications, to hear music, see videos of whatever type.
In terms of hardware power a Core 2 duo with even on of the less powerfull Geforce 8 can give a better experince than say an xbox 360 Not only graphically, but specially regarding choices. I can get mods. I get (usually) cheaper games. My PC as a longer longetivity then a console since we can tweak graphics and it's backwards compatible. The PC allows to do more and pay less. I can see trailers, movies, hear music, play online using many kinds of matchmaking services without paying a dime or if I'm willing to pay for quality, I have more choices then being stuck with one service.
This are just some of the things And this is TODAY'S hardware.
People are just waiting because they want to take full advantage of what DirectX 10 can offer (new graphics card). and are waiting for better vista driver support (a question of time really)
It's too early to make a veridict. And specially, with new processors coming out soon, christmas and all, and with no new console on the horizon, I think the next year will be pretty much a return to PC gamming. Remember PS4 is probably going to be released aroung 2010. 3/4 years is a long time. Even if microsoft launches a console before (2009 perhaps). Its still 2 years for the PC market.
If i was an American i would begin to watch very very carefully to what my gov is doing. Right now in America if you say "terrorist" you can do anything to anyone. There was a priest in Germany during the Nazis. I dont know exacltly what he said but it was something like this: "First they came after the jews, then they came after the, protestants, then they after.... and so on. Then they came after me, and I had no one to help me" This may sound exagerated, but if the Patriot Act becomes effective...
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As has been pointed out by others, I don't think it is the time to make judgments yet.
There are lots of gamers who are simply waiting for some top games to come out to upgrade they're machines.
I'm one of them.
I think many people in the business are making very short time predictions that aren't completely to the point.
There are lots of criticism this days but there are some major things that aren't being taken into count
1 - The fact that Geforce 7 or lower Geforce still kick ass.
2 - The fact that some major games that use Directx 10 haven't come out yet(Crysis)
3 - Connected to the above fact. The fact that many people are waiting for the new game line up and the new graphics cards (that can ACTUALLY run DirectX 10) to come out
4 - The fact that people are waiting for Vista drivers to mature to migrate to Vista.
Personally since my computer is almost technology dead I'm looking to buy a new one.
But fact is I've been evaluating alternative choices like the PS3 and Xbox 360...
The reason I haven't bought them is simple.
For price/quality If I wait for the right time I can get a better experience with a new PC
You can buy a pretty decent PC that can beat the Xbox360 easily just for about $600
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/sp3.asp?v=d
The top xbox360 (the elite edition) costes about $450
with a $600 I get better graphics, I have more disk space. I can run many more applications, to hear music, see videos of whatever type.
In terms of hardware power a Core 2 duo with even on of the less powerfull Geforce 8 can give a better experince than say an xbox 360
Not only graphically, but specially regarding choices.
I can get mods. I get (usually) cheaper games. My PC as a longer longetivity then a console since we can tweak graphics and it's backwards compatible. The PC allows to do more and pay less. I can see trailers, movies, hear music, play online using many kinds of matchmaking services without paying a dime or if I'm willing to pay for quality, I have more choices then being stuck with one service.
This are just some of the things
And this is TODAY'S hardware.
People are just waiting because they want to take full advantage of what DirectX 10 can offer (new graphics card). and are waiting for better vista driver support (a question of time really)
It's too early to make a veridict.
And specially, with new processors coming out soon, christmas and all, and with no new console on the horizon, I think the next year will be pretty much a return to PC gamming.
Remember PS4 is probably going to be released aroung 2010. 3/4 years is a long time. Even if microsoft launches a console before (2009 perhaps). Its still 2 years for the PC market.
If i was an American i would begin to watch very very carefully to what my gov is doing. Right now in America if you say "terrorist" you can do anything to anyone. .... and so on. Then they came after me, and I had no one to help me"
There was a priest in Germany during the Nazis. I dont know exacltly what he said but it was something like this:
"First they came after the jews, then they came after the, protestants, then they after
This may sound exagerated, but if the Patriot Act becomes effective...