Computer gamers (as opposed to console gamers) are not looking for the same kind of game, in the broad scale. The RTS genre, for example, just doesn't happen on console. Certain notable game series are primarily PC based, others are console based; the console gamers eagerly await the console games, the PC gamers eagerly await the PC games and those who like both have both systems.
Console gamers want a game they can just pick up and play, and are more willing to sacrifice depth for fun factor. PC gamers are more interested in games which have long lasting appeal, are comparatively deep and preferably are tweakable. How many console games let you edit your config like Half-Life does?
So there's a distinction between formal English and chatroom English? So what? There's a distinction between the level of English expected in, say, and English essay to a Physics one.
Oh, and while we're at it, l33tsp34k isn't the same thing as chatroom English, or merely erratic use of capitalisation in a word. It's replacing letters with numbers, and using certain well-established words, eg: "d00d, j00 r cr4pz0r! 1 pwn j00!" See http://www.gamespy.com/naminator/ for a good example of l33tsp34k in action.
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Three gorges?! oMg! n00bs!!!oneoneone11.. *cough* oh right. Not that kind of gorge :)
Computer gamers (as opposed to console gamers) are not looking for the same kind of game, in the broad scale. The RTS genre, for example, just doesn't happen on console. Certain notable game series are primarily PC based, others are console based; the console gamers eagerly await the console games, the PC gamers eagerly await the PC games and those who like both have both systems.
Console gamers want a game they can just pick up and play, and are more willing to sacrifice depth for fun factor. PC gamers are more interested in games which have long lasting appeal, are comparatively deep and preferably are tweakable. How many console games let you edit your config like Half-Life does?
So there's a distinction between formal English and chatroom English? So what? There's a distinction between the level of English expected in, say, and English essay to a Physics one. Oh, and while we're at it, l33tsp34k isn't the same thing as chatroom English, or merely erratic use of capitalisation in a word. It's replacing letters with numbers, and using certain well-established words, eg: "d00d, j00 r cr4pz0r! 1 pwn j00!" See http://www.gamespy.com/naminator/ for a good example of l33tsp34k in action.