Disco Godfather has to be the worst movie I have ever seen. Those (un)fortunate enough to have seen it know what I'm talking about - 'Put your weight on it!".
The PC has been losing to consoles for a long time. I'm talking years and years....
I was thinking the same thing. I don't believe that PC games (as a whole) have ever outsold console games. As far back as the Atari 2600 days, console games were selling thousands upon thousands of copies. Then, when the NES came along, the numbers jumped dramatically and have continued to grow from there. I would say that it has only been in the last 5 or so years that home PC ownership has become 'common'. Compare how many of your friends/neighbours in the 1980s/early 1990s owned PCs to how many owned at least one console.
This is one of the reasons why I have always preferred console games over those on the PC. It is very rare to find a serious bug in a console title. Since there is no way to patch a console game, it must be bug-free before it is released.
Also, another great thing about consoles is the fact that the games just keep getting better and better over the lifetime of the system. After 2 or 3 years, the programmers know the hardware inside and out and are usually doing things not thought possible. With PCs, they never really have a chance to do this, due to the constantly changing hardware.
As others have mentioned, Dragoin Warrior (Dragon Quest in Japan) games are still being made. In fact, Dragon Quest VII is the best-selling Playstation game ever in Japan. The game is *huge* - easily taking 100-150 hours to complete.
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Disco Godfather has to be the worst movie I have ever seen. Those (un)fortunate enough to have seen it know what I'm talking about - 'Put your weight on it!".
The PC has been losing to consoles for a long time. I'm talking years and years. ...
I was thinking the same thing. I don't believe that PC games (as a whole) have ever outsold console games. As far back as the Atari 2600 days, console games were selling thousands upon thousands of copies. Then, when the NES came along, the numbers jumped dramatically and have continued to grow from there. I would say that it has only been in the last 5 or so years that home PC ownership has become 'common'. Compare how many of your friends/neighbours in the 1980s/early 1990s owned PCs to how many owned at least one console.
This is one of the reasons why I have always preferred console games over those on the PC. It is very rare to find a serious bug in a console title. Since there is no way to patch a console game, it must be bug-free before it is released.
Also, another great thing about consoles is the fact that the games just keep getting better and better over the lifetime of the system. After 2 or 3 years, the programmers know the hardware inside and out and are usually doing things not thought possible. With PCs, they never really have a chance to do this, due to the constantly changing hardware.
As others have mentioned, Dragoin Warrior (Dragon Quest in Japan) games are still being made. In fact, Dragon Quest VII is the best-selling Playstation game ever in Japan. The game is *huge* - easily taking 100-150 hours to complete.