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Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
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ibutoss
Australia341 Posts
On February 28 2008 09:43 RtS)Night[Mare wrote: Thats an interesting essay DJEtter i agree with you so much here So very true. Look at starcraft. | ||
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MyLostTemple
United States2921 Posts
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evanthebouncy!
United States12796 Posts
On May 27 2008 17:34 MyLostTemple wrote: then i guess we'll be using keyboards and mice on our consoles? not a big deal really hopefully... and no stupid chat window popping up to rape u xD | ||
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dinmsab
Malaysia2246 Posts
So yeah, PC gaming is slightly dying, but it wont die.. im pretty sure. The only reason why most game companies support the consoles is because it has a larger market, piracy is just an excuse... how hard it is to burn a damn ISO onto a disc compared to mounting an image on your virtual drive, finding and installing the right crack patches and finding the serial key? Both are pretty easy for most of us, but seriously its so obvious how console piracy is much easier to perform. | ||
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omgbnetsux
United States3749 Posts
And all the money in the "casual" market. | ||
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Uraeus
France1378 Posts
We being hardcore gamers. Because I think TL members are guys who do more than a couple of minutes on the Sims per day on their computer, and who want to make the most of their games. We want demanding games, not ones that you just wrap in 10 hours by abusing your left mouse button. We don't really give a shit about eye candy (Starcraft was almost laughable back in 1998), but we want a deep gameplay and if possible, a good scenario. Thing is, producing such a game is very time consuming, whereas investors want their money to yield 20% a year. Every other shitty FPS that would make NASA's computers choke is very fast to produce. It takes huge amounts of money because you need more animations than a Hollywood movie (plus the cost of huge advertising campaings). Yet millions of 13yr-old retarded morons will buy that 60$ piece of crap because they think it must be great to feel like you are in Baghdad headshoting terrorists. On the other hand, if you take 4 years or more to make a game that will be bashed by magazines because it is too hard, has incomprehensible scenario for the average 2-neuroned idiot, whose explosions don't make you shit in your pants, and hence will sell few copies, the investor will basically have wasted his money. This is why almos nobody still want to take that risk. The real problem is, the best deal for investors (and so, studios, producers, etc...) is the casual gamer. Because he reacts well to advertisement, big names, eye candy, etc. He is easily controlable. How many games today are licensed games from a motion picture? Those games are usually even shittier than the movie they come from, but sell millions of copies. I own a Nintendo DS. I bought the hacking card and have tried like 20 games for free. I stayed more than a week on about 3 of those (New Super Mario, FF3, FFXII:Revenant wings), which I bought in the end. 90% of NDS games barely keep me awake in the doctor's waiting room or in a train or plane. But the NDS is a huge success and those games are very profitable. Computer games are turning just like motion pictures and music : standardised goods, made by idiots for idiots. Every now and then, some random company will dare to innovate and create a diamond that will shine for years. Like BW. Yes, we are screwed, but PC gamers not more than console gamers. Just gamers who want a 3 star haute cuisine game they will savour on the long term, and not a Big Mac without pickles game that does barely feeds your needs for a week. | ||
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Vin{MBL}
5185 Posts
And even then we are not screwed because we still get ports of some great console games (Assassins Creed and Mass Effect come to mind) | ||
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I guess PC releases will be safe from all that 3rd party shit found in consoles. Since PC gaming is a diminishing market, only the best/high value products will even dare to step into the PC ring, so more power for the already powerful and I have no problem with valve/blizzard etc because they make excellent games that pleases the hardcore gamer. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20140 Posts
On May 28 2008 04:54 dinmsab wrote: So yeah, PC gaming is slightly dying, but it wont die.. im pretty sure. The only reason why most game companies support the consoles is because it has a larger market, piracy is just an excuse... how hard it is to burn a damn ISO onto a disc compared to mounting an image on your virtual drive, finding and installing the right crack patches and finding the serial key? Both are pretty easy for most of us, but seriously its so obvious how console piracy is much easier to perform. I sure as hell don't have the hardware or software to pirate games for my ps3  ( | ||
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ScarFace
United States1175 Posts
On May 28 2008 04:54 dinmsab wrote: If the kids are all on consoles, they will stay on consoles. The same can not be said for the aging gamer market, we only decline, they only rise. We need the Children 'they are the future'. PC gaming will never die.. shrink? maybe.. but just look how wonderful it is right now without the whiners and 10 years old since x-box has taken care of em. I play COD 4 on my PC and 99.9% of the time end up playing with wonderful people... you go play a round of COD 4 on the x-box and I can guarantee you'll end up with retarded kids swearing over mic for hours without end. The reason? annoying kids dont have high-end PCs, even if they have rich parents it wont matter since I dont think any 10 year old would know what a C2D 3.0ghz 2 gigs of DDR2, and a 8800gt is. So yeah, PC gaming is slightly dying, but it wont die.. im pretty sure. The only reason why most game companies support the consoles is because it has a larger market, piracy is just an excuse... how hard it is to burn a damn ISO onto a disc compared to mounting an image on your virtual drive, finding and installing the right crack patches and finding the serial key? Both are pretty easy for most of us, but seriously its so obvious how console piracy is much easier to perform. | ||
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Ryot
Canada316 Posts
On May 28 2008 06:36 ScarFace wrote: If the kids are all on consoles, they will stay on consoles. The same can not be said for the aging gamer market, we only decline, they only rise. We need the Children 'they are the future'. If the kids of XBL are the future...then I want out! lol, but seriously, the XBL community is pretty terrible, try playing Halo 3 competitively, it's awwwwful. And you're right that PC gaming is dying. It won't completely die as some people are just very die-hard, but eventually even the biggest PC games will have only a few thousand people playing worldwide (note - not counting MMOs, those will go on for quite a while...). | ||
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omgbnetsux
United States3749 Posts
On May 28 2008 07:36 Ryot wrote: If the kids of XBL are the future...then I want out! lol, but seriously, the XBL community is pretty terrible, try playing Halo 3 competitively, it's awwwwful. I still contend that voice chat is one of the worst things to ever become standardized in the gaming industry. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32117 Posts
On May 28 2008 07:40 omgbnetsux wrote: I still contend that voice chat is one of the worst things to ever become standardized in the gaming industry. When absued, yes. But when it's used for it's intended purposes, it's fuckin awesome. Iunno if you're into fps and such, but it's pretty damn cool having a group with mics who knows what they are doing in Battlefield e: all the more reason for mute! | ||
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Wasabi
United States3085 Posts
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omgbnetsux
United States3749 Posts
On May 28 2008 07:44 Hawk wrote: When absued, yes. But when it's used for it's intended purposes, it's fuckin awesome. Iunno if you're into fps and such, but it's pretty damn cool having a group with mics who knows what they are doing in Battlefield e: all the more reason for mute! I miss the good old days of having to type to my team in UT CTF... No mass teenager mutes then... | ||
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DJEtterStyle
United States2766 Posts
On May 27 2008 16:50 Klogon wrote: How the hell did I miss this topic? I know I'm bumping this topic, but damn that makes a lot of sense. Haha gj Etter. Best bump in the history of TeamLiquid.net, if I do say so myself. *coughs* | ||
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omgbnetsux
United States3749 Posts
On May 28 2008 07:55 DJEtterStyle wrote: Best bump in the history of TeamLiquid.net, if I do say so myself. *coughs* Go to hell. | ||
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Goosey
United States695 Posts
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HaFnium
United Kingdom1075 Posts
Laptops are getting cheaper and cheaper, later on people will have cheap laptops that support reasonable graphics. I own a laptop to play Video games, it is not that bad, I can still play games like company of heroes. Kids may like PC games, as consoles are only for gaming. But kids may say they want a computer for homework/projectbut then use it as gaming. Lots of parents in my country discourage children from owning consoels....They can also use project as decoys, i used to alt-tab a lot when playing starcraft, and when i came back i got shitload of minerals... | ||
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