1. Expensive to port games from one system to another

2. Got to pay licensing fees to Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo

3. Can't upgrade a console, and if you could people would be relucant to release games that'd used the upgrade

4. Controls aren't nearly as accurate (except for the Wii )



Consoles are for parties and when you want to play with friends in person

PCs are for everything else

2/21/2008 1:13:38 PM

I find both of these threads pretty pointless. The market can handle all segments right now and for the foreseeable future.

2/21/2008 1:17:03 PM

as far as your point of "can't upgrade a console" I think that's an advantage of consoles. I've never had to buy a $300 graphics card so I can play a new game.

2/21/2008 1:38:51 PM

you do, its just packaged prettier.

dont get me wrong i like consoles for things too. just pointing that out.

2/21/2008 1:47:03 PM

You forgot -

Quote :

"5. Casual games surging in popularity and killing off the hardcore crowd."

Joke thread right?



[Edited on February 21, 2008 at 1:58 PM. Reason : :]

2/21/2008 1:47:35 PM

Are you guys insane???

PC gaming is almost dead... While you guys are pulling shit out of your asses, you should instead spend your time researching the topic.

Maybe you're too busy playing WoW to read the news. I'm adding this to my topics, and when I get back class, will respond with facts and industry response to the dying PC market.

At first I thought this was a ressurrected thread from 2001. I sincerely hope this is a joke thread.

2/21/2008 2:06:11 PM

lol. neither are going to be dead anytime soon

2/21/2008 2:24:22 PM

I do have to admit that pretty much after Goldeneye and Mario Kart back in the day consoles have only served one purpose to me:


NCAA Football




I've had a 360 for over a year now, and that is still the only game I have bought. I've tried demos and just none of them hold my interest longer than 5 minutes.

2/21/2008 3:16:47 PM

lol at jchill

2/21/2008 3:18:29 PM

i am just the opposite - i just don't see how anyone could repeatedly play a sports game that you really can't add any creativity. halo may seem repetitive, but once you learn to get creative with the assortment of weapons, nades, power ups (for a lack of better term, power drain for example), and knowing how to use the maps to cover yourself then it will feel like a whole new game.

2/21/2008 3:20:15 PM

sports games are very creative. Especially if you play them realistically and not just "to beat the game".

For example, the option is too easy to run in every single football game I have ever played, the computer just cant handle the randomness I guess (although this has gotten better each year).

So I never use the option if the team I am using doesn't use it in real life. It makes the game harder, but it forces you to be creative and figure out how to use that team's actual offense.


If you just flat out cared about beating the computer every time then you could just run option after option, but I agree that it would be very boring.

2/21/2008 3:26:33 PM

This thread is a joke, but I'll humor the OP.

I used to be a hardcore PC gamer, now I only play on consoles. PCs will always have RTS, FPS, and MMOs because the KB&M is better for these kinds of games. But FPSes can easily be played on a controller, RTSes are getting there (We'll see what Halo Wars can do with the controller), and I could care less about MMOs. Overall though, I like it much better throwing in a DVD and not having to worry about resolutions, closing out my other aps, what hardware I run, latest drivers, etc, and I'd imagine most people agree with that.

Just some questions for you though, do you know the exact cost of porting/developing for multiple consoles? Do you know the licensing fees for each company, including MS for Windows? Points 3 and 4 are clearly opinions (I hate the Wii controls and think they are too loose, and people can argue that you can upgrade your console with bigger HDDs) and don't spport anything conclusive.

[Edited on February 21, 2008 at 3:33 PM. Reason : ]

2/21/2008 3:31:55 PM

Guys, this is obviously a joke thread. Console gaming isn't dead.





It's just really really gay.





Which makes you all fags. Sorry

2/21/2008 3:33:57 PM

I just got Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer for the Xbox. It's killer rad.

2/21/2008 3:49:27 PM

can't upgrade? i think you forget about the ram upgrade for the N64 my friend

2/21/2008 3:50:35 PM

Better textures in Turok 2! woot!

2/21/2008 3:53:04 PM

Shrike wins thread with best use of flow chart

2/21/2008 4:07:16 PM

they should make some software that once you run it it puts your PC in gaming mode by
turning off random apps, adjust resolution, and boom you've got the ease of a console

and upgrading video cards should only be done as often as others buy consoles

besides PC's are necessary for many other things so the investment is often a good one

but why o why dont they make a KB&M for consoles?

2/21/2008 4:22:15 PM

I didn't see the other thread. To save face, I'll post in the other thread.

2/21/2008 4:42:24 PM

2/21/2008 8:03:28 PM

Quote :

"as far as your point of "can't upgrade a console" I think that's an advantage of consoles. I've never had to buy a $300 graphics card so I can play a new game."

Yeah, you just buy a new $400 console with the same frequency that I buy a new graphics card. The main difference being more game availably on consoles.

Usually if there is a game that is available for both the PC and a console the console version of the game is more expensive than the PC version. Although this may be due to:


The PC game comes out first. The game is ported to a console much later. The price of a "new" console game is higher than the price of a PC game that's been on the market for a while.

The console game comes out first. The game is ported to the PC much later. The price of a "new" PC game is still lower because they never drop the price of console games that are popular enough to port and because everyone has already played the game by the time it has made it to the PC.

I don't know how it is right now, but a year or so ago the general formula for when a game existed on both platforms was:
PC $40
Console $60

2/22/2008 8:43:39 AM