Ok, here is one for you. As i was sitting at work (working hard as always) i began to wonder, what happened to PC gaming?
Was it simply that game developers did not have a market for PC Gaming? If so, why is that? As I take a look on YouTube, various PC websites, even local stores such as Best Buy and Future Shop, i see that "gaming" computers are a big industry. They are everywhere you look. You always see these monster of computers advertising how fast, how clear of picture, how cool they look, and for what? To browse the internet to check your Facebook status? You don't have to be a PC Gamer to notice that PC games are slowly dieing. Especially PC exclusive games, such as Crysis once use to be. If there isn't a market for PC Gaming, why are there so many PC gaming computers out there?
I began to think of any possible reasons why developers would take a look at "there is no money in PC Gaming" idea. The only conclusion that i could come up with is that it's PC gamers fault. Of coarse there isn't any money in PC gaming when the developers can sell a game on the consoles for $60 when places like Steam offers the same game for $40-$50. Which one would you choose if you were in their shoes? Why are PC gamers going for Steam? Because it's easier and cheaper? But why do these same PC gamers complain on how crappy the game is, and how there aren't anymore PC exclusives? Perfect example would be Crysis 2 right. When it first came out, PC gamers complained about how it was only DX9 and not DX11. PC gamers complained on how Crytek was going to console and how badly they were wrecking the Crysis game. Why do you think they went to console? To make money right? That is the reason why these developers make games, to make money. Just the same reason why you go to work everyday (or some of you don't, but pretty sure you get my point).
I just take a look and see that PC gamers are the reason why PC games are becoming obsolete. Steam is cashing in on the laziness and cheapness of PC gamers, and developers are shying away from them.
Now i am a PC gamer, I actually just got into it about 6-7 years ago. I love playing games on the PC, seeing how clear, fast, glitch free games run. I love jumping on Crysis Warhead and being trapped in my game as you don't hear people on the other end compaining on who has host, lag, or cheaters (from what i have seen, if you want to play modded, you go into a modded room). So i am not harping on PC gamers because i love console. I harp on them because it's the only reason i can think of why PC gaming is dieing.
It's your turn. Let's hear why you think PC gaming is switching to console and becoming "cheaply" developed.
Was it simply that game developers did not have a market for PC Gaming? If so, why is that? As I take a look on YouTube, various PC websites, even local stores such as Best Buy and Future Shop, i see that "gaming" computers are a big industry. They are everywhere you look. You always see these monster of computers advertising how fast, how clear of picture, how cool they look, and for what? To browse the internet to check your Facebook status? You don't have to be a PC Gamer to notice that PC games are slowly dieing. Especially PC exclusive games, such as Crysis once use to be. If there isn't a market for PC Gaming, why are there so many PC gaming computers out there?
I began to think of any possible reasons why developers would take a look at "there is no money in PC Gaming" idea. The only conclusion that i could come up with is that it's PC gamers fault. Of coarse there isn't any money in PC gaming when the developers can sell a game on the consoles for $60 when places like Steam offers the same game for $40-$50. Which one would you choose if you were in their shoes? Why are PC gamers going for Steam? Because it's easier and cheaper? But why do these same PC gamers complain on how crappy the game is, and how there aren't anymore PC exclusives? Perfect example would be Crysis 2 right. When it first came out, PC gamers complained about how it was only DX9 and not DX11. PC gamers complained on how Crytek was going to console and how badly they were wrecking the Crysis game. Why do you think they went to console? To make money right? That is the reason why these developers make games, to make money. Just the same reason why you go to work everyday (or some of you don't, but pretty sure you get my point).
I just take a look and see that PC gamers are the reason why PC games are becoming obsolete. Steam is cashing in on the laziness and cheapness of PC gamers, and developers are shying away from them.
Now i am a PC gamer, I actually just got into it about 6-7 years ago. I love playing games on the PC, seeing how clear, fast, glitch free games run. I love jumping on Crysis Warhead and being trapped in my game as you don't hear people on the other end compaining on who has host, lag, or cheaters (from what i have seen, if you want to play modded, you go into a modded room). So i am not harping on PC gamers because i love console. I harp on them because it's the only reason i can think of why PC gaming is dieing.
It's your turn. Let's hear why you think PC gaming is switching to console and becoming "cheaply" developed.