Return of the King. PC Gaming's Comeback.

[MST3K]

It's a long read. But it's good.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fea...aking_comeback

If you're lazy here's the tldr version.

PC > Console

Reasons

PC >> Console

[bluz74]

That is a long article, so basing my opinion on the graphs and images alone, that's a good read!

[Nova Prospekt]

I actually thought this was gonna be something about HL3.

/sadpanda

Anway, didn't read all of it, but is a good read.

[Firestorm998]

To be fair, I'd never notice it go anywhere in the first place apart from becoming more homogonized and that doesn't seem to be addressed there.

[Archer Kane]

SNES = God

[noodlesoup]

My theory, and this will happen with every console, is that they get old, and some people begin to realise that PC's are FAR superior, and so PC gaming, during the end of a consoles life, will slowly claw its way back, only to get dropkicked to the face when a new console comes out.

[NorthernKingdom]

Too bad Battlefield 3 is the exception to the multiplatform console port rules that's plaguing PC gamers. PC obviously is in the up swing state due to current gen consoles dragging with older tech but the second the next generation of hardware is released it will shift again. Multiplats are here to stay which means lazy console ports will be the norm for the PC. When Microsoft switches to a new directx api with their console PC gamers will be complaining it's behind what's available to the platform.

[Archer Kane]

Originally Posted by noodlesoup

My theory, and this will happen with every console, is that they get old, and some people begin to realise that PC's are FAR superior, and so PC gaming, during the end of a consoles life, will slowly claw its way back, only to get dropkicked to the face when a new console comes out.

I don't think console gaming will die, if in worse case scenario the industry for consoles will just become smaller.

You're forgetting the millions of 7+ year old kids that cry to their mothers for getting an Xbox 360 or PS3, just because they played it at their friends house. I can't imagine them doing the same for PC's (at least for the majority of kids), purely because PC's are much more complicated - its not simple insert cd and play like it is on consoles... This is what intimidates are significant amount of the console audience.

So there will always be that cheap console a kid can pick up and play.

[noodlesoup]

Originally Posted by Archer Kane

I don't think console gaming will die, if in worse case scenario the industry for consoles will just become smaller.

You're forgetting the millions of 7+ year old kids that cry to their mothers for getting an Xbox 360 or PS3, just because they played it at their friends house. I can't imagine them doing the same for PC's (at least for the majority of kids), purely because PC's are much more complicated - its not simple insert cd and play like it is on consoles... This is what intimidates are significant amount of the console audience.

So there will always be that cheap console a kid can pick up and play.

I didnt say console gaming would die, just that it would decline steadily after a peak in around the 3rd or so year. The xbox is ancient now, and was already based on dated tech when it first came out.

[Infinite XÆr0]

well, PC gaming may be getting more of a "comeback" in terms of sales figures, but the vast majority of games coming out these days are still console centric in terms of gameplay design, i.e. everything is still limited to what you can do on a gamepad, and not a M&K.. THAT has to change for there to be a real PC gaming development revival, or a new golden age, or whatever you want to call it..

[Levi]

Its never really needed a comeback, I've got more PC games now than I know what to do with.

[T@F]

Prob new consoles will be out soon as sales decline on the consoles and games.
No doubt xbox720(not sure what it will be called) will take the top slot again.
Shame but thats' how i see it tbh.
but it is nice to see better sales on pc games now.

[Excygy]

Originally Posted by T@F

Prob new consoles will be out soon as sales decline on the consoles and games.
No doubt xbox720(not sure what it will be called) will take the top slot again.
Shame but thats' how i see it tbh.
but it is nice to see better sales on pc games now.

Almost not once a console made profit when released, Xbox took i think 7 years before making positive profits.

Only Wii, i think, made money since the start, because it was cheap and sold a lot.

[iGluttony x]

Interesting coming from a Nintendo Hammer Legion Member, OP.

And these types of threads only promote flaming.

BTW, that chart sure poses an... optimistic view of the future. Consoles are only gaining popularity. Almost no one I know in real life games on a PC.

[MADDOGGE]

He can write what he wants but the consoles not the PC are setting the agenda as to what we get as a PC games. Just as happened to shooters so too will games like Skyrim go with simplified gameplay to fit them to the consoles which are the big money makers and easier to program for. We are no where near any type of PC rebound.

Ployhar says his estimates put the install base of PC gamers at roughly 30 million enthusiasts, another 220 million performance and mainstream gamers, and another 350 million casual gamers.

This isn't supported by sales numbers of games. The most sales are still on the consoles.


When games return to being made for the PC's capabilities first and then simplified for the console versions I'll believe in the comeback of the PC. Until then it's marketing BS. Pretty graphics while much appreciated are superficial fluff and do not make a PC version better in the ways that really matter.