Posted June 16, 2014
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_ChaosFox_
Zero fox given.
Registered: Nov 2008
From Germany
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iippo
Slave of economy
Registered: Dec 2008
From Finland
Posted June 16, 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYtvkoqTnSs
"chill"
Snickersnack: Actually, I think the IBM PC Compatible lineage of PCs may become too niche to support mainstream gaming in the next 10-15 years. Average people seem to be adopting tablet PCs as their primary computers. New development will surely follow their dollars. As Windows becomes less and less important, the platform erodes.
It's kind of sad. :( weirdly enough, i too think mobile gaming (tablets / smartphones) are going to be on the rise in future as well.
...and really, their business models are far worse than what consoles have ever had. Apparently quite huge part of mobile gamers are "virgins" - in the sense that mobile is their first contanct with "gaming"....so the "please pay 10€ to play 5mins" marketing tricks seem natural to them D:
"chill"
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It's kind of sad. :(
...and really, their business models are far worse than what consoles have ever had. Apparently quite huge part of mobile gamers are "virgins" - in the sense that mobile is their first contanct with "gaming"....so the "please pay 10€ to play 5mins" marketing tricks seem natural to them D:
Post edited June 16, 2014 by iippo
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Siannah
what?
Registered: Sep 2008
From Switzerland
Posted June 16, 2014
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iippo
Slave of economy
Registered: Dec 2008
From Finland
Posted June 16, 2014
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"Despite primarily being a PC publisher and developer, Stardock did look into the mobile market. It’s just not viable, said Wardell. “Our poorest-selling DLC for PC games generates more income than nearly every iOS or Android developer app we’ve gotten numbers for.”"
well, not sure if thats really fair to compare though. I mean their "weakest DLC" is probably quite good seller... Meanwhile in mobile market majority make pennies and the few that sell - sell like water in desert.
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amok
FREEEEDOOOM!!!!
Registered: Sep 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted June 16, 2014
Is it? That is certainly news to me. Last I heard it was doing great. A bit of an over-saturation, maybe, but if anything else that is a sign of a booming market, not one in decline.
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Trajhenkhetlive
Blondie
Registered: Jul 2013
From United States
Posted June 16, 2014
Here is why PC gaming is not dying...
- Prices for games and peripherals are influenced by an open market of third party services and goods. Thus games will be cheaper or at least truer to what they actually cost rather than arbitrarily decided by one company.
- Latest and greatest graphics and sound cards will hit PC's first.
- Some games need a mouse and keyboard and most console makers don't embrace that input device.
- It was revealed at a gaming conference, that the OpenGL API has significant performance gains against comparable services especially direct X. That means developers can use a none proprietary API to make a game (with the best performance possible), and with a bit of tweeking, get it to work on a myriad of platforms without having to pay a fee to do so.
- Also it seems to me each year consoles approach the price of a low cost PC. If consoles ever get to be about 200 dollars more expensive then now, you can expect people to weigh getting a new PC with just as much graphical/sound ability against a specialized machine.
- One last thing. You can upgrade PC parts. You could spend 4-5 hundred dollars on a new system, or spend half that or 2/3rds that cost for a substantial graphics boost.
- Prices for games and peripherals are influenced by an open market of third party services and goods. Thus games will be cheaper or at least truer to what they actually cost rather than arbitrarily decided by one company.
- Latest and greatest graphics and sound cards will hit PC's first.
- Some games need a mouse and keyboard and most console makers don't embrace that input device.
- It was revealed at a gaming conference, that the OpenGL API has significant performance gains against comparable services especially direct X. That means developers can use a none proprietary API to make a game (with the best performance possible), and with a bit of tweeking, get it to work on a myriad of platforms without having to pay a fee to do so.
- Also it seems to me each year consoles approach the price of a low cost PC. If consoles ever get to be about 200 dollars more expensive then now, you can expect people to weigh getting a new PC with just as much graphical/sound ability against a specialized machine.
- One last thing. You can upgrade PC parts. You could spend 4-5 hundred dollars on a new system, or spend half that or 2/3rds that cost for a substantial graphics boost.
Post edited June 16, 2014 by Trajhenkhetlive
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Smannesman
4-bit classic
Registered: Oct 2010
From Netherlands
Posted June 16, 2014
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huge list
PC (still being manufactured officially and sold).
THE IBM COMPATIBLE MASTER RACE SOLDIERS ON ONCE AGAIN
THE CONSOLE UBER RACE CONQUERS ALL.
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OlivawR
New User
Registered: Dec 2013
From Italy
Posted June 16, 2014
700 games on gog alone. How many there are on PS, xbox, nintendo?
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zeffyr
Meteorologist
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From Poland
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Wishbone
Red herring
Registered: Oct 2008
From Denmark
Posted June 16, 2014
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With a number of next-gen focused releases (Watch Dogs, Wolfenstein, Dead Rising 3), the minimum specs for games have risen drastically, meaning that it is now again rather expensive to match current-gen console performance.
Basically, this generation of consoles have lost the competition with PCs before the competition even began. This means that this generation of consoles will have a much worse effect on the quality of PC games than the previous generation did, at least if it has as long a life cycle.
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SpaceManThe
Gods Child
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From United Kingdom
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Smannesman
4-bit classic
Registered: Oct 2010
From Netherlands
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pimpmonkey2382.313
You are obsolete. Delete!
Registered: Jan 2011
From United States
Posted June 16, 2014
What's next console manual burning?
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Klumpen0815
+91
Registered: Dec 2012
From Germany
Posted June 16, 2014
/me hands out the matches
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