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Posted January 24, 2012
http://digg.com/newsbar/topnews/the_return_of_the_king_why_pc_gaming_is_making_a_comeback
Posted January 24, 2012
PC gaming is so 90's.
Posted January 24, 2012
Yea 'cause up until now, PC gaming nearly died out.
Posted January 24, 2012
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Posted January 24, 2012
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Fenixp: Yea 'cause up until now, PC gaming nearly died out.
they say it was in a big decline in 2008...
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StarEye: I love pasta. What is your favourite?
penne arabiata
Post edited January 24, 2012 by godspeeed
Posted January 24, 2012
So as long as you count all the microtransactions from facebook games, and only put it up against one console at a time, then yes PC does look like its on top.

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This makes me wonder where how Apple's iPhones, iPods, and iPads come in. With this sort of spin, they might even top PC. I kind of doubt it, but you never know.
Post edited January 24, 2012 by MobiusArcher
Posted January 24, 2012
Logan Decker said it best,

"As long as people use PCs, there will be PC gaming."

(slight paraphrase, you get the point)
Post edited January 24, 2012 by EC-
Posted January 24, 2012
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MobiusArcher: So as long as you count all the microtransactions from facebook games, and only put it up against one console at a time, then yes PC does look like its on top.

EDIT:
This makes me wonder where how Apple's iPhones, iPods, and iPads come in. With this sort of spin, they might even top PC. I kind of doubt it, but you never know.
I strongly doubt it, PC gaming has always excluded Mac computers so I dont see them adding tablets to it.
Posted January 24, 2012
PC gaming ALWAYS gets a huge popularity boost around the end of the current consoles' lifecycles.
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Fenixp: Yea 'cause up until now, PC gaming nearly died out.
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godspeeed: they say it was in a big decline in 2008...
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StarEye: I love pasta. What is your favourite?
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godspeeed: penne arabiata
PC gaming was dying in 2008. That's when all of the big chain stores eliminated their PC games sections.
Post edited January 24, 2012 by deelee74
Posted January 24, 2012
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deelee74: PC gaming ALWAYS gets a huge popularity boost around the end of the current consoles' lifecycles.
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godspeeed: they say it was in a big decline in 2008...

penne arabiata
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deelee74: PC gaming was dying in 2008. That's when all of the big chain stores eliminated their PC games sections.
I feel so old and discriminated when I walk in an ebgames/gamestop
Post edited January 24, 2012 by godspeeed
Posted January 24, 2012
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godspeeed: I strongly doubt it, PC gaming has always excluded Mac computers so I dont see them adding tablets to it.
I didn't mean to add them too the PC sales. I meant put them up against it.
Posted January 24, 2012
They mention 64-player servers. Didn't we have that back in 2002 or so?
Posted January 24, 2012
Can't make a comeback, if it wasn't gone.

Also the same sources claiming PC gaming to be dying all those years, claim Heavy Metal to be dead since at least 15 years if not longer.
Posted January 24, 2012
If I understand correctly from the article, the only thing that's making a comeback is that the major publishers and retail stores are realizing that the PC gaming is still a commercially viable market.

Since games started appearing on both PCs and consoles, the PC gaming market has got a lot smaller. It's still not commercially dead yet until the major players stop making games for PCs.

At least, we have a reasonably decent indie gaming scene on the PC if all else fails.
Post edited January 24, 2012 by downloadmunkey
Posted January 24, 2012
This reminds me of the question a game magazine made when the first rumors about the first xbox came out: "Will this be the death of pc gaming?"
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