Computer games still dying?
03-08-04 | 01:20 PM
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I think it has sustained it's popularity. It just hasn't gained any popularity, which makes it look like it's "dying" to some given the huge surge in the popularty of console gaming in the past decade or so.
03-08-04 | 02:45 PM
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Sims 2 looks like it's going to be awesome, to bad it got delayed
I'm also keeping an eye on City of Heroes, just wish they had a single player option.
Computer Gaming has always had big ups and downs, but it's never gone away. And the consoles are looking more and more like computers. I really thinks were moving to a convergence of the two.
I'm also keeping an eye on City of Heroes, just wish they had a single player option.
Computer Gaming has always had big ups and downs, but it's never gone away. And the consoles are looking more and more like computers. I really thinks were moving to a convergence of the two.
03-09-04 | 12:29 AM
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Hmm....well I'm not asking "Do you prefer PC games over console games?"
I was asking if the computer game industry is able to still sustain it's popularity, given the rising popularity of the next-generation console market. PC games could be infinitly better than console games, but that does not mean that it would be feasible to dedicate a large budget making a PC game when you would profit a lot more by spending that same budget on a console game. So, objectively speaking, does the computer gaming _industry_ still have a pulse left and if Half-Life 2, Doom 3, etc. all fail, or if Blizzard goes down the tubes?
Hmm....well I'm not asking "Do you prefer PC games over console games?"
I was asking if the computer game industry is able to still sustain it's popularity, given the rising popularity of the next-generation console market. PC games could be infinitly better than console games, but that does not mean that it would be feasible to dedicate a large budget making a PC game when you would profit a lot more by spending that same budget on a console game. So, objectively speaking, does the computer gaming _industry_ still have a pulse left and if Half-Life 2, Doom 3, etc. all fail, or if Blizzard goes down the tubes?
Those games have quite the history and brought a boom to the market. Most likely, the sequels will do this again.Your question is the equivalent of this on a console..
"So, objectively speaking, does the console gaming _industry_ still have a pulse left and if GTA, Final Fantasy, etc. all fail, or if Nintendo goes down the tubes? "
03-09-04 | 08:10 AM
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Aside from Warcraft III, which I've played with some friends and liked, and Freedom Force, which I bought and enjoyed immensely, I haven't bought or played a new computer game in a long, long time. I agree with Captain Harlock... all the games seem too similar (and I despise FPS).
I was really big into computer gaming when adventure games were still king. Zak McKracken, Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, Indiana Jones, King's Quest, Monkey Island... I owned nearly all of them and played them multiple times.
I never did play Grim Fandango, though. Maybe I should get ahold of that.
I was really big into computer gaming when adventure games were still king. Zak McKracken, Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, Indiana Jones, King's Quest, Monkey Island... I owned nearly all of them and played them multiple times.
I never did play Grim Fandango, though. Maybe I should get ahold of that.
03-09-04 | 09:39 AM
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I prefer pc games over console games. Lets take Madden 2004 for example...
The graphics for the pc version are MUCH better than the console version. The announcers also say more.
The rosters on the pc version can be updated from a website, the rosters on the console version are fixed (unless you trade each player yourself). What fun is it to play a game with players who arent even on that team anymore?
With the pc version you can have it play ANY mp3s you want during the game, with the console you're stuck with crappy Jet and Alien Ant Farm songs.
I can play the pc version without having to out in any disks, I can justs it down and play. With the console version I'd have to find the disk and put it in. (small thing but I find it very handy).
And lastly..the pc version was $10 cheaper.
The graphics for the pc version are MUCH better than the console version. The announcers also say more.
The rosters on the pc version can be updated from a website, the rosters on the console version are fixed (unless you trade each player yourself). What fun is it to play a game with players who arent even on that team anymore?
With the pc version you can have it play ANY mp3s you want during the game, with the console you're stuck with crappy Jet and Alien Ant Farm songs.
I can play the pc version without having to out in any disks, I can justs it down and play. With the console version I'd have to find the disk and put it in. (small thing but I find it very handy).
And lastly..the pc version was $10 cheaper.
03-09-04 | 03:06 PM
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In the last 10 years gaming in general has seen a steady increase and swelled almost 10x in terms of dollars - with console and pc both increasing. In the last 5 years, consoles have seen the biggest increase. PC gaming has been on the upswing, but a combination of several factors wouldn't indicate as much. The average price for a PC game hovers around half of the average price of a console game. Also, looking at percentages - in the last 5 years, PC gaming went from being nearly 20% of the total game sales revenue to being just over 10%. That doesn't mean it has declined though - it just hasn't grown as much as the console market.
Computer games aren't dying though - 1997 was the peak for somewhat of a golden age for PC games... shortly after, console games grabbed the spotlight. Nobody expects PC gaming to steal the lead from console gaming again any time soon, but as I've said before, I think 2004 (and perhaps into 2005) will be a great year for pc gaming.
I mean - for a market that's dying, there sure have been alot of gaming computer and gaming hardware companies popping up in the last 5 years. No, I'm not worried about PC gaming dying - I'll tell you what does worry me though is how consoles are becoming closer to PCs than they have been and more popular than they ever have been and developers are simply making games for consoles and porting to the PC or not at all. It really lowers the quality of PC games.
Computer games aren't dying though - 1997 was the peak for somewhat of a golden age for PC games... shortly after, console games grabbed the spotlight. Nobody expects PC gaming to steal the lead from console gaming again any time soon, but as I've said before, I think 2004 (and perhaps into 2005) will be a great year for pc gaming.
I mean - for a market that's dying, there sure have been alot of gaming computer and gaming hardware companies popping up in the last 5 years. No, I'm not worried about PC gaming dying - I'll tell you what does worry me though is how consoles are becoming closer to PCs than they have been and more popular than they ever have been and developers are simply making games for consoles and porting to the PC or not at all. It really lowers the quality of PC games.
