4x dead. PC games dying. Gave away PC. :(

Azselendor · #1 January 3rd, 2005, 02:39 PM

The problem with PC games is that they are trying to be console games too much these days.

Starfury, on the otherhand, would make a neat port over to console games.

Instar · #2 January 4th, 2005, 02:14 AM

How so? Sure, Deus Ex 2 was an obvious PC/console game, but games like CnC Generals doesn't translate to a console very well at all. And the Sims Urbz thing looks just plain stupid.

Azselendor · #3 January 4th, 2005, 05:03 PM

Those kinds of games, are what remains to PC games. I'm talking about that typically require an average of 8 buttons or less to operate. I know more games on the PC use many many buttons, but if those buttons can be put into toggle menus - it's better as a console game.

For two common two examples, Starfury and DO would make better console games than PC games I feel. The loss of customizable options is great, but then again, that is why they are PC games

Instar · #4 January 5th, 2005, 04:26 AM

Hmm, I see what you mean. But the PC is a tremendous market that developers ignore at their peril. I think that consoles just open up more of a market for developers. The PC isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

Azselendor · #5 January 5th, 2005, 04:31 AM

At the rate consoles are developing, I wouldn't be surprised if they soon had more in common with gaming PC's than thier predessors

Instar · #6 January 6th, 2005, 07:21 PM

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Klvino [ORB] said:
At the rate consoles are developing, I wouldn't be surprised if they soon had more in common with gaming PC's than thier predessors

Well, the first XBox was pretty much a stripped down PC with custom parts. The processor was an Intel, and the graphics chip was a nVidia 35 or 40 series, I think. Where they got more performance was through a really fat bus and things like that, I think. Xenon (codename for XBox 2) will use an IBM/Mac processor and ATI graphics chip, both of which are still computer style parts. Microsoft is aiming for a convergence of digital technology, so it is no surprise.
The GameCube uses an ATI chip, IIRC. Despite this, the GC is teh suck

DeadZone · #7 January 7th, 2005, 06:13 AM

Oi, I like my GC

PCs are more customizable and easier to upgrade too
Consoles tend to be, here it is, be happy with it, if you want something better, you tend to have to buy a completely new one

PC Games have better support because you get patches, mods, better Online play, etc
Console Games tend to run better because there is only one type of machine its running on, because PCs are upgradable, devs push the specs because they know, sooner or later, something will come out that runs there game fine, you dont have this option with Consoles (which is why games run fine on all consoles, but some PCs will struggle to run some games)

At the end of the day, consoles are for people with little time or who are simple folk
PCs are for people with time or like the freedom (like me... on both accounts there lol)