Reaper wrote:
^^Your right in a sense but PC gaming is going downhill because people dont want to keep upgrading there pcs.
If you are a PC gamer you need to be prepared to buy a $800 computer every 4-5 years. Just like buying a new PS or XBOX for $400 every 5yrs, and then 10 games = $1000.
And you don't have to play those games ON THE HIGHEST SETTINGS, they work fine turned down, its the ABILITY of the game to press your computer that is needed. Its not like crysis wont run on a 5yr old gaming computer, like a Athlon X2 4800 with 7800gt, it will run fine on it, on medium settings, and still be higher res and graphics than a console.
I DO agree that there is a push for better looking games that don't focus on gameplay, but honestly that is because everything has been done, over and over again. Hardware is about to make another huge leap next year with the 22nm process from TSCM, which is almost a halfnode of the 40nm, so videocards will have 2x the power of what they are right now, next year. Same goes for processors, Intel has half-ramped their 32nm tech over the 45, and AMD has perfected their 45nm chips (their 6 core chip runs cooler and faster than their 4 core chip, and they use the exact same 45nm tech) and will be pushing 28 and 22nm chips with bobcat/bulldozer next year (which may be my next computer once its a mature tech late 2011). None of this would happen if everyone was "ok" with their current computers, during the Pentium 4 days we expected a doubling of power every 3-4yrs, now that is happening half that, which is awesome. Especially since I could spend $700 right now and have a 6 core computer, USB3, SATA6, 8gb DDR3 1600, and a new video card and literally have a computer 15x the power of mine 6yrs ago when HL2 came out (processor 3.4ghz P4 to 4ghz AMDX6, and videocard from 7800gt to HD5770).
The only thing that is going to kill PC gaming is using outdated tech (consoles) as a "good enough" device, stagnating innovation, and we all know innovation drives technology, and just like 30 years ago, tech changes year to year, the game has not changed, if anything the game has change PRO PC gaming, when I grew up we all had nintendo, super nintendo, N64, PS, etc, no one gamed on a computer but handfull of people, PC gaming was around, but it was games like Doom that they played, and wasnt until online play that the industry really boomed in the later 90s to today.
The real harm of PC gaming is ignorance of buyers who buy a 500 dell and expect it to game, but it has no video card, and a lack of good quality hardware, that isnt "leet gaming PC" priced. You can buy a computer for $2000, or one for $1000 that is 3/4 the power of the one that is 2x as expensive, or a $500pc that is literally 10% the gaming power of the $1000 one, there is a lack of companies making good yet cheap gaming PCs, maybe that will change soon
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