Microsoft Says PC Games Are Doomed!
 

An article at Gamespot LINK interviews Dean Lester of microsoft where he states in no uncertain terms that PC games are on the way out. Now this "the sky is falling" story has been running around the world for so long that no one ever really takes it seriouly, that is until now...

Microsoft is planning to make a push for PC games with the release of their new OS but some question the wisdom of supporting a fading market.

Read the article, it is somewhat interesting.

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It hopefully means more room for niche indies like Malfador/Shrapnel. The mass-market will move to on-line multiplayer, leaving the higher quality niche makers to do local-PC games.

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My sentiments exactly. Massivly popular games tend toward rather formulaic games of repetitive motions and manual dexterity... nothing really to think about. I'm all for hard-thining games of heavy complexity..

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My sentiments exactly.

(oh, and great use of the word, formulaic, in a sentence!) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/biggrin.gif

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Well, I prefer PC games to console games because I will always have a PC because of the need to do other things on it like work. So it's nice to be able to play games on it as well. Then I won't have to have other hardware like an X-Box or a Playstation II.

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I'll go along with the: "so what?" chorus.

Most of the mass-market games I'm simply not interested in. Therefore, if that segment of the market dies..I don't care. I won't be buying Deer Hunter XXIV, so why do I care if that company goes away?

PC gaming isn't going away. PC gaming as a major retail force might.

EDIT: Also, an important detail: you won't see publishers like Shrapnel on consoles. Because console makers control what can be published on their consoles, and therefore can veto any game..

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I also think console games miss the biggest aspect of computer games - which is their "modability".

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Console games are just different from PC games, the difference is too big for me to bridge, so I wont be playing console games anytime soon.

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I really do not see the appeal of consule games other than they are great at parties and if you have kids. PC games are a lot more in depth and IMHO provide for better game play all the way around.

Try playing AOE, Civ IV, or SEV on a consule and see how far it gets you.

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'Please insert an XBox game, audio CD, or DVD.'