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October 20th, 2005, 08:53 PM
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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...
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when Microsoft itself comes out talking about declining retail sales numbers and shrinking retail shelf space for PC games, it's time to take notice.
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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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October 20th, 2005, 09:06 PM
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Re: Microsoft Says PC Games Are Doomed!
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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October 20th, 2005, 09:53 PM
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Re: Microsoft Says PC Games Are Doomed!
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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October 20th, 2005, 10:45 PM
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Re: Microsoft Says PC Games Are Doomed!
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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!) 
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October 21st, 2005, 01:13 AM
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Re: Microsoft Says PC Games Are Doomed!
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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October 21st, 2005, 01:28 AM
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Re: Microsoft Says PC Games Are Doomed!
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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October 21st, 2005, 03:57 PM
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Re: Microsoft Says PC Games Are Doomed!
X3: Reunion, sequel to X2 will be shipping soon, in the space sim genre. Looks very interesting! 
www.x3-reunion.com if you're interested.
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Re: Microsoft Says PC Games Are Doomed!
"You know if someone says something that is untrue long enough, it becomes a truth."
LOL! To whom?
"Is the PC gaming platform really declining? We talk to the man in charge of Windows gaming about what Microsoft is doing to keep PC gaming relevant."
Also funny. Not that M$ needs more money, but y'all know that M$ charges game developers to release a game for X-Box, not to mention the price of dev tools, etc, eh? [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Grenade.gif[/img]
Some of us might question the "relevance" of games that require retarded controllers, purchase of a seperate gaming computer, have no keyboard or mouse, have mostly unsophisticated games, etc etc etc. I certainly don't find consoles very relevant...
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