Microsoft Says PC Games Are Doomed!

[Captain Kwok]

This a good reason why it's important to support MM if you're a fan of the Space Empires series or other titles that are amenable to PCs. A lot of people were put off when SE:IV Gold was released and they had to pay extra money for "a patch". But look at the result, Aaron was able to quit his day job and work on SE games full-time, which has been (and will be) a bonus for us. To some degree we also have to expect a higher cost when it comes to the game, as the level of sales won't allow for much flexibility in price - otherwise there'd be no money for MM to work with and no incentive for MM to continue making SE games.

[Renegade 13]

These things run in cycles. Popularity will rise, then fall, then rise again. As the cycle sits now, console games are popular, computer games less popular. Things will reach a low for PC games, companies will go backrupt, less crap will be made. Some innovative developers will survive, and continue to make games, and rake in the profits from making good games that will be bought by the hardcore PC gamers who will never go to the console (myself included). Then, seeing the success of the developers that survived, more companies will be created, and create more and more PC games. A lot will be crap, but lots will be made, and people will say PC gaming has risen from the ashes. But really, it'll just be a natural cycle. Console games will have their day, then inevitably fall in popularity for a while. It's the way an industry such as gaming functions.

[PvK]

"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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PvK