Originally posted by elanthis
View Post
The only widely used digital distribution for video games on PC is Steam. We do not have detailed sales figures for Steam, which sucks. We do have sales figures for console digital distribution, though. We do have stats showing that Half-Life 2 had sold around 3 million units at the same time that a freaking Uno clone on XBLA had sold 1 million units. I'm not impressed by Steam's sales figures.
I don't know what that means, and I'm pretty sure you don't either.
Consoles play in many cases the same damn games the PC does. The experience is no different, other than that the console usually has a bigger higher-definition screen and uses a controller instead of a mouse and keyboard. Left 4 Dead 2 is every last bit the same experience on my Xbox360 as it is on my PC.
Your examples are a large number of games from a very, very small sub-section of the game market. Basically, complex strategy and simulation games aren't great for use with a controller.
Many of those games are some of the biggest selling games of all time. So yeah they may be specific genres but guess what? the PC does both those and more. Nope we dont have to restrict ourselves, this is the joy of the PC - It isn't a massively restricted closed platform.
I could give you a list of console exclusive titles as well, but I imagine you care about those as much as most console gamers care about the Sims (e.g., not at all).
Bullshit argument, since the cost of consoles is falling just as fast. Next.
No, they are not. The PS3 is the super expensive one, and it flopped horrifically until its price-point dropped to the $300 range.
Again, bullshit. Laptop and netbook sales increasing faster and faster.
- Most Laptops are second PCs
- Almost all netbooks are second or third PCs
The most popular graphics chipset in the world by a HUGE margin is incapable of playing modern games. You'll have trouble playing Left 4 Dead 1 on an Intel IGP, much less its sequel or any of the other top sellers.
Not all PCs are created equal. Most are not even remotely competent gaming machines. I have 5 year old games that can't run worth a crap on my laptop, which is "high end" compared to most laptops.
No, you don't. (Assuming "you" as the general populace -- I suppose if you work as a graphics designer, maybe you actually need a fast PC.)
A reasonable graphics card (one tiny little component of a PC, one that most people will never buy on their own) is $100. A console that can play any high-end game on the console market is $200.
If bought brand new, yes. By about $10, or 20%. Most people don't give a shit.
Most games are available on the Xbox360 anyway. (Not sure what point you were trying to make.)
Fiction is fun, but wrong.
I have to admit. they have been updated since I last looked. The next gen consoles (PS3 / Xbox 360) which compete with the PC have 61 Million units sold now. (PS2 Still sold 138 Million on its own)
1.46 Billion internet users in 2008
I couldn't find the 2009 version but I'm sure you could if you looked.
Yep that's right before even counting every other country in the world china alone has increased by 150 million internet users between 2006 - 2008 Nearly 3 times the number of Xbox 360 + PS3 consoles sold worldwide over less time PC usage is massively outstripping consoles. PC is by far the biggest market. It is popular BECAUSE of its versatility. It will only grow.
Infact let me show everyone that you have no idea what you're talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...oles#Worldwide
Yep that's right the Atari 2600 in 1977 sold 30 million, 1 million less than the xbox 360 in a market with vastly more competitors! Some real growth there....Shall we compare that to the growth in PC users since then? Yeah...I think i've made my point.
I should probably add it seems portable game devices are growing though (Nintendo DS / PSP).
Which is yet another reason console gaming is pulling ahead.
A social experience is much more socially engaging when you can play together on in front of the same screen than when you have to each hide in your own individual gaming caves. Split screen gaming has been a HUGE boost to consoles. The fact that very large, HDTVs are relatively cheap and sales for the TV is sky-rocketing (even die-hard PC gamers own a nice TV, generally) make split screen gaming even better than it used to be.
This is true. Your argument is weakened by your obvious disinclination to list off the PC's negative qualities.
Just like your bogus numbers, you seem content to prove the PC's superiority by bending truth.
Leave a comment: