PC gaming dead?

Soneji · #1 August 15th, 2009, 07:57 PM

Like this forum in HWC?

I remember when this place used to be pumping with activity! Oh the shame!

I can't remember the last time I got excited about a game coming out.

ELF2000 · #2 August 15th, 2009, 10:17 PM

What kind of games do you like?

At the moment I am playing Need for Speed Undercover.

krupted · #3 August 16th, 2009, 07:28 PM

BLAME EA.

im not kidding. for all the years they have bought sole licenses for pro sports games and then turn around and NOT make a game... i wish i could burn the whole company to the ground. last year we finally got MLB back, and sega jumped in a did a better job then ea could ever dream of.... and now this year its NFL again- no madden 2010 for pc and it also means no football on pc for the last TWO YEARS. and for NASCAR it has been about a ****in decade since anything has been on PC. i hate EA more then comcast, that is saying a lot.

**jankerson** · #4 August 17th, 2009, 11:08 AM

I am sure the economy isn't helping the gaming industry at all.

Ultim8_Evil · #5 August 18th, 2009, 09:57 AM

I recently bought a Sega Master System II on eBay to accompany my Megadrive and I haven't installed a game on my PC since.

I still occasionally play EVE or Age of Empires II, but there's no games out there atm that really strike me as interesting.

Sonic 3 plugged into the Sonic & Knuckles expansion cartridge. That's where it's at!

ScratchFBST · #6 August 19th, 2009, 11:34 AM

Back in the day, my passion was combat flight sims. Any of the NovaLogic games were the s---! Raptor, Mig 29, F-16. I can honestly say about 7 years of my life was wasted, I mean, spent in cyberspace with my fellow fly boys bombing the hell out of the enemy.

Then XP came out and the gaming companies wouldn't rewrite the games I liked.

My son plays Xbox 360 but I could never get used to the controller.

Alas, I've parked my planes in the virtual hangar ever since.

ScratchFBST

Huge · #7 August 22nd, 2009, 05:33 AM

I'm looking forward to the next Aliens game and Rage

**JPnyc** · #8 August 24th, 2009, 11:03 AM

I think it's more about standalone TV centric gaming units. It's really not that complex. Most people nowadays have huge flatscreen TV panels, substantially larger than their computer monitors, which enhances the gaming experience. Add to that hand-held wireless controllers which respond to human gesticulations, and the whole matter should become clear. Computer gaming was primitive by comparison. The saving grace will be in the future integration of home entertainment system and PC. If you can't beat 'em, fuse 'em.

Gradlock · #9 August 26th, 2009, 07:22 PM

I plugged my PC into my HDTV the day I got it and it is awesome but I still play many games on the PC. Doesn't feel too primitive yet. I switch over to the regular 22" when working on docs.

I wouldn't say that PC gaming is dead but is has definitely taken a hit since the latest consoles have advanced in leaps and bounds in making the console the centerpiece of family entertainment. Before you needed a separate console, DVD/Blu-Ray, PC for browsing, gaming, etc. Now you can all of these things on a PS3 or XBox, (and some on the Wii

, well, with some modding you can do more)

I tend to buy PC games because of pure economics. Why pay $60 for a console game if the PC game is only $40 to $50. Plus there seems to be much more replay value with the PC version of a game if there is good mod support.

Now for playing in surround sound I think the console has the PC beat hands down. Much better to play in over the receiver IMHO. I used to have a good PC surround set but got tired or knocking the speakers over, pets chewing on the cables or getting tangled up in them.

I have a PC that can play nearly any current game and a PS3. Only reason I have the PS3 is because I won it at a raffle at work. I was hard pressed to shell out $300 - $400 for a console, but when I think about it I would only have had to pay that amount once and get the same visual quality on a good HDTV that nearly anyone else for the next 5- 7 years. I could end up paying up to twice that amount to upgrade nearly the entire PC and still not get the "best" video card, monitor, CPU, etc.

I still like the idea of having bragging rights about what's under the hood of your PC.

**JPnyc** · #10 August 27th, 2009, 07:28 PM

well you don't need to be a gamer to do that

Gradlock · #11 August 28th, 2009, 04:50 PM

Very true. Just got tunnel vision about the subject

kotarak · #12 September 5th, 2009, 12:20 PM

Why not try a game based on reality like golf or bowling.

masrigroup · #13 October 10th, 2009, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kotarak

Why not try a game based on reality like golf or bowling.

I think that life simulations games is great for PC gaming or strategic games (The Sims, Generals, Industry Giant, ....)

I didn't play any other games since I complete all levels of NFS UG

dysharmonic · #14 October 15th, 2009, 11:56 AM

I'm still playing Morrowind, for the second time to be exact, and this time around I'm downloading all those excellent mods taking this veteran title almost to another level! Visual that is.

As for the current state of pc gaming, anyone's waiting for Diablo 3?. Now that's cause enuff to get a new system, mine is a bit outdated by the way.

Fallout 3 and Oblivion too have good modding communities.

MitchSchaft · #15 November 5th, 2009, 04:50 PM

Ha, I haven't posted here in years. I remember the big fall-out with the moderators and OffTopic. And them losing 10,000 of my posts

. I joined this place in 1998. I can't believe this site is still up and running!

Actually, I recently got back in to PC gaming. There are a LOT of girls nowadays gaming. It's crazy. I've been playing Left4Dead lately.

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