Comments on: The State of PC Gaming

By: Finster

Finster — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 16:18:10 +0000

That’s a good point, the kinds of games on console and PC are pretty different.

I guess I’ve gotten used to using a controller for shooters like Metroid Prime or Halo 2. However, every time I see an RTS on a console, it just completely blows.

I love the PC for strategy games, and usually you don’t need a high-end system to play them. However, if there was a keyboard and mouse for consoles that was universally implemented, I would be all over that.

I love my Dreamcast keyboard and mouse.

By: gwlaw99

gwlaw99 — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:13:18 +0000

One major problem. The games for PCs and consoles are 90% different. When I see warcraft 3, half life 2, world of warcraft, and Pirates on the X box, playable with keyboard and mouse, you may be right. But I really dont care about 90% of the games for consoles right now.

By: newscaper

newscaper — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 13:46:12 +0000

Now if only the console makers would resurrect the friggin’ mouse so you could control worth a damn!
And a left-hand equivalent of WSDA.

By: Botswana

Botswana — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 05:46:02 +0000

I think the price point difference is going to really start to hurt the PC gaming industry now. Before you could outspend on the PC, but you were going to get a better gaming experience than a console could possibly offer. Now you have to outspend just to get a comparable experience.

Those kinds of economics are going to cripple PC gaming. It’s one thing to spend $1000 and be able to say “Let’s see your N64 do that!”. It is a horse of an entirely different color to spend the same money to get a game to run as well as it would on an X-Box360.

Unless of course the PC gaming industry starts adopting more stringent hardware standards and starts delivering more with less. Pipe dream I’m sure.