PC or Nintendo - who has done more for gaming?

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Poll PC or Nintendo - who has done more for gaming? (53 votes)

PC 55%
Nintendo 45%

Ok, so Nintendo won the SW battle for greatest console company of all time last week. It was basically a No Contest, Nintendo won with 64% of the vote (107 votes in total). The last fight remains - PC or Nintendo? Who has done more for gaming? This is a tough one but I think I would go with PC. Nintendo revived the console market, but PC has been strong for a long time. To the point where consoles have basically mimicked PC. The only area where you really can't say this is motion controls. What do you think?

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#1 deactivated-5b1e62582e305
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Gee this is sure a fair comparison.

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#2 deactivated-5d6bb9cb2ee20
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We're comparing two completely non overlapping or intersecting markets here, but...

Nope, I'm still gonna go with Nintendo.

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#3  Edited By lostrib
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So were going to compare a platform to a company?

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#4 clyde46
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This is going to go well.

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#5 bunchanumbers
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I'd have to go with Nintendo. They helped get gaming into the mainstream. PC is more influential now, but back when Nintendo was true king of gaming, PC was for the hardcore enthusiasts. The answer might change 10 years from now but I'll have to go with Nintendo.

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#6  Edited By princeofshapeir
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I'm going to go with PC. I heard their CEO is Gabe Newell and he's a pretty swelled guy.

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#7 ConanTheStoner
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PC because that's where you make games.

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#8  Edited By sam890
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Has there been an abnormally increase of stupid threads these past a couple days.

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#9 CrownKingArthur
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@sam890 said:

Has there been an abnormally increase of stupid threads these past a couple days.

omg. just saw your sig. X99 chipset. You are a god among insects my friend.

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#10  Edited By ConanTheStoner
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@sam890 said:

Has there been an abnormally increase of stupid threads these past a couple days.

This is the OPs usual shtick. Every so often one of them sticks.

omg I'm a rap star.

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#11 Bigboi500
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Both have done significantly more for gaming than either Sony or Microsoft.

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#12 LegatoSkyheart
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Well this doesn't make sense because PC isn't a company and you can't make Video games without a PC.

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#13 deactivated-57ad0e5285d73
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Nintendo. Fact. No arguments.

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#14 speedfreak48t5p
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@sam890 said:

Has there been an abnormally increase of stupid threads these past a couple days.

Most of them were made by SNIPER clones and SNIPER impersonations.

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#15  Edited By AzatiS
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This comparison is not fair for Nintendo because PC platform has so many developers involved as a whole ! Not fair .. i voted Nintendo because this is a silly comparison pretty much unfair.

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#16 systemdefender
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Nintendo. Too many classics.

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#17 thedude-
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Apples and Oranges. One is a unified entity, PC is more of a concept.

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#18 SolidGame_basic
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wow, Nintendo still pwns. interesting.

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Even though my primary platform of preference is PC I still have to go with nintendo. They are way too influential in the gaming industry.

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#20 pyro1245
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In the early days: Nintendo

Modern gaming owes way more to PC. (except Nintendo's modern games)

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#22  Edited By MrYaotubo
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@SolidGame_basic said:

wow, Nintendo still pwns. interesting.

Apparently not.

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#23  Edited By jg4xchamp
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PC

Pretending otherwise is just straight ignorance.

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#24 SolidGame_basic
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@MrYaotubo said:

@SolidGame_basic said:

wow, Nintendo still pwns. interesting.

Apparently not.

pretty close, eh?

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#25 YearoftheSnake5
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@lostrib said:

So were going to compare a platform to a company?

Exactly what I was thinking. It's a silly comparison.

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#26 Cloud_imperium
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@ConanTheStoner said:

PC because that's where you make games.

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#27 deactivated-5ac102a4472fe
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Logically I would say the PC. Most genres we play now are from that platform. I guess what half of the most popular series has its roots on there?

But Subjectively I want to say Nintendo, As I think it brought more people into gaming at the point where it was released, which then moved across multiple platforms, and Nintendo is the only Company that really has Mascots that resolate with people no matter gender, age or culture.

But they are the giants indeed.