Anyone else feel this is the last great year for PC gaming?

Well I sorta think so, consoles have really taken off, while the PC gamer group keeps shrinking and shrinking. Worse is that piracy has pretty much led to developers shifting there focus from PC only games to PC/ console games. We all know its happening, game series that were once only on the PC are now coming to consoles. Why? Money, thats it. Does anyone else feel this may be the last great year to be a PC gamer?

Games left for this year:

UT2007

Crysis

Half Life 2: Episode 2

Bio Shock

Call of Duty 4

Quake Wars

You cant even name more 3 exclusive titles coming out to the PS3 and 360 that as promising as the PC line-up.

Are you kidding me?

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=24525221Maddog504

You do realise that nearly all of those games are still TBA so they all could easily be pushed into 08 nor will they all be good

[QUOTE="Maddog504"]Are you kidding me?

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=24525221justheretodl124

You do realise that nearly all of those games are still TBA so they all could easily be pushed into 08 nor will they all be good

[QUOTE="justheretodl124"]

[QUOTE="Maddog504"]Are you kidding me?

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=24525221Maddog504

You do realise that nearly all of those games are still TBA so they all could easily be pushed into 08 nor will they all be good

pc gaming will always be alive but consoles allways die and become more and more like pcs so who is dying?

I dont feel anything...

Yeah, this year is shaping up to be great! Multi-platform or not, there are some awesome games on the way for the PC.

But I know what you are saying OP. Did you know the PC is a more popular gaming platform in Europe compared to the States? Sometimes it feels like us Americans are a bunch of simpletons that can't handle a little complexity --- becoming more efficient in our ability to use our PCs would do us good rather than taking the easy way out, i.e. consoles.

I don't think PC gaming will ever completely die though, it just might not represent the types of games I've enjoyed in the past as well as it had previously (I'm NOT an MMO fan for example).

Statements like the following are a little bothersome though: Consoles will pretty much define what the next five years of games look like on the PC", Mark Rein reassured. In other words, the power of the PC won't be fully tapped in games because consoles won't be powerful enough, and consoles dictate the industry.

Oh well, PC gaming still rocks for now! And another poster was absolutely right though, there is a definite convergence of PC and console hardware, eventually (we're still a long way away) what will define a "PC" versus a "console"?

[QUOTE="justheretodl124"]

[QUOTE="Maddog504"]Are you kidding me?

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=24525221Maddog504

You do realise that nearly all of those games are still TBA so they all could easily be pushed into 08 nor will they all be good

lol, no of course not. I' am talking about the rest of PC gaming for this year. It just doesn't seem like there will be another year where so many potential blockbusters will be coming out for the PC. Hopefully I'm wrong, I own a 360 and a Wii but still love playing on my gaming PC the best.

You cant even name more 3 exclusive titles coming out to the PS3 and 360 that as promising as the PC line-up.

XaosII

i hope next year will have like half the games coming out this year cause i'm gonna be broke...

PC gaming is dying PC gaming is dying!!

As someone once said stated: "PC Gaming: happly dying since 1984"

there wont be an end to PC gaming, please tell me whats the difference between a console and pc on hardware comparison?

there isnt any, consoles are just watered downed gaming pc's. and if there was an end to gaming pc's what would people do? just stop playing there pc's cause someone hasnt ported titles from consoles yet? There probably wont be an end to pc gaming, and if there was, it'll be because it was the end of the world or someting like that.

so what are you smoking?

Ummmmm, no. What about Hellgate and Fallout 3 next year? Not to mention others. Sephiroth__666

As someone pointed out, PC gaming is bigger abroad. Look at Korea for example. Professional PC gamers are huge stars over there. The U.S. is oddly backwards when it comes to computers. The U.S. is pretty much the center of technological developement. ATI, AMD, Intel, Nvidia, Sun, Apple, IBM just to name a few are all U.S. Companies. Yet when it comes to things like broadband adoption, we lag behind even Estonia. (Please note I'm from the U.S. and this is not meant as a flame against the U.S.)

Also, as someone else mentioned, consoles are becoming more and more like PCs. Heck the Xbox pretty much IS just a PC. Rather than PC gaming dying, I think you'll eventually see PC and console gaming converging. I dont think it will happen for many years but it will happen.

Also, as someone else mentioned, consoles are becoming more and more like PCs. Heck the Xbox pretty much IS just a PC. Rather than PC gaming dying, I think you'll eventually see PC and console gaming converging. I dont think it will happen for many years but it will happen.

Mossad

thank you

I completely dissagree with you

No?Nikolicious

I agree. PC games will keep going strong. We normally get more than a few AAA titles per year. That's on par with any console. And everyone gets their fair share of crap games.This year is a good year and I'm sure next year will be good as well for the PC.

[QUOTE="Sephiroth__666"]Ummmmm, no. What about Hellgate and Fallout 3 next year? Not to mention others. BounceDK

Doesn't hellgate have a pretty substantial single player campaign?

Well I sorta think so, consoles have really taken off, while the PC gamer group keeps shrinking and shrinking. Worse is that piracy has pretty much led to developers shifting there focus from PC only games to PC/ console games. We all know its happening, game series that were once only on the PC are now coming to consoles. Why? Money, thats it. Does anyone else feel this may be the last great year to be a PC gamer?

Games left for this year:

UT2007

Crysis

Half Life 2: Episode 2

Bio Shock

Call of Duty 4

Quake Wars

jd7-03

Why the hell are idiots like you PC gamers? Where do you morons get the idea that PC gaming is dying?

[QUOTE="Alkpaz"]PC gaming is dying PC gaming is dying!! As someone once said stated: "PC Gaming: happly dying since 1984"madrocketeer

My mistake.. :)

There's plenty of goodness to come!! Especially with STEAM at full throtle with their new update, PC Gaming is getting bigger and better everyday. Down with the haters....mismajor99

Hey, Mismajor.. do you know if Hexen and Heretic actually work on XP? I don't recall them making a Heretic or Hexen for Windows 95 like they did with Doom. If so.. that pack is an "instabuy"

[QUOTE="Mossad"]

Also, as someone else mentioned, consoles are becoming more and more like PCs. Heck the Xbox pretty much IS just a PC. Rather than PC gaming dying, I think you'll eventually see PC and console gaming converging. I dont think it will happen for many years but it will happen.

middito

thank you

How convenient. Here we're having this discussion and here is an article fresh from the presses on how the PS3 is trying to be more PC like.

Hey, Mismajor.. do you know if Hexen and Heretic actually work on XP? I don't recall them making a Heretic or Hexen for Windows 95 like they did with Doom. If so.. that pack is an "instabuy"Alkpaz

[QUOTE="Alkpaz"]Hey, Mismajor.. do you know if Hexen and Heretic actually work on XP? I don't recall them making a Heretic or Hexen for Windows 95 like they did with Doom. If so.. that pack is an "instabuy"madrocketeer

Of course through that.. Thanks though. I have System Shock 1 running through DosBox.. just wondering if the STEAM version of the games run natively in XP.

I have yet to buy the pack due to that reason. Although having Quake 2 w/exps is also another reason to buy. Damn STEAM is gonna dry my savings out at this rate. lol

[QUOTE="mismajor99"]There's plenty of goodness to come!! Especially with STEAM at full throtle with their new update, PC Gaming is getting bigger and better everyday. Down with the haters....Alkpaz

Hey, Mismajor.. do you know if Hexen and Heretic actually work on XP? I don't recall them making a Heretic or Hexen for Windows 95 like they did with Doom. If so.. that pack is an "instabuy"

Yes, they work perfectly in XP. They use Doxbox to run the games as it comes with each game that runs automatically. Happy fragging!

nice!! okay.. me buy... haven't played Heretic and Hexen for eons.. lol

This alone should tell you something.. PC gaming is never going to die.. at least in my lifetime.. If it does.. I am suing Valve for loss of games. :P

No, I don't! I think this hasn't been such a great year for PC gaming. Next years should be much better, because by then PCs will surpass consoles by a long distance.

I'm bored of people saying about how consoles are better than PCs for gaming. Because there is a bunch of new "next-gen" consoles people keep saying that. PCs had been around for many years, much more than any generation of consoles and even arcade games.

[QUOTE="Sephiroth__666"]Ummmmm, no. What about Hellgate and Fallout 3 next year? Not to mention others. BounceDK

:lol:

Damn, and I thought that PG gaming was dying and this year was going to be horrible, yet here we are, stating that this year is going to be the last great year for PC gaming. Once again.

PC gaming is as dead as console gaming, yet noone seems to be aware of that.