So if consoles all died out...

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#1 clembo1990
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Say if COnsoles became extinct because the PC dominated gaming, for example if Oprah said she was 1337 at CS:S and the 1.6 noobs should upgrade, or if Coldplay said their new album will only be accessible through a radio on top of a hill inside the single player to the PC exclusive Crysis 2: Psycho's nephew, say there was a situation that consoles became obsulete [. Don't argue this is a hypothetical, if you don't understand that look it up or go post in some other thread.]

Say this happened, how easy would it be to port all this gen's console exclusive games over to PC so the big 3 and the 3rd parties can break even?

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#2 SamiRDuran
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its not possible and pc gamers would quit gaming because of the influx of immature kids.
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#3 shadow_hosi
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consoles aren't obsolete?!?!?!?!?
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#4 hohohohohhohoho
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people still game on consoles? :o
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#5 muffin200
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A more likely scenario is that Consoles and gaming PC become so similar in generations to come that complete harmonization occurs

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#6 shadow_hosi
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A more likely scenario is that Consoles and gaming PC become so similar in generations to come that complete harmonization occurs

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so...consoles become cheep non upgradeable computers? sounds like mac but...well....cheep
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#7 Spartan070
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There would be an uprising. Console gaming, like PC gaming, is an integral part of society. It would be the equivalent of getting rid of drive-throughs at fast food places.
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#8 cocolabouto
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consoles aren't obsolete?!?!?!?!?shadow_hosi
Consoles are always going to be more obsolete than computers, but computers still go obsolete obviously.
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#9 Silent-Hal
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If that happened I'd game exclusively on handhelds. PC gaming just isn't for me.
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#10 shoeman12
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some games would be hard to port, some easy.
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#11 -Master_St3ve-
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Gaming would be the same as it is now. If consoles died then those games would just get ported on the PC. It really wouldn't be different at all expect the once console games are being played on a PC and installs are required.
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#12 deactivated-594be627b82ba
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well hopefully i could use my ps3 controler since i don't like using a mouse in a key board that much
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#13 foxhound_fox
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Traditional console gaming has basically already died out this generation. The consoles now more resembles PC's than the traditional "plug-n-play" styIe console.
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Say if COnsoles became extinct because the PC dominated gaming, for example if Oprah said she was 1337 at CS:S and the 1.6 noobs should upgrade, or if Coldplay said their new album will only be accessible through a radio on top of a hill inside the single player to the PC exclusive Crysis 2: Psycho's nephew, say there was a situation that consoles became obsulete [. Don't argue this is a hypothetical, if you don't understand that look it up or go post in some other thread.]

Say this happened, how easy would it be to port all this gen's console exclusive games over to PC so the big 3 and the 3rd parties can break even?

clembo1990

Consoles probably wouldn't get any exclusives

Suffice to say, this would be quite an epic scenario. But quite disgusting also.

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Well it seems that many of you missed the question... He asked how easy would it be to port the games to the PC. I can't answer this because I have no knowledge when it comes to programming but I would assume it would not be so easy since many PC ports come out half after their console counter parts.
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#16 DeadMan1290
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I'd quit gaming since I never game on PCs.
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#17 clembo1990
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I'd quit gaming since I never game on PCs.DeadMan1290
Well you wouldn't be missed.
Consoles probably wouldn't get any exclusives

Suffice to say, this would be quite an epic scenario. But quite disgusting also.

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Agreed competition makes gaming better, but it sucks that people who call themselves hardcore out and out ignore the PC when they could find it better if they had an open mind.
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#18 Great_Ragnarok
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that would be the best thing for gaming! if PC became dominant then choice and developer freedom will flourish! freedom to customize the very aspects of your rig, will make people build whatever gaming rig that best suits them, in terms of price or performance. developers would have a much larger audience to make games for. and technology will improve much faster because everything about PC's are in competition!
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#19 DeadMan1290
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Agreed competition makes gaming better, but it sucks that people who call themselves hardcore out and out ignore the PC when they could find it better if they had an open mind.clembo1990
You're right. You give respect where respect's due. And PC deserves ALOT of respect when it comes to gaming. Some of us just can't get into it.
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Traditional console gaming has basically already died out this generation. The consoles now more resembles PC's than the traditional "plug-n-play" styIe console.foxhound_fox
Yeah... I prefer'd the "Plug and play" style honestly..
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#21 foxhound_fox
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Yeah... I prefer'd the "Plug and play" style honestly..OICWUTUDIDTHAR

I've always been a PC and console gamer... now with all the consoles wanting to be PC's, I'm going to be more limited in terms of gaming choices.
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[QUOTE="OICWUTUDIDTHAR"]Yeah... I prefer'd the "Plug and play" style honestly..foxhound_fox

I've always been a PC and console gamer... now with all the consoles wanting to be PC's, I'm going to be more limited in terms of gaming choices.

Yeah I had always played PC as well with consoles, it was always good, different feel between the two.
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#23 Talonfire
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I'd look at it this way; at least there wouldn't be any more PC franchises ruined because the developers were too lazy to create a PC friendly version, and just threw a keyboard setup function into the console edition and called it a day. I'm looking at you F.E.A.R. 2.
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#24 iam2green
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i would think there would be even more people playing on the PC and every game would end up like halo, gears, any multiplayer game that is big. little kids would be yelling into the mic spamming everything.
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#25 imprezawrx500
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its not possible and pc gamers would quit gaming because of the influx of immature kids.SamiRDuran
there are plenty of the on pc already.
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#26 muzik_mafia
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If consoles died out: Microsoft would run the world, so would go back to TV's and cameras, and Nintendo would make trading cards. Games would eclipse Crysis in a week, and we'd all have to... Adapt.Engage.Survive!

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#27 lowe0
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If consoles died out... someone else would take a shot at selling one after a couple years. The entire console gaming market exists because there is demand; that's not going to change. Some people will move to the PC, but for the most part, there'll be a large, untapped market - and those never sit unserved for long.

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#28 Holyknight_CJ
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I'm all for the death of consoles, and all non-portable development moving to pc. Unfortunately that's not the case so I need a PS3 to get all the games and genres I love.

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#29 GranReyUno
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I would build me an arcade cabinet and only play fighting games.

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#30 bobbycuckoo
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So if consoles all died out, Sony would say they were gonna bring out a PC that would be "far superior" than the currend gen, and would be the media centre for 10 years to come, and show the "in Operating system graphics" for it which are in reality a cgi mock up. It would then release a pc that didnt quite match up to the boast. However as the it got better, microsoft would counterboast an even more far superior system with an operating system that was much better than the last and call it "opening2000" or summat. But with no real proof. Apple, (considered by some, the most innovative) would probably bring out a plug in stick to wave at the screen.
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#31 wooooode
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Was all the gibberish needed?
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#32 bobbycuckoo
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Nah, probably not.

But if u want a more to the point answer,

If consoles died out:

id probably go to the pub more.

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#33 Great_Ragnarok
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if consoles died out all gamers will no longer worry about exclusives. everyone will be able to play what they want , how they want and whatever hardware configuration they want!