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Are new consoles ruining the PC experience? - 20.5.05

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Ps3A question 3DGPU are asking in the face of so much new console gadgetry. One reviewer there hits home the point of how easier consoles are for games developers, in so much that the consoles' popularity far exceeds that of the PC and you are much more likely to succeed even with a bad game. As a result, developers may be less and less excited about taking their game to the PC, with a sure fire success on the console.

As a PC gamer, the announcement, and subsequently the launch, of new consoles horrifies me. The sound of cash registers ka-chinging in the ears of PC game developers can be heard quite easily, and often. Console gaming has a much wider audience than PC gaming, with young kids having easy access to them compared to powerful PC’s. Thus the money-making possibilities are much easier and quicker for game developers in the console gaming market, compared to the PC gaming market. It’s easy to make a bad game, and get away with it on consoles, than it is for PC gaming.

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By Gary (Email: Gary at igniq dot com)  



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