On Jan 13, 11:08 am, Morgan <nos...@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
> The alMIGHTY N wrote:
> >> I see plenty of PC games advertised on GameStop/EB's frontpage - both as
> >> retail games, and through Gamestop's digital download store.
>
> > LOL
>
> > The only PC games on those homepages are the PC versions of games that
> > are also available for the consoles... and the "PC" link is always
> > last.
>
> But these games are still available on the PC, the fact that they are
> also available for consoles is immaterial.
People were able to buy audio cassettes and VHS cassettes for many
years after CDs and DVDs took over. That doesn't mean that those
things *weren't* on the way out.
Can you still buy these games on the PC? Sure. Are many people doing
that? Not at all. The fact that they post the "PC" link on the
homepage is attributable to the simple fact that it costs them nothing
to do that. Ten seconds tops to put that link up there. Now, if they
had to devote a sizable chunk of space just to the PC version of a
game, they would absolutely not do it because there's no incentive for
them - the money's in consoles.
Doug's statement was an implication that PC games are somehow still
important enough to "feature" on the homepage when in fact they're
just there because it costs them absolutely nothing to put them there.
You're not going to see a PC exclusive up there unless it has "World"
and "Warcraft" in the title or there's some mega drought of brand new
console games.
> > Now, the only real advantage of PC games is the higher resolutions
> > which Blu-ray has shown is really not important to the typical
> > consumer.
>
> The PCs graphical superiority goes far beyond screen resolution.
Of course they are but higher resolutions are the most prominent and
noticeable change. If you say "PCs" in general, then it's tough to
include all aspects of better graphics because you need to account for
the cheaper PCs that aren't able to handle much more than one
improvement. You're not going to be able to run Crysis with higher
resolutions *and* better lighting *and* improved textures *and* better
mapping *and*... etc. and so forth on anything but a higher end gaming
rig.
Higher resolution, though? That's pretty much a given with any level
of computer these days, even the bargain ones.
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