Tom wrote:
>> That's one example, Bioshock on the other hand ran fine maxed out on a
>> mid range PC of the day.
>>
>
> I have to mostly agree with Almighty on his comments really. I mean, I
> am an avid PC gamer but only for a niche set of games, and I just built
> a really expensive rig ($4K) and most people are not going to go that
> route because most (typical) gamers feel just fine with the console
> games, they are happy with what they offer
At the minute yes, but I'm talking about now, I'm talking
hypothetically, if a new console doesn't come out for over two more years
> (look at Wii sales!!).
You can't really count the Wii, it's not a gamers console.
> I am,
> for the most part, one of them, except I am an RPG freak, they are
> better on PC, but I somehow think that won't last much longer going into
> the next gen.
>The PC market is certainly not dead, but it is a nearly
> complete shell of its former self and game sales and especially hardware
> sales even reflect that.
That's my point and the point that a couple of people seem to ignore.
I'm not saying that the PC will make some massive comeback I'm simply
saying that it will probably have a slight but noticeable improvement if
the next generation of consoles doesn't come out PDQ, and that it's not
dead, as die-hard console fanatics seem to think. They seem to read
this as "the PC will come to conquer us all."
> Hell, even over the past year or so, the console gaming industry has
> suffered a bit from sales, so I don't think that PC sales for gamers are
> going to somehow leap consoles,
I've been very clear and said that I don't think this will happen either.
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