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[Dec 19, 2006, 11:24 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Games for Windows Vista how the new brand & OS will change PC gaming on Joystiq offers an updated preview of the new Games for Windows initiative, attempting, with limited success, to sort out what GFW represents besides a marketing slogan. Based on a tour of the program by Marketing Director Kevin Unangst and PR Manager Michael Wolf, they describe interoperability with Xbox 360 games via "Live Anywhere," how PCs will get numerical ratings to gauge how well they can play games, and what qualifies a game for the GFW logo. The conclusion they draw, however, is that it is difficult to draw conclusions about all this:

It's a risk. The Games for Windows strategy is on the verge of being schizophrenic. Can the cumbersome PC gaming experience really be simplified down to a console scheme? There are just too many freedoms and variations that exist in the PC universe to accurately interpret the PC as "the console that everybody already owns." It's not that simple. So is GFW a trick? Is Microsoft trying to lure back some of the consumers that were lost when Xbox was launched (an initiative that cannibalized PC gaming sales by design)?

The answer, like the Games For Windows vision, is not so clear. But there is most certainly the opportunity for Microsoft to create something very special. A cross-platform community where you and I can jump from Xbox to PC to our cell phones seamlessly. Anywhere.

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Re: couldn`t agree more

Dec 19, 2006, 21:36

Dreagon

"What I said stands as true and inarguable: quality control standards are stricter in the console world. The simple truth is PC developers don't have anyone to answer to as far as the platform goes.
And, like I said before, quality control standards have nothing - NOTHING - to do with measuring the game in terms of "deep", "complicated", or whatever other subjective terms you want to throw in there. Say it with me: NOTHING. "

No, what you said stands as a huge dodge. Now lets all get together and repeat the simple, inescapable truth.... Developers dumb down games for consoles Don't even try to pretend that the average PC audience is identical to the average console audience, or that their expectations are the same. Yeah, there are console players who are also PC gamers. There are a whole lot more who aren't, and thats just the simple fact. And that demographic differs from the pc gamer in attention span, expectations of gameplay, and expectations of depth of game.




------ Carpe Papilla "@Dreagon - Comparing Oblivion to Deer Hunter was just ridiculous and you should be ashamed of yourself... it just made you look like a Class-A cunt." - theyarecomingforyou

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