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Epic on PC Gaming

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Rock, Paper, Shotgun interviews Epic's Mark Rein who tells them: "I think that’s a myth that we’ve abandoned the PC," going on to say: "we’ve just been in this situation where our biggest franchise has been published by a console-holder, and was a very console designed-IP," though he doesn't explain who "put" them there. He goes on to say that People Can Fly's upcoming shooter Bulletstorm will change this perception: "Bulletstorm is PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 and you’ll see when it comes out, it will be a full-blown, oh-my-god amazing PC game. I wouldn’t draw the comparisons there." Thanks VG247.

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Re: Epic on PC Gaming

Jul 2, 2010, 18:48

ASeven

Beamer wrote on Jul 2, 2010, 18:37: 20%. But you need to think about what that means. According to NPD, it's a 20% drop in sales, but a 0% drop (or raise) in units sold. So just as many Xbox 360s and PS3s were sold in May 2010 as May 2009. The difference is that the prices are much cheaper now than they were then. That's not a decline at all. Especially if costs were lowered an equal amount. Yes, that's true. In May 2009 there were sold less consoles per unit to the exception of the DS so you are 100% correct. Still it's not that I wish a crash or anything, it's just that the past couple of years there has been almost no profit to be found in the gaming market ever since the 2008 global recession hit. Gaming is a luxury and a lot of people around the world are in dire straits right now. Who knows? Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm not. I'm just reflecting the same ideas of analysts other than Patcher who are starting to get worried about the lack of rebound for the big game companies.

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Comment [quote="ASeven"Jul 2, 2010, 18:48][quote="Beamer"Jul 2, 2010, 18:37]20%. But you need to think about what that means. According to NPD, it's a 20% drop in sales, but a 0% drop (or raise) in units sold. So just as many Xbox 360s and PS3s were sold in May 2010 as May 2009. The difference is that the prices are much cheaper now than they were then. That's not a decline at all. Especially if costs were lowered an equal amount. [/quote] Yes, that's true. In May 2009 there were sold less consoles per unit to the exception of the DS so you are 100% correct. Still it's not that I wish a crash or anything, it's just that the past couple of years there has been almost no profit to be found in the gaming market ever since the 2008 global recession hit. Gaming is a luxury and a lot of people around the world are in dire straits right now. Who knows? Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm not. I'm just reflecting the same ideas of analysts other than Patcher who are starting to get worried about the lack of rebound for the big game companies. [/quote]

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