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Mark Rein - Consoles "Stealing" Hardcore PC Gamers

[Jan 31, 2008, 11:13 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The Mark Rein interview on the Guardian Unlimited (thanks BeyondUnreal) offers a conversation with the Epic executive, discussing the company, its games, the Unreal engine, and PCs versus consoles, offering this outlook: "I'm a real fan of the PC, but yes, consoles are definitely stealing a lot of hardcore gamers from the PC. When Call of Duty 4 came out, I heard some of our guys sitting around talking about the great game they'd had last night and I'm like, 'Hey guys, what server are you playing on? I'd love to come and join you,' and they said, 'Just send us a friends request,' It was at that point I realized they were all playing it on console. Plus, the sales of the console versions are something like ten times the sales of the PC versions."

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Feb 1, 2008, 13:54

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Wow - there's a lot of elitism going on here. Look, I heavily favor PC Gaming for reasons I previously stated and others I haven't, but still... Gamers are gamers. I don't think anyone who plays UT3 on PS3 for 3 hours a day is any less intelligent, scrupulous, or hardcore than me or anyone else simply because I prefer to do it on PC. It's okay to think your platform of choice is the obvious superior choice; choice is a wonderful thing. But it seems a little excessive to start looking down on others for their choices.




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Comment [quote="Prez"Feb 1, 2008, 13:54]Wow - there's a lot of elitism going on here. Look, I heavily favor PC Gaming for reasons I previously stated and others I haven't, but still... Gamers are gamers. I don't think anyone who plays UT3 on PS3 for 3 hours a day is any less intelligent, scrupulous, or hardcore than me or anyone else simply because I prefer to do it on PC. It's okay to think your platform of choice is the obvious superior choice; choice is a wonderful thing. But it seems a little excessive to start looking down on others for their choices. [/quote]

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