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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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What happened to Epic?! |
Jan 31, 2008, 15:34 |
4D-Boxing |
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Consoles "Stealing" Hardcore PC Gamers
This is as priceless as Ciffy B saying that PCs don't have the juice to play GEARS LOL!
Bottom line bad ports kill sales..blame consoles or who ever you want Epic bad ports kill sales. UT3 is not doing well because Epic forgot what got them where they where.
PS3 (console) hud, game browser that blows, smaller maps than in ut2k4 no support for 64 players on release day, Linux server support that came late (should have been out with the demo) etc…
PC gamers just like console gamers have specific tastes. How or why Devs forget that is beyond me…Give PC gamers what they want & sales will be good, give pc gamers bad ports like GEARS, UT3 or UBI stuff well don’t cry if you stuff does not sell & don’t blame consoles for stealing gamers. 99% of the hardcore PC gamers I know would never switch to a console as primary gaming system..they will get one to make sure the kids don’t hog the gaming rig & for entertainment when people visit. I could buy a Wii for the lady & her friends or so my mother can play bowling. I will always be a PC gamer first because they offer what I’m looking for.
PS. CoD sales shouild never be used as examples...they could have done like Oblivion & less pirated version would float arround. Activision dropped the ball..
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Jan 31, 11:47 |
Console garbage. |
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Jan 31, 11:07 |
Consoles vs. PC |
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Jan 31, 11:21 |
Mark Rein |
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True enough... |
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What a tired argument |
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Jan 31, 15:34 |
What happened to Epic?! |
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I can see the attraction |
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Price comparisons....unrealistic? |
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Jan 31, 22:43 |
An additional thought... |
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Jan 31, 23:11 |
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Feb 1, 01:39 |
Mark Rein |
Carver |
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Feb 1, 10:13 |
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Feb 1, 11:16 |
Hi, I'm Evil Timmy, and I'm a convert |
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I definitely a defector. |
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