More id on PC Gaming [Mar 20, 2008, 08:33 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
GamesIndustry.biz has more quotes on the state of PC gaming, this time from
Steve Nix, id Software Director of Business Development. Nix feels some of the
hardcore PC gaming audience is shifting to consoles, something id cannot
ignore:
"There are plenty of people who are diehard mouse and keyboard guys that may never go to console, and also right now, if you have the highest of high-end PCs, you're generally going to get a better visual experience," Nix said. "There's no console out there that's as powerful as a God machine right now, with a Quad-Core and a GeForce 8800 - it's very hard for any console to compete with that."
"So you still have PC players, and some players are just console guys, but have players moved over? Absolutely. We love PC gaming, and we continue to support PC gaming - but you can't ignore the market realities and the size of the console market these days."
Just looking at the WoW numbers, I believe that there are more people playing PC games than there were in the 1990s. Computers required more playing tweaking then to play games and internet was in its infancy so the mainstream really wasn't using them yet.
That said, the consoles have made it even easier to play video games and those games appeal to many more people. More people are gaming than ever before. The maximum number of PC gamers during any given year is less than the number of people playing console games today. Much less, especially with the Wii numbers added.
There were never enough hardcore PC gamers to compete with this console market, whether they stay or not.
That said, the consoles have made it even easier to play video games and those games appeal to many more people. More people are gaming than ever before. The maximum number of PC gamers during any given year is less than the number of people playing console games today. Much less, especially with the Wii numbers added.
There were never enough hardcore PC gamers to compete with this console market, whether they stay or not.
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