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."
I have been upgrading every 3+ years, and have no issues.
Drop a grand every 3 years? Big friggen whoop.
Actually for some people a grand every three years is a big deal. You may have had no problems but other people may have bills to pay and other things to do than research the best system.
I did a big upgrade a few months ago, but the reasons I didn't go for a 360 are that some games I really want to play (Medieval 2, for example) aren't available on consoles. And the reason I bought a pre-built PC rather than upgrading the existing one was because I just couldn't be bothered with the hassle of swapping out everything down to the motherboard and CPU.
If the consoles were to get a decent array of strategy games, I can see me making the final switch...
This comment was edited on Mar 20, 10:44.
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