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 like others found myself weighing consoles against PCs...$400 vs $1200+ (especially when you look at requirements and recommendations for Assassin's Creed) is not a terribly hard call.
Right, because everyone knows that you have to buy a completely new PC every few years. It's not like you can just replace the videocard or anything.
BTW, you are probably referring to the rumored specs for AC. The ones that said you needed 3 gigs of RAM. Yeah, those specs were wrong. Updated, official specs have since been released and they are considerably lower.
I already had an HD TV, and now when I play Assassin's Creed in 57 glorious 1080i goodness at wonderful framerates...
By "wonderful framerates," you mean 30 fps, with occasional slowdown and frequent texture pop-in?
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