BioWare Says the PC is "Made For Games"

[Orcus The Ultimate]

Stupid MMO's Conspiration! i'd really hate it to only have options of MMO games on PC only, and other game genres on consoles... that'be like an illegal arrangement between console marks and Game Devs.

what a horrible nightmare that would be...

 

[Yureina]

I likes Bioware for saying that.

 

[Nairang]

And Bioware let themselves be bought by a company that is made for killing anything original and/or fun

that is true but EA knows not to mess abround with the Bioware formula so all they did was give Bioware a huge boost in founding so yay for EA (never thought i would say that)

but yeah PC gaming will die the day the PC stops being made and we all become cyborgs and can run them in our heads

oh and i have been a pc Gamer since the begining and that is not gonna change ever

 

[Doug]

I never really understood it anyway.
The PC does RPGs/MMOs/FPSs better than the consoles.
The consoles do platforms, action-arcade, fighting.
PC is personalised, consoles are comfortable but constrained.

I could say something about living in peace with each other, but the last guy to do that was nailed to a tree 2 millenium ago.

Peace? There is only war!

Wait, what?

 

[Woodsey]

I'll buy the PC gaming is dead argument when games get made on a console.

And there's the /thread.

Well done, sir.

And Bioware let themselves be bought by a company that is made for killing anything original and/or fun

I maintain that that sort of comment became invalid about 2 years ago. Before they were essentially Activision, now they're a lot better.

 

[Korten12]

que PC fanboys.

 

[GideonB]

To be honest, I'm planning to buy a 360 because my laptop can't handle most modern games. But I love PC Games. I grew up playing PC Games and Final Fantasy IX on the PS1 xD

But I love PC Gaming. I don't think it'll ever die. Because it continously evolves.

 

[AngryMongoose]

PC gamers think for themselves, Console gamers conform.

PC gamers are the proud minority.

PC gamers are the master race. We shall obliterate these console tards and purify the gaming making for the PC gaming elite! WE WILL HAVE LEBENSRAUM!

 

[Woodsey]

no console where designed as game machines, pc was designed for web surfing, email, and work, and just happens to include gaming

I'm sorry, you can't list 3 features and say "it was definitely made for these things" and then the "4th" feature that we happen to be discussing is just an extra.

Of course they can be made for gaming, that's what a gaming PC is for - that's why it's called a gaming PC. Even a normal one can play games, therefore it's built for playing games (amongst other things too).

I'm not going to bother mentioning the fact that games are made on PCs.

 

[Xanadu84]

Ports arn't a bad thing, bad ports are a bad thing. PC has good ports, because ports mean more money.

Also, just because it isn't the largest share doesn't mean that it's not still profitable. Just because potatoes outsell Yams doesn't mean that were going to stop selling Yams.

Lastly, PC supports consoles. Where did User Generated content come from? PC. DLC and most Indie game developers? PC. Mods? PC. Digital Distribution? PC. Steamworks for the PS3? PC. Online gaming and gaming services? PC. Split Screen and Coop likely started as LANing. Most Genres have there roots in the PC. And PC offers the most choices, the most flexibility, most openness, and the most power to make new visions come to life. Now, I'm trying not to be a PC elitist here: We have to deal with more piracy and more DRM, less certainty that our hardware will work for a specific game, less brand recognition, making developers not pay as close attention, and more expensive hardware. But we also have mouse and keybioard, cheaper games, free, automatic internet, a platform with more uses then a console, and upgradeability. PC is just the most DIFFERENT platform. And because of that, it acts as a great place to experiment with the genre. It may not be as popular, but it is still essential for the success of video games.

 

[rembrandtqeinstein]

If the PC is made for games why keep pumping out console ports?

A 10 foot interface meant for a controller is bad (fallout 3) or frustrating (borderlands) when you are 18 inches away and using a keyboard and mouse. STOP DOING IT! Make an interface that takes into account that keyboards have > 100 buttons and aren't all "press E to do every damn thing". Allow more than 80 characters on the screen without breaking lines because at 1080p and 18 inches away we can read a lot more. Adjust point of view stretching adjustment because for PC gamers the field of view is relatively larger than for a television.

 

[KrazyKain]

the thing is, commercial gaming is 'slowing down' (never dying) but Indie gaming is at an all time high on pc

 

[Jumplion]

I would love nothing more than to be able to play games on my PC.

But obviously, things can never be that simple. My computer can barely handle the Half-Life 2 demo, and I really don't want to go through all the trouble to find out if the TRLX27372SeriesXGR Graphics Card is better than the TRLX27372SeriesXGS Graphics Card or whether the 52XMRK Motherboard is compatible with my 9001STX CPU.

'Course it doesn't help that I almost won an Alien Ware gaming computer for free in a contest......almost...

 

[savandicus]

Has noone in the high position gaming community heard of strategy games? That game type that cant be played on a console because you NEED a mouse.

Here's a list of game types that dont port to consoles, ATALL.

None simplified RPGS (Think icewind dale, or baldur's gate)
Strategy Games
MMORPGS
Anything made by zanga
Adventure games

Ok so only the top 3 are actually worth saying but still, considering a PC can do those and any console game I cant see them going out. Not to mention because PC games are not confined to the graphics of whatever console they're on they can look shiny.

 

[Sartan0]

As I have said before and I will say it again- as PC and TV's come together (And more and more is invested in 'cloud' computing) consoles are the ones at risk of extinction.

What do you think is used to develop console games.... oh that's right, PC's.

When you can just download nearly everything (Between GoG, Impulse and Steam) the retail stores start looking bad as well.

 

[secretsantaone]

PC gaming dying?

Pfff.

Come back when you can mod, change the graphics, browse the internet mid-game or emulate all previous gen consoles plus the Wii (complete with motion controls), all while being able to use Xbox 360/PS2/PSX/Wii controllers.

Oh, and we also have the lion's share of games to choose from.

Guess I'll write my will now.