So what would happen if PC gaming ACTUALLY DIED?! :o

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

"PC GAMING IS DYING! OH NOES! ;_; LOOK AT DS SALES! EVERYONE IS PLAYING DS, AND NOT PC, WE DONE FOR! DOOOMED! NOTHING IS EXCLUSIVE, BLAH BLAH BLAH!"
- Paranoids


So "PC gaming is dying" is a popular song to sing, we've been hearing it since the 16 bit days...but lets say the doomsayers were actually right, what would happen? Would all hell break loose? Would developers jump for joy? Would suicide rates increase? Would everyone at blizzard have a heart attack? Would Ubisoft throw a huge party and make a company holiday called "Salvation Day"? Would nVidia and Intel go out of business or would they make more money by making less items and only for consoles?


The list could go on an on and on - so let's get to speculating!

Go by this formula.

When it died.

Where (worldwide, U.S. only, etc.) it died.

Who/What killed it.

Who was affected by it - and what happened to them.

Why it died.

How it died.


Try and avoid "PC Gaming Myths" (I.E. - "Constant Upgrading" "No big games" "can't play on T.V." "costs too much" "too much maintainence" "hardware goes obsolete very quickly" "no sales") unless it's "everyone started believing them".

This will be interesting, get to it!

 

[Joeshie]

That's the thing, it can't die. As long as there are PCs around someone will always be out there programming games for it. They may not be big name titles that sell millions of copies, but they are games nonetheless.

The nice thing about PCs is that if the console market were to go belly up tommorow, PCs would still be able to keep the video game industry alive. In a way, the PC is a safety net for video games.

 

[Leorex]

I would sell all my belongings, and live as a hermit, only to find a young, determand young boy whos droids i own, but have some how forgotten about.

i will tell him about us, vallent knights who fought agenst the teriany of the evil bill gates. he will go, learn the ways of the disk operation system, to confront this mennace, only to find out that

bill gates is your fathor.

 

[agtmadcat]

Here's what would happen if it died:

It would immediately come back. Small, independent developers would flourish, just like in the beforetimes and the longlongago. Perhaps we'd even see a return to quality, depth, and infuriating bugs. I for one miss those days...

 

[x434343]

When: 2020's
Where: U.S.
Who/What: Me/My Ultra-Awesome Game
Who: No one, since they're all playing my game
Why: My game was too awesome
How: My game was too awesome

 

[ElArabDeMagnifico]

Here's what would happen if it died:

It would immediately come back. Small, independent developers would flourish, just like in the beforetimes and the longlongago. Perhaps we'd even see a return to quality, depth, and infuriating bugs. I for one miss those days...

Seriously, I didn't think anyone could do that...but then again, you basically made me look forward to the "rebirth" instead of the death...either way, you did what I thought impossible lol.

 

[Kovash86]

I would cry, since that is all I do at home.

 

[Plays2]

I would only watch T.V and read books relentlessly. Just because a platform has slightly less games it doesn't mean it's dying.

I really hate the "Doom sayers" (Yeah, they have been predicting the dead of PC gaming in the early 90's... and they're always wrong!). I hate them not because of their frequently posted threads of the apocalypse (Whether they're consoles or PCs) but because they're too many of them whining about that and with facts that can't be backed up. And you guys don't know how much I despise them.

 

[Soulfein]

This was the end. Of PC Games that is. The corporations had been skirting on it for a long time now. First they would add more content to console titles. It started as something small, but it grew. As time went on, the difference would not be so much, maybee some guns or an unlockable. However, soon it changed for the worse. Shot in the Crotch 10 had an entire extra set of 10 levels. On the PC the levels totaled 7. This was the begining of the phasing out. After this major jump, the shock lessened with every new game that this happened to. Eventually it would become normal for a PC game to be more of a demo for a Console game.
The point when the true death of PC gaming began. A game was released for the PC and Console. The PC version had one level. The tutorial. The console version had 56 well laid out, different, and interesting levels. This was coupled with the fall of Nvidia. The company just ended. They had been the beacon of PC gaming, but with the advent of the age of the console, they had been the last large corporation supporting PC gaming. This collapse hearalded the end of the PC. The game was called Swan Song. It was the culmination of everything that games had ever strived for. It had elements for everyone. It had the perfect formula of turn-based tactics, real time stratigizing, first person shooting, simulation games, a story with enough twists to be interesting and insightful but not convuluted or preachy, controls so intuitive that the game did not need a manual (although it did have a beatiful one that set the tone perfectly) and graphics that where artistic on their own. What really set this game apart however was the way that it was the last PC exclusive, and only PC exclusive in many years. It was lauded as the apogee of PC games, and helped soften the mourning of the end of all PC production. The PC word procesing capabilities had been moved to cell phones, rendering the final benefit of the PC useless.

 

[mace5087]

go and play COD4 and Army of two for many more hours then i already do on my 360
P.S i dought PC gaming will die out soon

 

[Rack]

I'm not saying this will happen, just how it could happen.

When the PS4 comes out they rather predictably steal and improve on the Wiimote design for the only aspect that ever made any sense, the pointer. They also release a z-board style attachment for it. RTS and MMOs, the last bastion of the PC start to get released on consoles first.

When World of Warcraft II and Sims 4 get released on the PS5 before the PC the crushing loss of the biggest revenue streams for the platform cause nvidia and ati to lose confidence in the platform. Despite the overstrict controls mod makers start to question the purpose of releasing mods for the few thousand PC diehards rather than the console millions and start to jump ship. HD Web browsers have been a standard feature of both Nintendo and Sony's consoles for two generations now and with the PC no longer a mandatory item for the Internet even PopCap abandons it in favour of Nintendo's console. Without the games advantage Apple manage to steal a lead by heavily discounting it's systems, by 2040 the Apple becomes the default computer in the office.

Finally it is revealed that Minesweeper and Solitaire give a host of mental problems and are banned globally.

 

[Zemalac]

My reaction to PC gaming dying would depend on the timing. If it dies after Spore comes out, I won't even notice because I will be too busy playing Spore. If it is before Spore comes out, I will give voice to a thousand shrieking demons that will cause the crust of the earth to shake and crumble. Then I'd probably go read a book.

 

[Fiskmasen]

PC gaming won't die out, it's that simple. And for one, and only one reason (the exact same reason why PC-gaming became the big thing in the first place): Customization.
Games on the PC has that HUGE edge over any console game, the customization. Mods, skins, scripts, etc.. It's all there, and it's a major aspect of gaming on the platform hasn't died out.
Just look at a game like Oblivion. The PC version is years ahead of the 360 and PS3 counter-parts because of the mods. I don't even recognize Oblivion anymore courtesy of all the mods I've got installed. I can't get that experience on the consoles.
Here's three cheers for the PC, the greatest gaming platform of all time.

 

[Koslov227]

This was the end. Of PC Games that is. The corporations had been skirting on it for a long time now. First they would add more content to console titles. It started as something small, but it grew. As time went on, the difference would not be so much, maybee some guns or an unlockable. However, soon it changed for the worse. Shot in the Crotch 10 had an entire extra set of 10 levels. On the PC the levels totaled 7. This was the begining of the phasing out. After this major jump, the shock lessened with every new game that this happened to. Eventually it would become normal for a PC game to be more of a demo for a Console game.
The point when the true death of PC gaming began. A game was released for the PC and Console. The PC version had one level. The tutorial. The console version had 56 well laid out, different, and interesting levels. This was coupled with the fall of Nvidia. The company just ended. They had been the beacon of PC gaming, but with the advent of the age of the console, they had been the last large corporation supporting PC gaming. This collapse hearalded the end of the PC. The game was called Swan Song. It was the culmination of everything that games had ever strived for. It had elements for everyone. It had the perfect formula of turn-based tactics, real time stratigizing, first person shooting, simulation games, a story with enough twists to be interesting and insightful but not convuluted or preachy, controls so intuitive that the game did not need a manual (although it did have a beatiful one that set the tone perfectly) and graphics that where artistic on their own. What really set this game apart however was the way that it was the last PC exclusive, and only PC exclusive in many years. It was lauded as the apogee of PC games, and helped soften the mourning of the end of all PC production. The PC word procesing capabilities had been moved to cell phones, rendering the final benefit of the PC useless.

Almost moved me to tears... then I relized it was fiction.

Please lock this thread. Fantasizing about the end of a platform is like trying to impeach bush... just not worth it.

 

[Plays2]

Can someone please lock this thread an the other one that started this? It´s just not worth to argue with the "Doom sayers". This needs to stop, these kind of threads have been done to death and I´m tired of them.

 

[ladyparvati]

PC GAMING means personal computer gaming . can you define 'personal computer gaming' ?

any kind of computer of this our era is built on electromagnetic processors (electrons) . super computer , PC , Mac , PlayStation ...

i have some rough assumptions about future gaming .

CC GAMING means community computer gaming . cc gaming computer is built on optical processors (light) . it is small like today's mobile phone . it has virtual 3d holographic keyboard and screen . we will be in monitor . we will play video games in their realworld constructed realms unlike today's zipped in-monitor realms .

USA , JP , EU are searching on HOLOGRAM and LIGHT fields for a long time .

CC GAMING will be fading into our lives while PC GAMING is fading out of our lives .

of course , people who loves steampunk , will keep their PCs for reminiscence .

ja ne !

 

[Moon-Goose]

It wont die, it can match the graphics of most game consoles without even trying. The sound is good, its more convinent, its going through a hard time at the momment and everyone keeps saying its doing to die.

Heres news, this has happened before, everytime new games consoles come up or a company start making games of unbelivable quality everyone starts saying that PC gaming will die because its slowing down.

Stop saying it! Its not going to die! It has been around for years and it always will be...

 

[ear8dmg]

I could imagine a scenario like the mid 80s when something so far ahead of high end PCs appears most people just abandon PC gaming. The Amiga did it back then.

I can't see where it's coming from now though. Sony and Microsoft and Apple all use components derived from PCs. Nintendo is so far behind (in terms of grunt) it isn't funny. Who else has got the money to pull it off?

One scenario that I think could see of PCs as an unique platform is if there was ever an add-in card that would allow you to play console games. Alternatively, if Sony made Linux on Playstations a standard feature things could get interesting. But in both cases you'd still be gaming on a computer. Hmm...