Baby ChuChu
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Posted - 2013.01.22 16:15:00 -
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Alexandros Balfros wrote:
Nah, consoles only matter to people like IGN who hype them up to be the best thing since sliced bread when it comes to games, consoles can't handle anything decent you just have to look at all the numerous issues with AAA titles like skyrim to realise it, i own a PS3 but its only for the few RPG's that wont see a PC release, for anything else i have steam, although i am am annoyed with the subpar effort companies put in to porting to PC, which is a shame really as it has everything consoles have to offer and more, most of the annoyances with x game on the console can be fixed with a PC, consoles wont die sadly but its not where the important stuff happens :)
You're looking at this from the perspective of a guy who sorta, kinda, maybe likes consoles and not like a businessman.
Historically, big AAA multi-platform games generally do exponentially better on consoles than on PC. There are a few outliers like Portal and things like that, but those have been and still are rare. This does not mean PC game sales are bad. It simply means the majority of these sales have been in favor of consoles.
Now, if you ran Activision, Ubisoft, EA, Bethesda, or a big AAA developer that has to answer to shareholders like that and you knew your next, big release would sell 3-4 times as much on each console than on PC, where would you put most of your effort? They don't care that your or my PC is X times as powerful or whatever. They care about sales. They care about data. And the data tells them that the majority of their market is over in console land. They don't care that problem Y can be fixed by porting the game to PC. If it's good enough to sell millions of copies, why should they care?
Listen, I'm not trying to downplay the significance or fun factor of PC gaming. I obviously think it's great. I freaking play Eve and my Steam account is packed with hundredss of games. All I'm trying to get across is people are looking at consoles in the wrong light. Consoles, the people that play them, and the amount of money they bring in is an astounding proportion of the market and to simply dismiss them or their significance would be the same as someone trying to tell you PC gaming is dying. The fact of the matter is, it isn't true.
Also, Skyrim has really only had issues on PS3. The 360 version is fine.
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