jonneymendoza
Supreme [H]ardness
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Hi i dont want to start a war or anything but i truely see pc gaming dieing further within the next few years. now before you bash me thinking im a console fanboy, listen. i love pc gaming, i want it to succeed more then console as i hate that in console gaming the quality of games is not good compared to the pc, im forced to play with a joypad and play online with only 16-20 people whilst i am use to playing 30+ on pc games.
i love the fact that i can download mods on pc games, from maps to even full blown mods that transforms the game into somthing completelet different(css game running on UT2K3 ).
i could even create my own mods, from changing the menu background pictures to playing DR DRE music in the main menu of a game.
i live for customization and consoles just doesnt have much of that.
Anyways back on topic, teh reason why i think pc gaming is dieing is becaouse of two reasons.
1. its easy to pirate games
2. EA's DRM
here is a full article about how drm/ cd copy protection is pretty much useless
http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/209
Now if i was a games company and i wanted to make money, what would i do? i would personally produce my games on consoles. if what i produce is a brillient game, i will get loads of profit from it, if its crap then so be it, not many people will buy it.
now if i was to produce for the pc version weather the game is good or not, i wont see alot of profit for the game due to piracy. i can stick as many DRM as i want, even make some of it online only, people will still crack it no matter what.
i personaly dont want to see pc gaming to die but i cant see any indication as to it surviving long. i recon in a few years time, the only game u can play on pc is MMO type games.
when posting here, try and think from the games companies views not your own. these people make games for money, to pay for there mortgage, bills etc so think from there angle for once.
cheers guys and i really do hope pc gaming doesnt die. we need a method of stoping piracy on pc gaming once and for all
i love the fact that i can download mods on pc games, from maps to even full blown mods that transforms the game into somthing completelet different(css game running on UT2K3 ).
i could even create my own mods, from changing the menu background pictures to playing DR DRE music in the main menu of a game.
i live for customization and consoles just doesnt have much of that.
Anyways back on topic, teh reason why i think pc gaming is dieing is becaouse of two reasons.
1. its easy to pirate games
2. EA's DRM
here is a full article about how drm/ cd copy protection is pretty much useless
http://draginol.joeuser.com/article/209
Now if i was a games company and i wanted to make money, what would i do? i would personally produce my games on consoles. if what i produce is a brillient game, i will get loads of profit from it, if its crap then so be it, not many people will buy it.
now if i was to produce for the pc version weather the game is good or not, i wont see alot of profit for the game due to piracy. i can stick as many DRM as i want, even make some of it online only, people will still crack it no matter what.
i personaly dont want to see pc gaming to die but i cant see any indication as to it surviving long. i recon in a few years time, the only game u can play on pc is MMO type games.
when posting here, try and think from the games companies views not your own. these people make games for money, to pay for there mortgage, bills etc so think from there angle for once.
cheers guys and i really do hope pc gaming doesnt die. we need a method of stoping piracy on pc gaming once and for all