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That was the point I was making, it works extremely well here, its worth a go if you are so inclined.
Again man, the NES was doing stuff the PC couldn't at the time. I'm talking 1983 for the Famicom, 1985 for the NES. PCs weren't running Descent in 1985. At THAT TIME, the console was NOT behind the PC, it was doing something that wasn't possible on the desktop then. Could the desktop do things the NES couldn't? Yes. But the console wasn't BEHIND it, it was breaking ground. You say the exception was the 360/PS3, but the Playstation, the Playstation 2, the Dreamcast, the SNES, and the N64 were all pretty cutting-edge when they came out. For the most part on release they weren't obviously behind the PC, they were neck and neck with what the best PCs were capable of. It usually wasn't an apples to apples comparison because of completely different hardware architectures. Console makers always tried to cram in as much as possible to extend the longevity of their platform, because they KNOW technology was going to catch up. But fine, you say the Xbone and PS4 are the norm. What OTHER consoles have come out that were CLEARLY BEHIND what even a midrange gaming PC could do AT LAUNCH?
These are big claims, I think their futures aren't bright, but I doubt gamers are going to give up consoles en masse as soon as Steamboxes come out. It's going to be a gradual creeping into the console marketshare and I thiink we'll be lucky if in 3 years it's considered common knowledge among gamers that console is a waste of money and people should get a steamlined living room PC instead. Ironically I see Nintendo holding on better than the others because they're actually doing something unique with their platform (even if I think it's gimmicky), and many of the games there you simply can't get on other platforms.
Not quite what I'm talking about. SteamBox's not self built PC's with Linux on them. Big difference as console gamers want that ease of use. I could put together a badass $400 PC with Linux Mint but that takes a lot of work admittedly. We live in a generation where we applaud people who put very little work and time into the things they do.
Really? You pulled that out of where? Your colors are showing.
Consoles always run games on low settings. You just can't tell unless you compare. That's what's sad about this console generation. Look at Metal Gear solid V for the PS4 vs PC.
Based on what exactly? Let's see some sources. This sounds like a statement you're pulling out of thin air. Here's some stuff you might want to look at:
No, unfortunately this argument doesn't hold up. People are absolutely that stupid and it's a real threat to gaming. Cloud gaming will likely not catch on anytime soon, but we'll see more crap like Diablo 3 where games have all the relevant data stored online and worthless without being connected.Ashbringer said:
Well to be devil's advocate also, many AAA titles still have the majority of their sales on console, the thing is, PC already blows aware consoles with indie sales and free to play games (League of Legends has 27 million active players a month). But even for the AAA space, it's increasing. While this is just one example, you can see some breakdown by platform for Ubisoft here:
