Comments on: Why PC Gaming Won’t Die

By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:08:30 +0000

@overklokan: while it’s true there’s lots of pcs… there’s still very many compatibility issues. Just think about the drivers mess – there’s lots of different video cards you need to set up.

and even though more people use pcs, it doesn’t mean it couldn’t changed.

point #2 is good one didn’t really thought about that.

By: overklokan

overklokan — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:57:30 +0000

1. pc game market is too strong to be ruined by consoles
2. high end gaming pcs will always have better stats than consoles
3. pc is one, consoles are many
4. all pcs are compatibile, consoles are not
5. way more people use pcs than consoles

By: Juuso - Game Producer

Juuso - Game Producer — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:35:27 +0000

@g: Well said. That’s one big benefit for PC: there’s development tools everywhere.

By: g

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:16:27 +0000

PC gaming won’t die because anyone (who knows how) can make games. So there will always be games available to play, even for free.

I don’t like to use mouse for FPS, I work on a computer all day long, my hands are a bit stressed due mouse usage, I would rather play a FPS using a gamepad. I find it more enjoyable.

When it comes to strategy games, or point-&-click adventures, that’s a different story, mouse is a must. But I avoid shooters or action games that are mouse controlled and fast and precise movements are needed.

The problem with keyboards is that bad designers say ‘hey, we have 101+ keys, let’s use’em all!’ and a lot of PC games have really complicated and bad schemed control layouts.

I’ve always thought keyboards are for typing, gamepads for gaming and mouses for pointing. Use the input methods that feel more natural for your game, but don’t force anything.

By: Roman

Roman — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:12:22 +0000

The only problem with PC gaming is that PC gamers don’t buy games :D Except for casual players. So no matter how freakin’ cool PC is for playing games if players don’t buy no one will make games for it.

By: Sargon

Sargon — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:59:09 +0000

PC games wont die because “everyone” got a PC.
I think there are more gamers who own a PC and dont own a console then people who own a console (and probabbly own also a PC)

By: ZeHa

ZeHa — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 22:30:14 +0000

Well as KaRt0nEs pointed out, I think it really depends on the type of game. While a shooter, a typical strategy game and a Lucasfilm-like adventure might be the better one with a mouse, I still prefer the classical “cross and 4 buttons” over the “arrow keys and Ctrl, Alt, Shift, Space all over the place” when it comes to a Jump’n'Run. So in my opinion, it’s not exactly “two crowds of gameRS” (@ Toraux), it’s also heavily a “two types of gameS” thing :)

By: Raydric

Raydric — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:19:04 +0000

Yeah true…. the PC Gaming wont die because its a very nice manner of play games, and we dont have one console that we can have fun with, using keyboard and mouse. But i wonder that wii would be more fun, but sure it depends on the game.

By: KaRt0nEs

KaRt0nEs — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:13:48 +0000

100% percent with you. I’ve got a 360 and exactly strategy and FPS are the kind of titles I’ll still be playing with my PC. I would only add some RPGs like WoW or Neverwinter Nights (others like a Final Fantasy clone can be played perfectly with gamepad).
Still, some games are adapting very well. Rainbow Six: Vegas has a wonderful gamepad button configuration and can be played without problems by PC FPS players.

I’m curious of Halo Wars, if Bungie/Microsoft spend time and resources and come up with a user-friendly RTS gamepad control system, things can change :P

By: Juuso

Juuso — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:23:50 +0000

Aye.