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xbox 360 killing PC gaming?

August 22nd, 2006 04:55 PM

do you guys think the console wars is going to kill PC gaming? its like there are no PC fanboys, just console fanboys.
Maybe its because fanboys see their PC as only a tool to rant about their console and look up stuff about certain games, while PC users are busy using IRC and other PC gaming stuff.

this article seems to sum up my perspective
http://www.ggl.com/news.php?NewsId=3860

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Re: xbox 360 killing PC gaming?

August 22nd, 2006 05:09 PM

PC games are far easier to make and mod than xbox games. An xbox game needs to be approved by MS. Anyone with some programming skills can make and sell a PC game. And I have yet to see a console do a great RTS or MMO game like the PC's can.

Consoles will never kill PC games, unless they become full fledged PC's themselves. And there are a ton of PC fanboys here, they will come out.

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Re: xbox 360 killing PC gaming?

August 22nd, 2006 05:17 PM

Yeah right, the wet dream of microsoft.

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Re: xbox 360 killing PC gaming?

August 22nd, 2006 05:55 PM

I'm a PC fanboy. I own an Xbox, and it's fun, but there are just so many more good games for PCs than there are for consoles.

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Re: xbox 360 killing PC gaming?

August 22nd, 2006 06:07 PM

Nah, PC rules. They simply can't get taken over by consoles. I mean, there are so many things that the PC can do that the console can't, you should be thinking the other way around.

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Re: xbox 360 killing PC gaming?

August 22nd, 2006 06:16 PM

Consoles will not kill pc's. People who want the latest technology for gaming will always choose pc's. When microsoft releases vista, console & pc will be able to play together. The bad for console is keyboard & mouse. It is a far superior control devise. It is 100 times more precise than a gamepad. Once console users realize the reason they are getting waxed, they may think twice about their choice of gaming machine. maybe not, but as long as technology advances, pc's will always be around & far superior for gaming. Consoles are only NOW able to do what pc's have been doing, & with dx10 around the corner, pc's shall once again eclipse consoles. Then, when the ps4 or xbox720(or whatever)come out, will consoles catch up.

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Re: xbox 360 killing PC gaming?

August 22nd, 2006 06:20 PM

Unless Microsoft put some sort of auto-aim feature into the Xbox 360 when it's playing against PC users...

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Re: xbox 360 killing PC gaming?

August 22nd, 2006 06:37 PM

All console games have an auto-aim built in, regardless.

I blame the 360 for Oblivions shortfalls though.

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Re: xbox 360 killing PC gaming?

August 22nd, 2006 06:38 PM

ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, not. Of course not. If you notice, the 360 is still a little small in the amount of available games. Not to mention that game with the highest graphics available at the moment (Crysis, this is in my opinion though) is originally planned for the P.C. It may come to 360 but we are not 100% sure on that. Look it up at IGN, and watch some of the videos, really cool.

Many games are planned for other console releases, just because they are coming out soon. Think, when the Xbox was released many games were put on there to get more copies bought. This happens with most console releases. The PS3 already has over thirty planned release games. Once these consoles are just regular consoles and there are no new ones in sight, the P.C. is looked upon as it always is (in my view it is looked upon as #1 for game consoles).

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Re: xbox 360 killing PC gaming?

August 22nd, 2006 06:40 PM

PC's are used to build consoles, PC's are used to also build console games, without the PC, consoles wouldn't even be here.