tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post6155196593378353600..comments2024-02-13T03:59:13.635+00:00Comments on Eat Electric Death: Did we kill PC gaming? [Lurks]Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020308502156946280noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-60416800825212764872008-02-16T09:38:00.000+00:002008-02-16T09:38:00.000+00:00You can take our freedom, but you'll never take ou...<br>You can take our freedom, but you'll never take our Peggleeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!<br><br> <br><br><a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php">http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php</a>?id=182500<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-76108283681072861782008-02-14T13:19:00.000+00:002008-02-14T13:19:00.000+00:00Hmm, good points, but there's also the context to ...<br>Hmm, good points, but there's also the context to consider. While being a pretty rabid PC gamer I also have a Wii. The trouble is I don't get on it that much, due to the bottleneck of the household telly.<br><br>I can easily justify a PC for it's more general purpose uses. Adding gaming in is just a matter of buying a capable 3d card really.<br><br>I certainally couldn't justify a second Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-86478304304711328332008-02-13T14:08:00.000+00:002008-02-13T14:08:00.000+00:00You know, as heretical as it seems, I'm beginning ...<br> <br><br>You know, as heretical as it seems, I'm beginning to think that I'm not sure I really ought to care about the future of PC Gaming in as much as what is excellent about the PC versus other gaming platforms is i) the interface for certain games of mouse and keyboard and ii) errr that's about it. Wait a second before you load the flameguns - hear me out.....<br><br>The myriad possible Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-52768497472810332812008-02-13T12:58:00.000+00:002008-02-13T12:58:00.000+00:00"Companies with a vested interest in keeping the P...<br>"Companies with a vested interest in keeping the PC alive as a gaming platform will soon announce a consortium dubbed the PC Gaming Alliance. According to two people familiar with the effort, it will include top industry players such as Intel, Microsoft, Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices as well as a number of computer companies."<br><br>"The companies are preparing the announcement in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-5878510011486599002008-02-12T17:50:00.000+00:002008-02-12T17:50:00.000+00:00Alan Wake, R6 Vegas 2, Splinter Cell Conviction ar...<br>Alan Wake, R6 Vegas 2, Splinter Cell Conviction are all due on the PC tool AFAIK. GTA 4 on the PC is due six months after the 360/PS3 release date. Ubisoft tend to do sloppy ports, but the others should at least look graphically better on the PC.<br><br>For the rest of 2008 we have Mass Effect, Far Cry 2, Battlefield Heroes (be interesting to see what EA do with this), Operation Flashpoint 2,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-48955633611423944632008-02-12T08:35:00.000+00:002008-02-12T08:35:00.000+00:00Looking at upcoming releases, loads on the 360 (an...Looking at upcoming releases, loads on the 360 (and many are on the ps3 too), not so much on wii, fuck all for the PC:360 Lost Odyssey End Feb360 Katamari End Feb360 Alan Wake End FebWii Okami March (praps)360 R6 Vegas 2 MarchWii Fire Emblem (This any good?) MarchWii Harvest Moon MarchWii Super Smash Bros March360 Halo Wars March360 Splinter Cell Conviction March360 Ninja Gaiden 2 March360 VikingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-41335897921150385722008-02-04T12:47:00.000+00:002008-02-04T12:47:00.000+00:00I dunno if they're laid back. They all do product ...<br>I dunno if they're laid back. They all do product keys, use Safedisc/securerom like protection schemes, watermark review code and all that jazz. They do what they can, although they'd be much smarter to go and use an online authorised encryption system whereby you only get the encrypted files on the DVD you buy. Interesting Valve have basically announced a middleware solution for all that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-52787850035855260642008-02-04T12:35:00.000+00:002008-02-04T12:35:00.000+00:00I know opinions are split on whether they do more ...<br>I know opinions are split on whether they do more harm than good, but why does there not appear to be organisations like the RIAA (or BPI) and MPAA for the videogame industry? In fact I don't know of any lobby group publically raising the issue of videogame piracy with the Western governments and the WTO. Gordon Brown seems more concerned about children being exposed to videogame nasties, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-53234993614069630732008-02-04T01:09:00.000+00:002008-02-04T01:09:00.000+00:00Spot on, 100% agree. What you're aluding to in the...<br>Spot on, 100% agree. What you're aluding to in the second paragraph, this sort of apathy towards games as a whole, I don't think you need to necessarily lay at the door of games that aren't this or that any more, not good or innovative enough etc. I actually put this down to a kind of information overload fatigue.<br><br>It's not just games. There's so much out there. It's so easy to get. So Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-3441192290080320992008-02-03T12:16:00.000+00:002008-02-03T12:16:00.000+00:00Perhaps it was worded badly and I made generalisat...<br>Perhaps it was worded badly and I made generalisations but I wasn't trying to justify piracy, you never can, but more look at reasons of why it's on the increase, besides the obvious ones; ease of access and a low chance of being caught and punished. I just felt that as the cost of producing games rises increasingly into the ten's of millions of dollars, the publishers naturally become more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-64254026048777291892008-02-02T13:07:00.000+00:002008-02-02T13:07:00.000+00:00There's so much wrong with that I don't know where...<br>There's so much wrong with that I don't know where to start. Let's start at the beginning I guess. If the PC ended up being like the Mac regarding games, I think that would be 'dead' in any PC gamer's definition.<br><br>I'm not sure sure what that second paragraph means but then you go on to say developers sell their integrity. That's not how it works. Developers make games after they've beenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-35550012564095181132008-01-28T19:51:00.000+00:002008-01-28T19:51:00.000+00:00If Macs can have games released for them, then I f...<br>If Macs can have games released for them, then I feel PC gaming, will in some form, find a way to carry on.<br><br>As with the opinions stated in other blogs, I feel that this is just another symptom of consumers calling out to publishers that the worldwide distribution of entertainment media needs a shakeup, so in the mean time with its ease of access, people pirate games.<br><br>It doesn't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-82463922843640298332008-01-18T11:38:00.000+00:002008-01-18T11:38:00.000+00:00I've never bought so many games as recently, but t...<br>I've never bought so many games as recently, but this is no excuse for past actions of course.<br><br>Given the PC buying trend, buy when it comes out then sales slow to a trickle, why not use steam (or online download) and sell software 4 months after release for half price. No distrib costs, no cd/manual etc... Once the retail dries up, surely it'd make sense.<br><br>Steam isn't cracked Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-1697041067925409802008-01-17T21:00:00.000+00:002008-01-17T21:00:00.000+00:00Of course if games publishers ever actually paid r...<br>Of course if games publishers ever actually paid royalties to games developers, then developers might be a bit more interested in making games that were pirate proof!<br><br> <br><br> <br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-73579828823647072252008-01-17T16:29:00.000+00:002008-01-17T16:29:00.000+00:00Agree on price of games. But PC games are cheaper ...<br>Agree on price of games. But PC games are cheaper than consoles. You only need to play stuff a few months old to basically buy games for virtually nothing as publishers dump them.<br><br>I also appreciate all the retarded stuff publishers do. Like launching in the US first, as a classic, what do they <em>expect</em> will happen? And shit copy protection stuff, that wont run at all if you haveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-52314697732362599412008-01-17T16:13:00.000+00:002008-01-17T16:13:00.000+00:00The real problem would probably be that games are ...<br>The real problem would probably be that games are getting too fucking expensive, seems like everyone in every business is whining about customers not buying their specific product, but if you check what normal people earn, and their base expenses and compare that with how much music, movies and games would cost together with the shit you need to actually use the media you get rediculous sums.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-23326947634822109042008-01-17T15:27:00.000+00:002008-01-17T15:27:00.000+00:00There's nothing wrong with Steam with regards to b...<br>There's nothing wrong with Steam with regards to being a secure online delivery system but that doesn't stop people pirating a game elsewhere so it's not a solution. There has to be retail versions because that's how most games are sold. I've certainly bought more games on Steam but I am a bit fucked off that it's actually more expensive to download it and get no manual/disc etc and it's evenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-82581440751418724582008-01-17T15:19:00.000+00:002008-01-17T15:19:00.000+00:00I don't think the xmas rush for publishing games h...<br>I don't think the xmas rush for publishing games helps much either. This year saw some great titles released, but mostly all at once. I bought most of the big shooter titles but haven't even been bothererd to look at Crysis for example. They made the same point in the Making of Blade Runner documentary, it was released up against 6 or 8 other major movies including ET, Poltergeist etc.<br><brAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-24581779133246419362008-01-17T14:35:00.000+00:002008-01-17T14:35:00.000+00:00Is not a secure delivery system ala Steam not the ...<br>Is not a secure delivery system ala Steam not the answer here?<br><br>I don't follow these things too carefully so I've no idea how secure Steam actually is, but equally I've never seen any articles announcing that it has been penetrated and its a torrent-esque free for all either.<br><br>Obviously there are politics involved as the "not invented here" mentality can become quite prominent Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-17173076336742050112008-01-17T13:28:00.000+00:002008-01-17T13:28:00.000+00:00Any of the reasons you've cited as being better to...<br>Any of the reasons you've cited as being better to develop on are easily countered by the fact you don't have an approval process for publishing a PC game and neither do you have to fork over mastering fees, buy expensive development kit or give a slice of the back-end action to the platform holder.<br><br>As for reasons on the user side - sure but those things aren't new. And they're Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-33114121947477091062008-01-17T13:06:00.000+00:002008-01-17T13:06:00.000+00:00While theres no doubt that piracy is killing pc ga...<br>While theres no doubt that piracy is killing pc gaming it should probably be noted that it isn't the only factor. On the development side theres ease of development (I'm talking 360 here), large user base, better platform support etc. Then on the user side there's, ease of setup, living room setting, local multiplayer options, standardised online functionality/downloads and finally theres Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com