General Discussion

Originally posted by Flyte27

I can definately see consoles dieing at some point.  If a console starts to cost as much as a PC to make who would buy one when they can just go and get a PC for the same price and it does a lot more for you then just play games?

Exclusives. Also, there is some satisfaction in popping a disc into the drive and being able to play the game without any installation, activation, and registration.

Originally posted by gillvane1

Add an Xbox controller to the PC, and a Wii controller.

Get rid of the licensing requirements that consoles have, and let developers make any game they want for the PC, with mouse and keyboard, Xbox controller, or Wii Controller, but you don't have to pay any fees to Microsoft or Nintendo or Playstation to sell your game.

That's where it should go.

Without licensing fees, console manufacturers would have no choice but to charge much more for their equipment, since they wouldn't be able to make up for losses through software.

This may end up sinking Sony in the Console Market.  Microsoft can afford to lose billions on their gaming console unit.  Sony can't.

Microsoft has a market value of about 253 billion dollars and a profit of 16 billion this past year.  Sony has a market value of about 48 billion dollars and a profit of 1 billion this past year.  (That is for the entire Sony company, all of the divisions not just games)

Not only that but I remember when Microsoft entered the gaming console marketplace they were sitting on around 40 billion in cash reserves and wanted to win badly. 

My guess is that gaming will move back to PCs as the primary source.  And instead of manufacturer specific hardware we will see developers making games that will run on lower end "Gaming PCs".  Heck out of this we might even get a PC game friendly operating system. 

BLU-RAY won, and that's all that matters. Don't you guys get it?

if final fantasy comes out just for PS3 watch as the sales go up coz thats the only time i would get it as they wont make them for pc

If you build a $2000 PC to run Age of Conan, you're just an idiot.

I'm on a $600 PC and games look nicer than any console.

Don't forget that consoles don't come with TV.

Originally posted by lordaltay1

If you build a $2000 PC to run Age of Conan, you're just an idiot.

 

I'm on a $600 PC and games look nicer than any console.

 

Don't forget that consoles don't come with TV.

 

QTF.

Originally posted by lordaltay1

Don't forget that consoles don't come with TV.

Most PCs don't usually come with monitors. You just end up paying more for those that do.

I am not a Sony Fanboy but, On their behalf the playstation 3 is a superior gaming console just in its specs alone. I have seen alot of games side by side xbox 360 vs. ps3 and for the most part the ps3 looks better graphically and it seems to play smoother than xbox. They may be losing money now ,but it will pay off in the long run. Games just get better and better as developers get more and more familiar with the systems they make games for it will be interesting to see some of the games that come out for it in the next couple of years. Sony made a Big Mistake in thinking that people would just fork over almost 600 bucks for a game system,that was their error in judgement. Xbox 360 has more games out for it which gives it the edge,but with all the system failures alot of gamers are not happy with microsoft either. If I ever can get of my PC log enough to play a console I would consider a ps3 just for the fact I believe its a better system spec wise. Cell Processor is and awesome technology just look what was powering the new world record Computer.

PS3 is junk... Seriously, no one cares about seeing everything detailed down to the nose hairs. I don't wanna spend $600+ for 1 or 2 good titles i'll end up beating in a day.

IMO it's all about the XBOX360 and Wii.