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The problem with PC gaming is that it's hard to get 4 people all gaming on the same computer in the same room for under $300 investment (versus console + 4 cont
by bradfa 14y ago
The problem with PC gaming is that it's hard to get 4 people all gaming on the same computer in the same room for under $300 investment (versus console + 4 controllers).
It's easy to do this in the living room with a Wii (and will be with the OUYA).
Sure, you can have a LAN party. But it's going to be a lot harder to find people to come to that than to come over and play Wii bowling. Sure, you can game online, but the you're not all in the same room hanging out. Physical presence is still a big deal in console gaming.
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- ryanklee 14y agoIt's far easier to get 4 people into 4 separate rooms than it is to get them all into the same room. In other words, physically proximate group play is the exception; the rule is remote group play.
- icebraining 14y agoIt is? Almost every newish laptop has an HDMI out; coupled with an USB hub and four cheap USB gamepads, what more do you need? PC just lacks the games - but then again, so does this platform.
- jiggy2011 14y agoTrue, but not everyone actually realises this. I have an XboX360 Pad plugged into my PC which I use to play some games (a huge amount of steam games seem to support it). You'd be surprised however by the number of people that this amazes "woah, you can plug a gamepad into a PC?". It wouldn't surprise me if the same people didn't realise they could hookup to a TV via HDMI.