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Because the pc game market has always been a smaller crowd than the console market, console is a cheaper solution as well as an established solution. You won't

by buugs 17y ago

Because the pc game market has always been a smaller crowd than the console market, console is a cheaper solution as well as an established solution. You won't ever see a release like halo 2 or halo 3 for a pc game because not everyone has a grand to drop on a computer than can play something somewhat well for a couple years. Sure their is a separate online market for the pc but xboxlive and playstation network keep getting closer and closer.

litewulf 17y ago
Gaming by and large is dominated by casual games which do not require these "thousand dollar machines" (which outside of the true "enthusiasts" I doubt people are really buying anyway.) Most everyone has a computer, and I'm sure anyone that has used a computer has discovered solitaire. As for being established: I remember getting a CD full of shareware games around the same time I was playing games on the NES. Consoles and PCs have largely matured together and there is quite a bit of shared development.
- buugs 17y ago
  It is not dominated by casual games it is now dominated by latest and greatest. It is still hard to find a computer at the store that can play games well without any additions for cheap by the relative consumer. Just the other weekend I had to add ram and a video card to my uncles computer to play half life 2 comfortably/smoothly and that game is from 2004. Sure there is a market for board games and such but that is largely moving to flash/net based alternatives the real games are played on the xbox... it is hard to meet a person where I live that hasn't heard of halo or xbox but finding a person who plays video games on their computer is in the minority.
  - litewulf 17y ago
    Uh, when I say casual games, I really mean people playing scrabble on facebook or the games on yahoo, or things like bejeweled. I have a sneaking suspicion they enjoy a much broader demographic than half life 2 and its ilk.

by buugs 17y ago

litewulf 17y ago

Gaming by and large is dominated by casual games which do not require these "thousand dollar machines" (which outside of the true "enthusiasts" I doubt people are really buying anyway.) Most everyone has a computer, and I'm sure anyone that has used a computer has discovered solitaire. As for being established: I remember getting a CD full of shareware games around the same time I was playing games on the NES. Consoles and PCs have largely matured together and there is quite a bit of shared development.

buugs 17y ago
It is not dominated by casual games it is now dominated by latest and greatest. It is still hard to find a computer at the store that can play games well without any additions for cheap by the relative consumer. Just the other weekend I had to add ram and a video card to my uncles computer to play half life 2 comfortably/smoothly and that game is from 2004. Sure there is a market for board games and such but that is largely moving to flash/net based alternatives the real games are played on the xbox... it is hard to meet a person where I live that hasn't heard of halo or xbox but finding a person who plays video games on their computer is in the minority.
- litewulf 17y ago
  Uh, when I say casual games, I really mean people playing scrabble on facebook or the games on yahoo, or things like bejeweled. I have a sneaking suspicion they enjoy a much broader demographic than half life 2 and its ilk.