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No future for PC-exclusive games, says Nvidia
No future for PC-exclusive games, says Nvidia
GamesIndustry - June 10, 2008
Submitted by welshbloke (60) at 5:34AM PST on June 10, 2008
"I think we have to face the facts - the value of consoles is such that no-one is going to make a PC-exclusive game in the future. Why would they? Why would they ignore consoles?" said Nvidia's VP of content business development, Roy Taylor.
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1Laoldar posted on Industry News at 3:47PM PST on June 10, 2008. RE: No future for PC-exclusive games, says Nvidia@lstormy10,
If don't compare at PS3 to an entry level PC. By that logic, we should compare PC prices to that of a Gamecube or even a PS1...since they are easily capable of playing games.
No, we're talking about new games here...and some games can require video cards that cost more than an entire console!
Also, the PC industry has never really dealt with piracy. Online-focused games used an effective key system (Blizzard did this a decade ago) and yet publishers still shy away from using online verification to stop the widespread piracy. It's no surprise that PC gaming has fallen into the shadows of console gaming.
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1lstormy10 posted on Industry News at 1:28PM PST on June 10, 2008. RE: No future for PC-exclusive games, says Nvidiabids
2Laoldar posted on Industry News at 1:11PM PST on June 10, 2008. RE: No future for PC-exclusive games, says Nvidia@lstormy10,
You have to consider what games the Nvidia VP is talking about...games that actually matter to Nvidia. Flash-based browser games are hardly a good example of that...and besides, Defend your Castle is selling quite well on WiiWare.
MMOs and RTS games won't stay PC-based for much longer. The biggest hurdle has been control scheme and online community...by the next generation of conoles, both of those issues should have been corrected. The only thing that has really kept PC gaming going is that console designers aren't that interested in going after some of the niches that PC gaming has ended up devoted to.
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1lstormy10 posted on Industry News at 1:05PM PST on June 10, 2008. RE: No future for PC-exclusive games, says NvidiaI find the comments by this Nvidia VP to be naive in nature. People will continue to develop PC-exclusive games in the future - however, they will be different in nature compared to past PC-exclusive games that have been developed in large numbers such as FPS and RTS games. RTS games still have their primary home on the PC and many are still developed exclusively for the PC. He also misses the fact that new genres and sources of games are becoming the types of games that are developed PC-exclusive such as many indie titles (though more are making the jump to consoles via digital distribution), casual games (such as flash-based browser games and other free desktop-based titles), and MMOs still find their largest (and most of the time, exclusive) home on the PC. There will always be PC-exclusive games as long as the PC is a viable gaming platform - the shape and form that these PC exclusives will take is what will change.[ Oracle ] [ Level 20 ] [ Rank: 294 ]bids
22welshbloke posted on Industry News at 5:34AM PST on June 10, 2008. Article: No future for PC-exclusive games, says Nvidia
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I am talking new games. Everything from Sins of a Solar Empire to Spore to Age of Conan can be played on a sub-$1000 PC (the cheapest price range of PCs). In my own case, I play PC games on a rig that is over 3 years old. The only modification I have made is adding in a new $100 graphics card (hardly the cost of a console of this generation) and I can play everything from CoD4 and Team Fortress 2 to Sins of a Solar Empire and Age of Empires III at at least medium settings.
PC gaming has not fallen into the shadow of console gaming. PC gaming creates the paths that console gaming ends up taking (for the most part) - user generated content, online play, and more.
Piracy is being dealt with increasingly on the PC via services such as Steam, interesting takes on piracy such as those of Stardock (only allowing player to get the frequent updates for Sins of a Solar Empire by registering first), and the fact that more games are becoming online in some fashion where server-side checking can be done. The PC games industry is dealing with piracy in effective more than they have ever before and having more success now than they have had ever before.