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Cliffy B Going Psycho – Or is he right? (PC VS Nex Gen)

Has Cliffy B Gone crazy or is he just speaking his mind about some things that we all are thinking? In the latest RealGamerNewz podcast we go through such topics as PC, Next gen, give a full review of Crysis 3 and more.

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Godmars2904066d ago

How is it that "convenience" and "ease of use" are foreign and unknown terms to PC gamers? How impossible is it to understand that game publishers in order to get more sales pander to the general consumer who neither owns a high-end PC or wants to deal with upgrading or getting a whole new system just to play on game?

Yes, PC are and will be more powerful than consoles, but games sell more on consoles than PCs. They sell more on tables and phones. What is this delusion that *EVERYONE* will suddenly be into PC gaming overnight if "X" thing happens or "X" title comes out?

T9004066d ago

If anything since the introduction of Steam, PC gaming has become very streamlined.

Steams made PC gaming into a very console like experience. Personally for me darn convenient having all my games installed and patched up automatically.

All it takes is a Click install and play, no need switching or maintaining disks. Hell previously id end up having scratched disks etc.

With over 200 games on Steam and a new gen upon us, there isnt a worry in the world for me on what happens to all my games. Everything will just work the next time i upgrade, no concerns over losing BC for the games i paid so much.

Both platforms PC or Console offer their advantages. For me PC just is more convenient.

Somebody4066d ago

Same here. I look to my shelf next to me and looked in nostalgia at those DVD boxes. Max Payne 3 was the last retail boxed game that I ordered. On my Firefox bookmark toolbar, there's the little bookmark for the retail shop where I used to order my games from. I've only visited the site every now and then only to see if any new gaming peripherals has arrived.

Just like gaming magazines, I prefer the digital/downloadable version of games now. It's thrilling to hold something physical such as an actual magazine or a boxed game but space will eventually become an issue.

Another advantage of Steam is the ability to backup a fully patched game. With a retail game you need to re-patch the game all over again if you suddenly wanted to play it again months later. For example, I have two versions of Darksiders DVDs. One is the retail DVD while the other is the burned backup fully patched version. Obviously I would prefer to restore the backup version since I can play it immediately.

trenso14065d ago

true all your games will run on your system with you current specs which is great but what happens when you cant play game cause you need an upgrade? thats why i like about consoles any game made for the system that i put into is guaranteed to play. On pc this isnt the case and in other times you may need to tweak settings just to get the game to run

T9004065d ago

@trenso1

What happens when a game like Skyrim, BF3, COD, Fallout, farcry 3 lags on your console?

Stop pretending everything runs great on console, cause it doesnt and in situations when it doesnt run well there is nothing you can do about it. At least on PC people can tweak it down and make the game playable. Now if you are going to say having options is a bad thing, then i feel sorry for you.

Most games are designed with consoles as the lowest denominator. Since console tech is so old, any mid range PC from 2-3 years back still plays most games maxed out, so there goes the upgrade myth. You only need to upgrade maybe 2-3 years, that too if you absolutely want the best settings like SSAO, Tessellation etc which is way beyond console settings anyways.

shutUpAndTakeMyMoney4066d ago (Edited 4066d ago )

Tablet games like angry birds (sold 100 Million copies)sell moe than console games.

What is this delusion that *EVERYONE* will suddenly be into Console gaming?

Just sayin now some devs are leaving for mobile gaming and saying tablets are the future.

lol Sometimes I feel Microsoft want to leave.

Godmars2904065d ago (Edited 4065d ago )

What's your point: this is a post-console era. As far as the general consumer is concerned tablets and phones, games such as Angry Birds, have supplanted them in terms of accessibility just as the Atari 2600 first made gaming popular because PCs were way too expensive and complex.

PoSTedUP4066d ago

hahah nice guys, great talk.

RTheRebel4066d ago

Cliffy B And Jabba The Hutt Sterling biggest D-Bags in the industry.

Knight_Crawler4066d ago

Dont forget David Jaffe and Peter Molyneux - those two need to be sent to Mars so they can bore each other to death.

Hicken4065d ago

Molyneux's just delusional. Jaffe is just a normal guy.

Neither are on the same level as Cliffy B or Sterling.

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5 Of The Best Narrative Twists In Video Games

GL compiles a list of some of the most mind-blowing video game narrative twists in recent memory, from The Last of Us to Outer Wilds

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Rebel_Scum11h ago

With articles like these cant you tag the games mentioned so that we can know ahead of time if there’s a spoiler to avoid?

Not clicking on your article otherwise.

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The 5 best video game adaptations of popular board games

Discover our top video game adaptations of popular board games, from Bloodbowl to Wingspan & get your board game friends into video games!

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EKWB reportedly plagued with financial disarray many gaming pc's left without parts

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.

EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.

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just_looken4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.

This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.

SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space

Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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Giblet_Head2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.