"Data and opinions from analysts and execs on the present and future of global gaming
While E3 gathers the most attention for new games, new hardware, and impressive marketing feats, the most valuable parts of the show for many insiders happen away from the bright lights. At a breakfast meeting during E3, David Cole of DFC Intelligence gathered together opinion leaders and industry executives to explore where the global gaming market is at and where it's headed.", writes GamesIndustry.
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70$ games
400$+ consoles
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ill stick with pc gaming cause of graphics and different ways to play games and see games.
3 monitors
1 monitor
1 tv
motion gaming
kinect
steering wheel
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ps3 controller
usb controllers
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Pc gamers cant give it a rest can they? pc is more expensive than consoles, we dont have to buy games at full price you know? And pc market prices are only good when steam have deals like every other gaming device that has ever come out under the blue sky.
A pc woth a damn is about 700$, sure you can get good deals on parts but if you want to be anywhere near mid-high end you have to be around that price.
Every device have pros and cons we learn to live with them even pc gamers
People play xbox/PS3 on a $600-$3000 TV, so whats the problem with $600 of monitors on PC?
And Steam/GOG/Etc sales happen WAY sooner, even some having preorder DISCOUNTS where 60 dollar games are 55 at launch. Some have sales because you own the previous game (alan wake, stalker, etc). Console game prices drop slow as hell compared to PC, and buying used isn't that great of an option now that devs are doing passes.
Instead of spending $300-$400 on a console and then another $300-$400 on a regular PC, why not pile all that into one PC of $700-$800? This is a great alternative if you are planning on one gaming machine. PCs (like mine) actually is in the living room hooked to the plasma TV with the monitor on the desk next to the entertainment center. It's great!
"LOL the 3 monitor alone are about 600$"
That has to be the most retarded comment i have ever read in a while on this forum.
You do realise 3 monitors = 72inches of screen space, right up close to you and it gives you a super wideview.
How much would a 72inch TV cost you? i am sure it would be alot more than 600usd.
I personally have 3 Screens, they are all 3D enabled. They cost me about 900usd. I can bet you a 3D TV of that size would cost atleast 3000usd.
If you spent that sort of money on a 3DTV and then equipped with a 300usd console which can only do about 40 games in 3D. I would think you arent taking advantage of your 3DTV. PC does over 600games in 3D.
Also when a console does 3D, all of us know it has to drop in resoultion, frame rate drops, graphics get compromised. Nothing of that sort happens on PC. Today a PC equipped with a single GTX 680 can run 3 screens in 3D at 60fps for most games.
So you never had a tv before a console?, cos putting the cost of a tv in gaming is not right (at least not for me)...or do you buy a tv each time you get a new console?
What i did this gen was connect my ps3/360 to a monitor hence not buying a 3000$ tv. In time we decided it was time upgrade the living room with a 50 inch tv, but never actually bothered to connect the consoles there.
I dont understand whats the problem here? are you under some kind of misconception that i cant play without a tv?
My point was and still is pc gaming is more expensive than console gaming.
Even in your post that 680 gtx is worth 500$, more than my console and the monitor i have combined...
o BTW i bought a new graphics card and it cost as much as ps4 and 720 combinded....
On topic, why were people thinking this? Last year, the 360 had its best year ever, didn't it? And isn't this still the best-selling console generation of all time? Why do people feel the need to make up stuff with no proof to back it up.
They go, "Oh, console sales are down from last year. Must be tablets and smartphones, since their numbers are up," as if correlation equals causation, but then neglect every other thing out there that could be affecting sales. For example, people are going to buy a tablet or smartphone for personal reasons, but these devices are almost necessities in today's world, and are even important for doing business. On the other hand, ANY dedicated gaming device will be looked at as a something that isn't necessary.
Oh, well. They don't have to listen. Reality will prove them wrong soon enough.
And yeah not sure how anyone could think that consoles are anywhere near "dead". This gen has been great for all of then and next gen will most likely do just as well.
My brother in law works for Apple, You must be aware with the imminent release of APPLE CONSOLE..... SONY, NINTENDO AND MICROSOFT Prepare to be extinguished....... APPLE engineers are all bringing heavy artillery into battle....................Thes e words were said to me by my brother law (not me)
Take this from a diehard PC gamer since the 80s, consoles and PCs will die, not today or tomorrow. But it will happen in the next 10 years.
So by the time your phone can match something like gt5 at 1080p 60fps other platforms will likely be doing 4k resolutions @60fps. It's not like every platform isn't going to improve. Also because of a phones inherent power and size constraints it will always be easier and cheaper to outperform a phone with a console or pc.
Its not the end of gaming. It will be a new era of gaming where graphic are maxed and story and gameplay matter.
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What the next cpu is made of is beyond me.
I take it you don't know what the GPU is.
(Not you just ppl who say gaming will die)
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PC gaming, well, that platform has been irrelevant for many years now. The only games I've played on PC are The Witcher 2 (at the time exclusive) and Diablo 3. Thats it.
Unfortunately the casual crowd out number the core crowd, with the use of iPhones etc, I feel that the next generation of people, there will be less and less core gamers.
I guess we shall wait and see, but it will be a shame if core gaming dies off.
However, at least I don't have to worry about the game crashing to desktop saying, "Send an error report to Microsoft."
Just saying.
Having a couple friends over? Consoles.
Honestly, PC crowd is more hardcore than console, which is more hardcore than handheld, which is then more hardcore than smartphone gaming, which is then more hardcore than javaMe on old phones.
<<<Correct usage of than and then. Mother would be proud.
When I say PC Gaming, I mean, PC Gamers. Would it be fair if every time we said consoles, people said it's not hardcore because of Wii?