well...if im still playing starcraft and counter strike, i highly doubt its dead...i believe there are more pc gamers than console gamers?

Another day and another misinformed piece of cra......... journalism. I think if the PC could speak it would say something like "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated". When are people going to get it through their thick heads ? We had this rubbish when the PS1 came out, the PC didn't "die". Then the PS2 came along and again the PC is "dead" erm no it isn't. Now 2 years into the life span of the PS3 they are still prattling on about the PC being dead without a single shred of proof. I have no doubt we will get this rubbish when the PS4 comes out.

Last time I checked no one was having to "support" the PC by blowing billions on it like certain console manufacturers. Last time I checked the PC wasn't wiping out profits from the last "gen". I would say if anything was dying it's the consoles. The consoles can only exist because MS and Sony are prepared to throw billions away supporting them in the "hope" it will start turning a profit somewhere down the line, that doesn't sound all that healthy to me.

Ah well I will keep playing games on my "dying" PC because the PC is the only format that allows me to game how I want too. I tried a "next generation" console (the xbox 360) and if I had a PC performing like that I would have upgraded it 2 years ago. But hey that is just me. I am sure there will be plenty said about how you can game from your "sofa" with a console (I do that anyway with my PC) and rubbish like "you need a 5 gazillion dollar PC", you know the usual rubbish that gets spouted on this site from console gamers.

Who plays reflex based sports games on the PC anyway? It's simply not the right market for that type of game. I'm glad I don't have to put up with low quality star wars games on my pc, save the store shelves for quality titles.

I think that both pc's and consoles just continue to get more alike and adopt some of the stregths of the others

"These new consoles – well, Sony's PS3 and Microsoft's Xbox – were more powerful than the computers at the time"
Funniest thing ive ever heard.

Um wrong time to ask the question about PC gaming...especially when the next year seems to have some of the most promising pc exclusives...since quite a while

PC Gaming has died in my household. And Halo 2 was the reason for that. I used to be a huge Unreal 2004 player. I haven't played any game on my pc since than. But that will all change once Starcraft 2 comes out.

As long as Half-life is around...PC gaming isn't going anywhere.

What a silly article.

EA sports games are coming back to the PC in 2009 with extra effort put into the development of them.

Also, making multi-platform games just makes sense from a business perspective. It's the reason why you see more and more previously console-exclusive games go to the PC and vice-versa.

Is handheld gaming dead?
Is casual gaming dead?
Is mac gaming dead?
Is cellphone gaming dead?
Is playing things in real life dead?

consoles are getting more popular every year but pc gaming just kinda stays the same. pc has its fans and they have never really left them some with consoles. pirating is getting out of hand i have to admit to that but its not enough to kill it. as long as console games r being made on pc then it might never will.

its not going anyware for the hard core
casual and light users are migrating to consol;es

but consoles can be more powerfull (not there gpus or ram but cpus)
because of the way they work

ps3s cpu is more flops then a current quadcore...
ibms words not mine

but in terms of ram and gpu no not anywhare close to top end

....seriously wounded at the moment. But not dead.

But being seriously wounded does not mean good games won't go to PC. Infact some games go to PC and not PS3 but that's a different discussion altogether.

But heavy piracy does not help PC gaming causes as a commercially strong platform. Also looks at sales on console vs. PC. some reports go as low at 14% of total sales being PC. That must come down to piracy and also the fact that consoles are a better economic investment with a typical platform lasting from 5-10 years.

If you are to say the PC has been around longer then that is correct and wrong also. I dare anyone to keep the PC they have now and try to play the new release games in 5 years without changing specs. And there is one of the PC's largest curses. Gaming technology advances so fast on PC that most people are not willing to invest in the rapid hardware cycles needed to stay in touch with PC gaming.

There you have it plain and simple. PC Gaming will be around as long as accountability and restrictions are low, but similarly until the experience becomes as "simple" as consoles PC's won't come close in commercial terms, sadly.

don't forget that most games are ported to PC.

another month another is pc gaming dead article

is pc gaming dead - NO
is pc gaming going to die - NO
will pc gaming be around next year - YES
will pc gaming be around in ten years - YES
has pc gaming always co existed happily with console gaming - YES
will this always be the case - YES

in a nutshell pc gaming is going nowhere

Why not buy a console and be sure everything that comes out on it will actually run on it. Pop the disc in and play! No worry about is my windows or Mac going to play this?

STOP POSTING ABOUT THIS. You've had at least 20 of these articles in the last year, not to mention another 20 titled 'PC Gaming is Not Dead'

Yes, we know PC gaming is less popular in America. But it's still the number one mode of gaming in the world, and that may never change. So just stop it N4G, this isn't even news.

PC is a little complicated with graphic cards that have to be uppgraded, more RAM, more of everything actually but with console you just plug and play, no worries about if it can be played on the machine or not.

I mean, it is more comfortable to play, sitting in a comfy chair or sofa playing on your 50 inch plasma than sitting on a computer chair, playing on a 22 inch TRT-screen. Console has now taken a step forward with its online play as well. Before you could never play online with your friends on a console but those days are history.

If consoles are so profitable, why don't Apple or EA jump in?
And why did Sega and Atari pulled back?

Nintendo?
They saved their ass by concentrating on casual gamers, and they are the only ones that actually make money.

Microsoft?
The first XBox was a financial disaster. Up to date, they have already burned more than $7 billions.

Sony?
More than $3 billions, and the PS3 has eaten ALL earnings they have ever made with the PSX and PS2.

Both HS consoles are surviving only for the fact that there are huge companies behind willing to spend billions and billions of dollar.

I think that just the title in this article is bad...may it could have be something like how console gaming in general "evolved"...or something like that.

It is a fact that games changed a lot since the Super NES to Playstation era.
Since the PSX came out back in the days it changed a lot for gaming!!! Now its cool to play games and the games in general became more mature.

Gaming got more serious...

So......NO...PC GAMING IS NOT DEAD!!! ( and i think that it never does...or atleast i hope so ;-) NEVER SAY NEVER! :D )

Of course...every system or plattform needs its exclusives so they could convince a customer to buy their product...
Yeah so...this is almost all that matters now...good exclusive titles, sell more systems....but thats business...and thats competition...AND THATS GOOD!!! FOR US....right!? ;D

If you´re a REAL gamer you enjoy all of it!!!

*CHEERS*

How about a Ps3,xbox 360 and a PC with a Gtx280! I'm a games whore I know I love em all.

PC gaming dead? lol Never will they die...

I agree with you ONYX737

I love PC games.

Im sorry but ppl who post these articles dont realize that PC gaming is the biggest form of gaming out their because almost everyone owns a PC and has a game for it. Sure its not a huge big money gaming rig but If it play WOW your in good shape.

There is a difference between running a PC game, to playing the game the way it's suppose to. Every generation you'll have to pay at least around $3,000.00 - $4,000.00 for the best stuff. The games I mostly want to play take up a lot of memory so I can forget about it with this laptop. Another thing that screws up PC gaming for me are viruses, IP addresses, basically hackers who try to find your PC's IP to manipulate it. You don't have to deal with IP addresses online with console gaming, safer from hackers.

On the console side of gaming you don't have to worry about hackers on your console. I can play the games the way they're suppose to run because every console is the same. You'll get your PC gamers telling you there are cheaper ways, but the prices of console are a lot less. Plus PCs aren't good for fighting games, and I love fighting games. You can ultimately get the best of both worlds at a much lower price.

The only thing that keeps me thinking about getting a decent PC rig are Persistent Worlds (PW). You don't need much to run them, yet I can wait to see how other PWs on the PlayStation 3 work plus PlayStation Home is similar. What I like the most about console gaming is a unified online name; if the PC was like that it would be similar to PlayStation Network. In the end there will be space for PC gamers, but won't have such a large audience because of people like me. Once RTS (Real Time Strategy) games are replicated on the TV consoles just look out.

Yeah.
Why else would Microsoft make a console?
PC Gaming was dying and Microsoft needed something to make a profit on they saw the video game industry as their next market to take over and they followed it.
The Xbox really f***ed up this industry in a lot of ways.
Bad Hardware, stolen games from other companies, crappy online that they charge you for, and the fall of video game innovation.

I wish it was, but unfortunately it never will be. Console gaming FTW.

PC Gaming will never die.

*Goes to play CS:S*

You have to look at the consoles an pc through different lenses. PC games usually have a more lasting value. With mods and skins, you can get a lot out of a game, like counterstrike for example. Yet on the Pc you can't play with friends (not speaking about online). If you do have them over you'll need to watch someone play, unless you have multiple computers with the same game.
This is where consoles fill the void. I see them as much more social machines, especially the Wii. Have some friends over and play Wii sports, or maybe Halo 3 on the xbox and resistance on the PS3.
They all fill their on niches.

Maybe if the incredibly horrendous rate of graphics card advancement SLOWS DOWN, PC gaming can breathe again, along with giving people's wallets a damned BREAK.

but judging by all these articles about it, its died about 23 times in the last 4 months.

Seems like is see this same question asked in a article at least once a week.

It is important that we have the "Is PC gaming dead" discussion at least three times a week because by this point we definitely haven't seen the discussion played out from every single solitary possible angle five ways from Sunday.

I'm seriously starting to think that this may be yet another Page Hit Whores topic.

its not dead it might not ever die but i am deffinately not a big fan of it, when i think of computers i like NEVER think gaming, and i would much rather play a game with a controler and not a mouse & Keyboard and instead of buying a computer and hyping it up with crap to make it better i would much rather just buy a console thats already ready to play the games at their best. Pluss computers can crash from viruses, i dont see consoles doing that, and when you go somewere like a trip or something i dont think you can take your whole computer, but with a consol all you need is a TV and an outlet. and all you PC fanboys (lol :P) dont be getting mad its just an oppinion.

am i the only one who read the article. its says and i quote

Mr. Sood says that the recurring revenue model of the MMOs – gamers pay a monthly subscription fee to maintain their license for the game – is also why PC gaming is alive and kicking. “It's nowhere near the death of PC gaming,” he says, “it's growing at an alarming rate.”

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau