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PS3 And 360 Has Eliminated PC Gaming

PC Gaming at one point was the premiere platform for all our gaming needs, but in this day and age the situation has changed dramatically. PC Gaming year over year shows a consistent decline as opposed to the rising generation of Sony and Microsoft with killer games and multi-media applications, PC Gaming is no longer relevant.

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ClownBelt5952d ago

Oh god I clicked it. Shame on me.

darkmurder5952d ago

More like Hip hop gamer has eliminated rap and hip hop.

socomnick5952d ago

Jesus when with the HHG site get hacked for good. :/ Stop making shows already nobody wants to see them .

morganfell5952d ago

They has? I think you should acks all the Wow players if they has or not.

Nihilism5952d ago (Edited 5952d ago )

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH A HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAH

PC gaming in 2008: $12.7 billion profit ( games only, not including hardware ), yep, pc gaming is doooooomed.

If anything is doomed it's console gaming, especially as we know it. As console gaming becomes more expensive, it will become even more redundant as putting a new GPU in an older computer will give you superior performance for years.

That and the fact that PC is a much more versatile platform and caters to a larger audience and more diverse users.

Did I mention PC has HDMI out and controller support so you can play it in your lounge room. Or that the games are $10-20 cheaper, and that DLC is often free?, and that you will never have to pay $50 a year for a service that also would be free on PC...

SaiyanFury5952d ago

@DChalfont

With that, the readiness of ROMs and emulators and superior performance of emulators with a modern PC outdoes the old consoles. As well a modern PC outperforms the new consoles hands above. I frequently play original PS games on my PC with the benefit of 2xSuperSai filtering and the graphics are much cleaner than the original console. The consoles have not eliminated PC gaming. For those of us with both platforms, I often prefer gaming on my PC because it easily outperforms the consoles.

ProjectVulcan5952d ago (Edited 5952d ago )

Without Pc, console gaming is dead.

Consoles are basically a huge amalgamation of technologies pioneered in PC, for the Pc gamer. Does anyone seriously believe that 360 or ps3 would be as powerful as they are now, without PC development?? Would console HD and online gaming even exist if it werent for high resolutions and the massive uptake of the internet in the late 90's on PC? Of course not. High performance processors and most specifically graphics processors, 360 and ps3's GPUs are the culmination of years of Direct X and Open GL development on PC....the inclusion of hard drives, the online functions, wireless standards, USB compatability, video and sound compression, software, the disc technology.....owes practically everything to PC and online Pc gaming.

Without PC, these consoles would not exist and function as they do today. Which is something console gamers MUST remember, because without Pc gamers going out to spend money on advanced technologies, companies investing to meet that demand, their next console will be a teeny step. Not a huge generational leap.

wicko5952d ago (Edited 5952d ago )

I think we can all agree that HHG is either a moron or is trying to start a flame war to grab hits. He's always making stuff up, how about we stop approving these videos until he starts being a little more factual.

http://kotaku.com/5459766/s...

kwyjibo5951d ago

When's the filter coming into play? Such uninformed pieces such as this should not make the sub pages, let alone the front page.

He clearly knows nothing about the PC landscape, or the gaming landscape as a whole. He's looking up from the well, and then declaring that the sky is a tiny circle of blue.

The PC continues to pioneer digital distribution, casual gaming, social gaming and MMO. Everything happens on the PC first, it's an open platform, the most connected platform, it is a whirlpool of innovation.

It's pretty good timing that this shockingly ill informed video came out at the same time as Steam's latest figures. 25 million active accounts, 2.5 million concurrent users and over 200% growth in unit sales.

It's time to black list this guy. Readers expect a degree of professionalism in the links here, they expect the writers to have done a modicum of research, to actually know the subject. This guy, clearly doesn't, and for all the time he's been doing this, still hasn't grasped the most fundamental of knowledge regarding the industry.

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-Alpha5952d ago (Edited 5952d ago )

PC Gaming is far from dead or eliminated.

They have the superior games 99% of the time. They have the superior controls (KB & M has better precision than analog sticks).

They have mods.
Their games are freaking cheaper.
Dedicated Servers.

I'm sure PC fans can go on. I'm not even a PC gamer and I know this.

Have PC sales drastically suffered in relation to console sales? Is the userbase (literally millions of gamers) dying?

You say people don't follow PC gaming the same way people follow something like God of War. Does the term fanboy mean nothing to you? Console gaming is full of fanboy wars. The 360 and Ps3 are in a constant fight, the PC is like the kid with the popcorn watching it.

"PS3 HAS BEST GRAPHICS!" Nope, PC does.
"360 HAS BEST ONLINE!" Nope, PC does.
"WE HAVE THE MOST EXCLUSIVES!" Nope, PC does.

Yes, console gaming is mainstream, but you fail to comprehend that PC gaming is one of the backbones of the gaming industry. It has amassed numerous hardcore players across the world. Just because it doesn't have a brand, or mascot, or just because they aren't fighting with another platform doesn't mean that it's irrelevant or any less important.

It's funny. PC gaming always thrives yet Sony is still suffering to break-even and MS has lost billions with hardware failures. Ladies and gentleman, behold the awesomeness of console gaming!

You say Sony and MS gaming is rising while the PC is slumping. Console gaming has been huge since PSOne sir. If the PC didn't die then why would it die now that it's more open, bigger, and better than before?

You claim most games are not on PC...and then list exclusives like God of War for proof. Well when you manipulate it like that, obviously something like GoW isn't on the PC. If you actually cared for the integrity of your video and if you actually cared to be truthful you would have looked up the fact that the PC has had strong exclusives just last year:

http://adrianwerner.wordpre...

Go on, click it. Most games are not on the PC? Hell that list was better than what MS had last year.

You continue with your mental institution of a video and claim that the PC requires graphical updates like buying a new graphics card to get the "best" out of the PC.

The MINIMUM requirements for the PC are still better than the console version. Gaming in MAXIMUM settings is not REQUIRED. So please don't try to resort to making the same, tired, and overused and overdone fallacy of trying to imply that graphic cards are needed every year. It's no different than saying you need to buy a multitap, a network adapter to enjoy PS2 games. It's not needed but it does enhance the experience. Take any multiplatform and you will realize that the PC version is superior. But then again, you failed to see the difference between the PS3 and 360 version of Bayonetta.

Why the hell am I even bothering?

I can't believe that your arguments consist of tried and overdone criticisms that have been done to death. There is nothing at all original about this. It's just the same old arguments done in video format and a hip hop overtone

P.S. I like how his videos get insta-approved by the same friends in less than a minute all the time. Integrity FTL.

Dev8 ing5952d ago

WOW says hi. They had over 10 million subscribers in 2008. That is Halo/COD numbers. Also gaming on a PC isn't just limited to the multiplats that also come out on consoles there are all the MMO's which consoles don't have and also thousands of flash games. Lets not forget online Poker you can't play that on consoles. The amount of PC gamers is staggeringly large. Even if it is a game of solitare, freecell or mines you are still gaming on a PC.

SaiyanFury5952d ago

@ Alpha Male

You're right on just about every point. PC gaming has always been at the forefront of the best game performance, and has been for the last 20+ years. Great post. Enjoy the bubble!

TheHater5952d ago

I cannot even laugh at the stupidity of this blog post.

ThePostalDudeX5952d ago

*Sigh* how many more of these are they going to make until they get a clue?

TheBand1t5952d ago

Wanna hear a joke?

HHG is a credible news source.

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Microsoft Gaming Revenue Drops 7% Year-on-Year, Content and Services Down 5%, Xbox Hardware Down 33%

Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.

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Jin_Sakai17d ago (Edited 17d ago )

Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.

dveio17d ago

To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.

Jingsing17d ago

The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.

Tanktopmaster9217d ago

Once they re-evaluate exclusive all will be fine….

S2Killinit17d ago

Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.

Jingsing17d ago

15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.

Tanktopmaster9217d ago

These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse

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Report: Injustice 3 in Development at NetherRealm Studios

Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.

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Spiders Studio, Developers of GreedFall: The Dying World, Announce Liquidation of the Company

Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.

What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.

We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.

If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."