There’s no shortage of talk these days about the future of gaming, especially when it involves platform supremacy, i.e. consoles vs. PCs.
Console games are becoming more and more popular, so where does that leave PCs?
THQ’s creative director Michael Fitch isn’t keen on the prospect for PCs. A lifelong PC gamer, he told Gameindustry.biz that several factors—piracy, hardware reviewers and vendors—make developing the games “an uphill slog.”
Check out Gamasutra, where EA’s Ben Cousins (he’s senior producer of Battlefield Heroes) sees it a little differently. “…People think that the PC is dying, but that’s a crazy idea…I think we’re going to continue to see high-end packaged good games on the PC. But I think they’re going to…have an element of connectivity; they’re going to have an element of persistence which you need to be connected online to do; and they’re going to be, probably, more multiplayer focused.”
Obviously, we think that PC gaming is here to stay in a big way, partly due to the hundreds of millions of PCs out there and powerful new machines like the XPS M1730 laptop and the XPS M730 desktop.
Which camp are you in, and why?
May 9th, 2008 at 4:14 am
I think PC gaming is never going to “die” due to casual games which are the most played on the PC. More advanced games will still be available but I see more people moving to consoles for those. There will always be those who are willing to invest in upgrades to keep their computers up to date. I think some people are buying XPS for editing video and music instead of gaming. Perhaps Dell is overlooking a section of the market they could grow by offering dedicated machines for editing.
May 9th, 2008 at 6:53 am
@jervis961 It’d be interesting to dig into the usage patterns of a product like the XPS 420. My daughter, and a couple of my colleagues, bought it for editing as well as gaming capabilities. If we checked over at IdeaStorm, would we see your idea for a dedicated editing system?
May 9th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
I’m pretty sure someone already posted an idea like that. My problem is that I want a laptop to edit with but I don’t like the look of the Precisions.
On a side note: The security code stinks. I put in one charactr wrong and instead of letting me try again it wiped out my comment.
May 9th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Found one such idea really quick. http://www.ideastorm.com/article/show/67455/Home_Computers_for_Video_Editors_and_other_Creative_Content_Producers
May 9th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Looks like I found a new glitch on this site.
May 9th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
@jervis961 Will check into it…having weighed into a lot of blogs on behalf of Dell the past couple of years I can attest losing a comment happens all too frequently. Very frustrating when it does, so I’ve made it a habit to first type a comment, save it and then finish the process. If needed, I can easily paste it back in.
May 10th, 2008 at 4:22 am
Did you notice that the link I provided didn’t format correctly to the site?
May 10th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Affirmative…will check that out…thanks!
May 13th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Sometimes I forget about my own ideas until I see something that sparks a memory. I said I didn’t post anything about a dedicated editing computer which was true. I did post a request for Dell to use the SpursEngine in thier systems though. http://tinyurl.com/5zavck