Veteran developer and head of Gas Powered Gas Chris Taylor explains why the future of gaming lies with PC rather than in consoles, which he believes will eventually become a closed and obsolete avenue for development.
VGChatz's Taneli Palola: "There's no question that during these years the overall popularity of the genre took a significant hit, as most games within it specialized even further by adding new elements from other types of games into their gameplay loops and consequently became increasingly niche as the years wore on.
However, this doesn't in any way mean that the period was devoid of great games. Quite the contrary, in fact. Arguably some of the greatest RTS titles ever made came out around this time, and much of this was because many developers were increasingly familiar and comfortable with adding new twists and gameplay elements to the familiar formula. As such, even when the genre's popularity dwindled, many studios were still creating excellent and groundbreaking titles almost every year, just for a smaller audience than in years past."
those were fun years red alert star craft command and conquer well when westwood studio made good games before EA brought them like bioware...
Aside from C&C 4, the other C&C's from EA were all good/great. The genre nose dived once Moba's rose in popularity, even Petroglyph Games (ex-Westwood employees) haven't had a hit since Star Wars: Empire at War (2006), all there games got abandoned after launch.
DSOGaming writes: "Remember Supreme Commander 2? You know, the strategy game that came out in 2010 and featured A LOT of units on screen? Well, for those three people that still remember and play it, modder ‘purplelf’ released a new mod that allows gamers to play the single-player campaign in co-op mode."
Neil writes "The Xbox Games With Gold scheme for March 2016 is nearly in play, bringing four new free games for Xbox One and Xbox 360 owners. But is the program actually worth getting excited about? Are the Games With Gold titles for March 2016 actually any good, or is it just another waste of your precious download limits?
Well, March is most definitely going to be a bit of a slow burner, but it'll finish on a note that is higher than anything we've seen before."
Can't wait to get stuck into Sherlock again, it got lost in my backlog but having it on digital will encourage me to venture back in.
LOtF is a Dark Souls rip-off, in the good kind of way, albeit far easier ...that said its a pretty decent, yet short power fantasy light RPG with good visuals.
Now that's free its even better! Give it a try!
Never felt like playing full price for Lords Of The Fallen, but I will definitely DL that game and play it. And since there seems to be a lot interest in Sherlock Holmes, I guess I will try that as well.
I'm playing it right now, it's actually a very fun game. Very rewarding when you figure out how to kill an enemy for the first time.
PCs have existed since the very beginning of computer gaming never truly establishing themselves the way consoles have. How is that suppose to change?
indeed it is.
Only DLC buyers doubt that. *cough*
That should be in flame zone I know, but truth as to be said §!1
(insert pandamobile approbation below)
PC is the way to go.
I agree with PC Gaming being a constant, but I do not believe consoles will go extinct. The console system will change over time, possibly become something different altogether (See Pong, then Atari, then Nintendo, then Playstation, then Wii, etc) and continue to keep market share.
A PC has something that no console has - ultimate backward compatibility and a completely open software market. No license required. Sad to say this, but I will probably be playing Diablo 1 for nostalgic reasons (Diablo2 just was not creepy enough to me) in ten years time. Nintendo Wii is the only other system that has decent backward compatibility (albeit with repurchasing software).
The only way I see PC gaming possibly taking market share away from consoles for the "living room" gamers would be indirectly through something like OnLive, where technically games while being run remotely are run on PCs.
Otherwise, I don't see kids\moms\seniors and non-tech savvy gamers putting up with the added complexities of maintaining a gaming PC.
I won't use the cost excuse, PCs have gotten cheaper and launch consoles have gotten more expensive. It remains however that unless some standards are established, gaming PCs offer two much choice to the customers (confusion), too many compatibility issues (which game can run on what, in which mode), and an interface more complicated than dedicated consoles (could be alleviated with special software but who would make it?).
The only company that could have spearheaded a living room gaming PC successfully would have been Microsoft but they went the Xbox way instead. So most likely PC gaming will remain as it is.