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Star Citizen
Sir Edward:
Well, they've raked in something like $5.5 million. Looks like it has the opportunity to become a pretty amazing game if they spend their resources well.
Sir William:
I still can't get into PC games...cash outlay's too high for my pockets. Gorgeous visuals there though.
Ian:
It's not just the performance that makes PC games my favorite, it's really the depth of substance. PC just lends itself to a much deeper gaming experience. Game design is not limited to a controller and minimal hard drive commitment. Consoles are really limited to rudimentary depth and arcade-like play for the most part because of the interface. You can build a gaming PC for a little more than a console and be just fine if money is a concern and still enjoy the real benefit of what PC gaming has to offer. You don't have to build the world's fastest gaming rig to have fun. The complexity of a huge persistent world sandbox experience, or in-depth role playing experience just can't be matched on anything other than PC.
Some will say, 'well look at games like Skyrim, available on xbox etc...' True. The game content is virtually the same, but on the PC we have infinite user-created content which allows for the ultimate in creative expression, replayability, and even performance, graphical, and user interface enhancements. My first gaming experience was on PC, and I've owned consoles as well, from NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, up to Xbox 360, but none have every captured the wonder and imagination I've gotten to experience through PC gaming. /end nerd rant
Sir William:
I used to love PC gaming...started off with the first Doom, segued to Diablo (my first real OMG moment w/regard to gaming in general), then Half Life (my second OMG moment) then dabbled in online gaming with Half-Life's Counterstrike and the second installment, Condition Zero. The rampant cheating and hacking of the last two soured me completely from PC online gaming.
As far as gaming rigs go...I see no point in going for the middle of the pack; I'd want the best experience that could be had and that don't come cheap as I have cause to know. I'm also no longer into the customization of individual games for my sole pleasure...I wish I had the time. Not to mention, the near-instant gratification I get from the large amount of titles in the PS3 and X360 libraries more than compensates for what I might miss (if I could be bothered to do it in the first place) and places me squarely in the console dimension. Different strokes for different folks.
FWIW, I don't consider it a nerd rant to talk passionately and at length about something you feel so strongly about. ;)
Sir Edward:
Sir Ian summed up my thoughts pretty well I think. For me, it's never been that difficult of a question, since I try to keep an up-to-date computer anyway, since I'm impatient with slow software. :) (as a programmer myself, I often don't tolerate today's software bloat since most of the time its not necessary).
I'm enough of a general computer nerd that keeping my machine somewhat current just comes with the territory. PC games have historically supported much more depth, and better post-release service and updates. True, a lot of the online games have exploits and hacks, but I'm usually more drawn to the MMORPGs rather than the squad/twitch shooters anyway. And the MMO market is completely dependent on being able to 100% alter the data on the game client.
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