Is computer gameing and desktops dieing out?

With the lines between console and higher end PC's blurring more and more, do you think that the future of PC gaming is looking grim?

Discuss

I've heard about this as well and wondered.


I'm doing fucking horrible in bf4 on pc so far....I might have more fun on ps4 lol

Its blurring only because devs have shifted their focus from PC to console. Its hard to get higher quality material when the original's bar is set pretty low.

With the news of lower resolutions in new consoles, it is even more apparent that all those talks about "powerful machine" was a blatant lie.

AMD has introduced Mantle API technology in some of its cards, which will (in the future) be able to communicate with programs directly. This was one of the hurdle that PC had, in squeezing out performance, but if this (or similar tech) becomes more popular in the future, the performance gap will widen even more.

No doubt that many people have moved to, or newly entered into, consoles for gaming. Being able to play games at a push of button is very appealing to many people, and being able to be guaranteed a certain level of graphics is VERY appealing. But in the end, its just platform war. PS Xbox, and PC are all just platform. Devs have limited time and resources to focus their development, and since console is easier to code for (albeit harder to port to others) they just choose to do that instead.

Maybe, in the future, where all computers are a size of small chip implanted on a brain, that is more powerful than a super computer built these days, there will be no console game either. Almost everyone will have this system built into their body as soon as they are born. This provides uniform architecture for devs, which they so desire to fulfill their laziness. But this also indicates that console gaming will end as well.

It is obvious that someday it will die out. But not any time soon.

No

How does this make sense? Console gaming is sure to die out way before PC gaming. PC gaming has only been rising in popularity for the past few years, and you're seeing more and more that its taking precedence over consoles.

Also I dont understand how the line is bluring? Please elaborate......because honestly that makes no sense.

yes its dying. the end is nigh, woe is me, etc etc.

One of the two will die out a bit in the near future for a lot of the reason Storm said.

If you make games designed for consoles then they won't be as good as a PC game. If you design a PC game consoles can't handle then you've severely limited your audience.

Sym wrote:Also I dont understand how the line is bluring? Please elaborate......because honestly that makes no sense.

He may have been referring to Steambox. It's essentially a PC-Console hybrid.

The lines are not being blurred though

I guess if Steambox takes off, which I doubt.

PC's will always be more powerful than consoles, obviously. The gap is actually widening, not shrinking.

The new consoles are some of the weakest ever comparative to PC hardware

What Shinma said I agree with> There will always be a place.

As for blurring the lines I think he means all the added functionality consoles have now like internet browsing (however crappy it may be), netflix, youtube, facebook, multimedia players (dvd/bluray/cd/mp3).

Basically they just don't only play games anymore. They've gotten functionality that only PCs and other devices had in the past.

I think that's what he meant by blurring the lines.

As for completely going away...not for a long time if ever. The need for powerhouse workstations for editing will still be around for quite some time and no laptop or tablet will cut it in that roll.

Yea word

Ok I can see that now lmao

But yea PC's will always have a place

i think we are moving away from a single purpose machine. it used to be GAMES and thats it. then it was GAMES and oh hey you can play DVDs too, then the PS3 came along and played Blu-rays, then both PS3 and 360 got Netflix and similar services. now in the next gen we have machines that a just 'entertainment' consoles not games consoles, which can do many things which PCs can do, Hula, Netflix, TV, web browsing etc. even TVs are doing the same.