Comments on: PC “Far From Declining” Says Blizzard Boss

By: Web

Web — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:06:07 +0000

@wcaypahwat: very true.

By: wcaypahwat

wcaypahwat — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:29:11 +0000

That MGS article…. basicly they’re admiting that the PC would outsell xbox at a 4:1 ratio.

So I guess we can change the whole scope of the argument from ‘dying’ to ‘being held back by monolithic corporations’

By: Tims

Tims — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:17:21 +0000

The real money is when companies own the hardware the software and there are no other options for that experience. For example iPod or Wii.
I think that’s why they are so committed to the xbox at all costs. It’s a pity they couldn’t just innovate themselves into a good position instead of just trying to muscle in with cash. That’s just never been their strong point I guess.

I think it’s good for pc gaming though MS being complacent about windows, eventually more people will have an open os on their pc’s. Then we’ll have a golden age of pc gaming! :)

By: Web

Web — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:17:56 +0000

@Paul Moloney: Of course not! I was not talking about Developes. Devs are most of the time at the bottom of the foodchain.

By: Paul Moloney

Paul Moloney — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:42:57 +0000

“pcgame = 50€

xbox game = 60€ ”

Yes, but I don’t think the developer sees much of that extra tenner, since they have to pay royalty fees to Microsoft?

By: fluffy bunny

fluffy bunny — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:04:31 +0000

UncleLou: Well, it’s interesting they’re being honest about it at least. I mean, it’s something most of us have already been suspecting for ages, despite all their talk about how they’re going to revive the PC gaming business.

Also, talking about shooting oneself in the foot, should Microsoft at one point or other decide that winning the console war is just not worth it, they’ll find that they’ve done just that on the PC. They’ve been actively sabotaging their own platform, and they might very well have done irreversible damage to it already.

By: UncleLou

UncleLou — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:49:40 +0000

this is the reason why parts of the industry keep telling us “pc- gaming is dead”:

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/mgs-europe-simultaneous-releases-would-shoot-ourselves-in-the-foot

Read that the other day, and couldn’t believe it. I feel particularly addressed because I am exactly the person they describe – a German gamer who prefers PC games/gaming on the PC and buys that version, and doesn’t really want to buy a 360.

Instead of exploiting that market’s strengths, Microsoft tries to ram a 360 down my throat not by actually making it more attractive, but by trying to make the product I, as the customer want to use, less attractive. A product they have responsibility for (and earn money with) no less.

By: KingMob

KingMob — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:07:05 +0000

@Meat Circus:
That’s the argument I want to have – the folks at Epic are jerks and horribly wrong about everything. Discuss.

@Cargo Cult:
I was definitely one of those fanboys – I was a PC player looking forward to playing my first Bungie FPS (I saw my friends playing Marathon and it looked pretty great), and horribly disappointed when they were purchased and Halo became an Xbox exclusive.

By: Web

Web — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:47:47 +0000

@Paul Moloney

pcgame = 50€

xbox game = 60€ (+ the price of a box + what does xbl cost?)

By: SuperNashwan

SuperNashwan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:43:01 +0000

What I find amusing is the naysayers always begin with “Ignoring WoW and The Sims…” as if that makes any kind of sense. If you take a pretend scenario of your own choosing of course you’re going to be right!

By: Cargo Cult

Cargo Cult — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:12:41 +0000

Halo? Erm… I seem to recall many fanboys salivating over it when it was just a PC/Mac game, and the Xbox (and Microsoft buyout of Bungie) were just a twinkle in Bill Gates’ eye.

By: Paul Moloney

Paul Moloney — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:09:02 +0000

“”On a global scale the Windows Vista business is as important as our Xbox 360 business.”

I’m sorry, but he’s insulting our intelligence expecting us to believe it.

If this was the case – if both were equally as important – then he wouldn’t care if Germany gamers bought their titles either by PC or by Xbox 360. Money is money.

It’s like saying “My son is equally as important to me as my daughter… however, I would prefer if 80% of people preferred my son.”