Most of TES fans really on Console? : V - Skyrim

» Tue May 03, 2011 9:07 am

Yes, by third-parties. I'm talking about love from developers. So far every trailer and screenshot of Battlefield 3 has been of the PC Version, DICE have said that the game is developed for the PC first and as a PC gamer this is nice to hear, away from the whole "PC gaming is dying" and console-exclusives DLC and such.

I find that most having to rely on mods as our excuse all the time isn't a strong defence as we actually think it is.

But that's DICE. Bethesda show us love by releasing the CS/CK.

» Tue May 03, 2011 10:00 am

Crysis was PC exclusive. Anyone who wanted it had to buy it for PC. That's not the case for Oblivion. Comparing the two and their PC sales is misleading.

" NPD reports that Oblivion represented approximately 13% of all PC game sales in the first week of its release, more than four times the sales volume of the next best selling title. (The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, the highly-regarded predecessor to Oblivion, remains one of the top 25 best selling PC games nearly four years after its release, according to NPD). "

Theres no way its only 500k. I knew that number was unbelievably low.

» Tue May 03, 2011 12:25 am

I'm assuming the purchase of a Sony computer does little to remedy the problem. Is that correct?

That is correct, but with my VAIO I can use it as a remote keyboard for the PS3. Why I would want to do that when I basically have a PS3 built into my laptop, bar the exclusives, but including the blu-ray, on my laptop, is beyond me.

PS3 controllers aren't officially supported, but by jumping through hoops with several 3rd party drivers you can (just about) get a PS3 console to work on a PC.

Edit: :Bodycool, you can't come to any conclusion from that data. How many PC games are bought a week?? (or were in 2006 anyway).

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:53 am

Is this actually Surprising to anyone?
Xbox 360 costs $200 - Just a tad more affordable.

They costed nearly as much as a appropriate computer to play the same game at around what 500$ at the time of release?
no

» Tue May 03, 2011 6:11 am

The Xbox 360 costed $400 at the time of Oblivion's release.

» Mon May 02, 2011 7:28 pm

But that's DICE. Bethesda show us love by releasing the CS/CK.

And should Bethesda decide not to release a construction set by the time of TES: VI? What if they decide to pull a BioWare on us, "Dragon Age sold more units on Console and the Modding tools are too difficult to handle, so we got rid of that."

» Tue May 03, 2011 5:33 am

I don't see BSG favoring consoles, rather just not doing tons of extras for pc. Creation Kit is gonna rock.

Also the 10% figure is hogwash the more i research.

I have read around 20% for FO3 pc is a minority, DX11 a very small minority.

» Tue May 03, 2011 10:56 am

well the 10% was completely wrong and debunked. thread successfull, TODD stop exaggerating in your interviews it scares me!

» Tue May 03, 2011 11:03 am

While I know this is a statistic about TES, its ineitable to reflect on how the greedy computer hardware manufacturing economy is destroying itself as a mass market. Paying 3,000 bucks for a gaming machine is ridiculous.

» Mon May 02, 2011 9:05 pm

I'm on console but I'm paying for school....so that takes priority.

» Tue May 03, 2011 1:50 am

While I know this is a statistic about TES, its ineitable to reflect on how the greedy computer hardware manufacturing economy is destroying itself as a mass market. Paying 3,000 bucks for a gaming machine is ridiculous.

Sure beats price for the new xbox360 slim, $1400

» Mon May 02, 2011 11:47 pm

Anyone who thinks piracy is not hurting pc gaming or that the levels are similar to consoles needs to go to tweakguides(.com I think) and read the article about piracy its a big deal on pc, not nearly so much on the other systems. Devs are very concerned about it.

» Tue May 03, 2011 7:04 am

the 10% part ya thats totally wrong. Any websites you find are also wrong in terms of sales due to most of em track Retail only. After Oblivion and Fallout 3 came out in the beth bundle pack on Steam Im sure it rose about 10-20% from where it was <_<

other topic

Pirating is a issue but it does effect all platforms, not just PC. Crysis is the most pirated game there is and it sold well enough for Crytek to make a huge profit off it.

» Mon May 02, 2011 10:11 pm

I believe Todd is biased toward consoles. It's astonishing how much he downplays the PC version.

» Tue May 03, 2011 5:56 am

Crysis+CrysisWarhead has 4million sales.

Oblivion PC has 500k sales according to Todd

Either he lied or PC oblivion bombed beyond beleif

http://www.destructoid.com/crysis-2-huge-success-xbox-360-dominates-sales-197396.phtml

Crysis 2 pc sales might be more indicative of the general trend.

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:47 am

Yep they are.

» Tue May 03, 2011 10:54 am

While I know this is a statistic about TES, its ineitable to reflect on how the greedy computer hardware manufacturing economy is destroying itself as a mass market. Paying 3,000 bucks for a gaming machine is ridiculous.

you can get a nice rig for $800 - $1200.

» Mon May 02, 2011 10:46 pm

My husband and I are predominantly console players, so yes, I can believe it. however, we are well aware that we are missing out on a lot of awesome mods, and we would like to get TES on PC as well as console.

PC gaming is not just about mods, it's much more than that.

And I really doubt most of those "audience" are on consoles. Nevertheless this just held me back, I was planning on buying Skyrim day one, but since I heard the UI and many other stuff won't be coming to PC then I'll guess I'll hold on.

» Tue May 03, 2011 1:10 am

http://www.destructoid.com/crysis-2-huge-success-xbox-360-dominates-sales-197396.phtml

Crysis 2 pc sales might be more indicative of the general trend.

again those do not show steam sales.. Steam hides all purchases from the public

» Tue May 03, 2011 9:16 am

http://www.destructoid.com/crysis-2-huge-success-xbox-360-dominates-sales-197396.phtml

Crysis 2 pc sales might be more indicative of the general trend.

the game was horrible for pc gamers though, dumbed down and hated.

Now go look at a game that pc guys kinda like, such as BC2. Most sales on PC.

550k is still too low.

» Tue May 03, 2011 5:53 am

http://www.destructoid.com/crysis-2-huge-success-xbox-360-dominates-sales-197396.phtml

Crysis 2 pc sales might be more indicative of the general trend.

14%, would have been closer to 20 if not for pirates probably.

» Mon May 02, 2011 10:49 pm

Funny.

In other news, Minecraft is about to hit 2 million sold copies.

» Tue May 03, 2011 4:13 am

ya.. 1 guy game (10 really) = 2 mil in a year not even released yet

» Mon May 02, 2011 8:34 pm

the game was horrible for pc gamers though, dumbed down and hated.

Now go look at a game that pc guys kinda like, such as BC2. Most sales on PC.

550k is still too low.

"Dumbed-down"? How? I've never played either Crysis on any platform, but I'm pretty sure 2 was not "dumbed-down".

» Tue May 03, 2011 8:41 am

the game was horrible for pc gamers though, dumbed down and hated.

Sounds like the same thing many said about OB...