But ZOMG my PC does own your Xbox 360/PS3. Also, as everyone has said, PC gaming is not dying. I think it's actually on the rise.

i love you, i cant wait till PC gaming finally dies hopefully the next gen consoles we smash the PC nerds once and for all
You're a nerd too bro. Sorry to break it to you, but you're trying to win a hopeless fight on the Internet with a name like SeargentxDeath, which instantly makes us ignore anything you're saying. I have a fun fact for you. On Steam, you can change your name anytime you want for free. Also, my PC will still have superior graphics, controls, and distribution when your "next generation consoles" come out. You should know by now that next gen console ~ last gen PC.

On Steam alone there are 30+ million user for the pc alone plus the digtal downloads sales of pc games are never made public. So how come EA: Frank Gibeau
'PC could be our biggest platform The user base is gigantic,' Gibeau told Gamasutra. 'PC retail may be a big problem, but PC downloads are awesome. The margins are much better and we don't have any rules in terms of first party approvals. From our perspective, it's an extremely healthy platform. It's totally conceivable it will become our biggest platform.'



Plus PC game Sales are up 19% for 2010

Also PC piracy is declining read this http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2011/02/21/pcga-pc-piracy-is-declining/1

I have been gamer for decades,since 1987.....you know what....EVER since people have been claiming that PC gaming is dying...that this console will end PC...ever heard of SEGA, NEO GEO, Mega Drive(probably not you can wiki it if you like)...all of this consoles have claimed their port will kill PC gaming...and where are they...mostly in the land fields...or in my case in the attic....

PC piracy....meh...its a problem on all ports....don't tell me there aren't PS3/XBOX modified consoles which accept PIRATED Copies...heck just google PS3 Crysis 2 torrent and i wonder how many hits you'll get

i love you, i cant wait till PC gaming finally dies hopefully the next gen consoles we smash the PC nerds once and for all

Lets see....the XBOX has this specs:

CPU 3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon

Storage mediums

Detachable Hard Drives
20 GB, 60 GB, 120 GB, 250 GB
Memory Cards (Removable) (Original design only)
64 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB
On-board storage chip
Arcade Consoles (later models)
256 MB, 512 MB
Budget level "Xbox 360 S" consoles:
4 GB
USB storage device (requires system software update)
1 GB to 16 GB

Memory 512 MB of GDDR3 RAM clocked at 700 MHz
Graphics 550 MHz NVIDIA/SCEI RSX 'Reality Synthesizer'

PS3

Storage capacity 2.5-inch SATA hard drive
(20 GB, 40 GB, 60 GB, 80 GB, 120 GB, 160 GB, 250 GB, or 320 GB included) (upgradeable)
Memory 256 MB system and 256 MB video
Memory 256 MB system and 256 MB video
Display
Video output formats
Graphics 550 MHz NVIDIA/SCEI RSX 'Reality Synthesizer'

My computer:

Storage 2 tb

Cpu Phenom II X6 1075T

Graphics Card: RADEON 6990

Memory: DRR3 16gb

Which port crushes what?.......and if there is said next gen console....how don't you think it will be created? it will need a NEXT GEN Computer.....and after 2 months a next next gen comp will come out to BEAT THE CRAP of your console.....

And if PC experience is so bad and console gaming is so FANTASTIC...i wonder why some flamebots of gamepad users can be seen in THE PC THREADS...and are moaning of the loss of the AUTOAIM in crysis 2...are they ABANDONING there consoles for the FANTASTIC GRAPHICS given by PC gaming...ZOMG its the END of the WORLD

Talk to me in another 10 years son...and i wonder which Medium Dies...your COnsole or our PC

PC gaming dying? Where did I hear that before?

I don't understand how people got this idea into their heads. I also do not understand why gamers insist on defending their console to the death. Yes, consoles have more players on the games you mentioned, but those are not all games. Also you can not compare steam to Xbox live or PSN since steam only accounts for a portion of PC gamers (albeit a large portion) whereas the console networks represent everybody on their respective machines.

Consoles are more popular for First Person Shooters, but PC has so much more to offer. Real time strategy games and most MMOs just would not work on consoles. And those are millions of gamers you can't just ignore. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying consoles are bad. But it's that most people only compare the rates at which FPS games are played.

Besides, "more players" and "this is where to money is" are not valid arguments. As a wise person once posted, popular =/= good. You can't deny that PC has and always will have better specs.

imo, gamers should just unite and put aside their differences. How can we every hope to get rid of this bad image when we are fighting amongst ourselves?

Before I start I want to say i like to game on MY PC and 360 and that PC games will always look better and be better but the fact of the matter is that PC gaming is dying... Let me explain.


Says who ? , same tired old , OMG! the sky is falling jibberish.

When i look at the steam store it says the most played game is counterstrike and this is every day the peak is about 80k. 80K for source and 80k or 1.6 or whatever so about 160k PEAK!


Because everyone plays counterstrike at the same time right and theirs no other games on steam :S, add them all up , also theirs 3.2 Million users peaking , yes not all playing games at the same time but their, their alive and kicking +
+ Blizzard Games Population + EAs PC gaming population and who ever else.

Then look at black ops and MW2 around 40K each on peak, now take a look at Black ops on 360 every time i play black ops on my 360 there is at least 700k player online, I went on it on Saturday last week there was 2.1 million people playing that over half of steams total players online PEAK then MW2 will have around 500k players on a day.



Poor bastards ... COD sux , MW2 was pretty much boycotted for not having dedicated servers amongst other things. Theirs nothing worse than having 10 messages a day from droopy eyed drooling children on the 360 with 100k hertz voices
screming "OMG I CAN HACK DA GAMEZ ... WANTZ 15 PRESTIGE LOBBY ? LOLZ".


so my point is that even though your games ARE better, we have far more players which is why games developers are coming to xbox and ps3 because it is such a larger market.


Keep your players , their annoying as hell , the pothetic voice comms make them sound like retarded robots, ventrillo FTW !

I don't want to see anyone on here that says well actually over some many years PC gaming has been growing... because I don't care because the whole PC community is minuscule to the size of the console community, and if you added all of the player of the top 100 games played in a day MW2 on 360 alone would double that number without peak number.


Again with the MW2 , most pc players don't give a crap about that game ...

Also PC piracy is a huge problem and don't say it is as bad on 360 because its not you wonna know how i know because i know someone with a flashed 360 that buys games for ￡3 2 weeks before they are released but ONLY plays they on an off-line account to see what they are like because if you go on xbox live with they you get banned almost instantly.


Piracy LOL ??? Every platform can be hacked offline.

Apart from the Crysis 2 bug that allows pirates to play online (which will be fixed) , theirs not many games you can play online on the pc without a valid CD key unless you play hacked serves and such , but whats the point when the main /most of the community plays on legit servers.

The 360 isn;t just as bad ? LOL your either very nieve or ignorent, so easy to hack.

When you think about it it could even be soon when making games on PC inst even feasible because of piracy and the such lower amount of copys sold on PC compared to 360/PS3.


Digital sales are through the roof and console owners still bragging about their **** retail packages ..... GET WITH THE TIMES.

Also all of this my keyboard/mouse own the controller has to end here is the truth. The joystick is better than a keyboard for movement as it moves in all 360 degrees where as keyboard is only at 45 degree intervals. also joystick can move at variable speeds for example if you push the joystick a bit you move slower this makes it better for driving games and sports games.


The 360 controller is also the Windows Controller + PC Controls are far superior as a whole and would rip apart any console controller wielding n00b , and who the hell starts moving their keyboard around ??? :S

The mouse is better than the joystick though for aiming.


^^^^^^^^

PC gaming is dieing live with it (I don't want to see it die but that's the truth, im actually building a new rig now)


Its not dying , never has been ... same tired old argument brought on by the swinging the right numbers the right way

If anything console gaming is holding the industy back with its out of date hardware, and pc gamers sat around yawning waiting for sommot to take advantage of their hardware.

Its annoying and consoles need to die already so we can get something decent.

Please dont flame but post your opinion.

It's because a lot of people can't afford to build beasty gaming PCs, I remember for the longest time I was a console owner of 360 twice and PS3 twice because I couldn't afford a nice gaming build, but in time I ended up selling them when finally had the money to build my gaming computer I've always dreamed of having, but not everyone has enough money to build one. But anywho I'm rambling, It would be really nice to see a lot more people playing computer games rather than console games.

It is also important to not that a majority of sales for PC are now digital distribution, and with digital distribution the publishers and developers make a significant amount more money per sale than retail.

-The argument of PC dying (False, already statet before in this topic)
-Consoles have larger community (Count every single PC gamer worldwide and say that again + 50% of the consoles gamers are annoying as hell)
-Consoles are the future (I dont think that the next Xbox or PS3 is going to cost 1000-2000$ for the ultimate gaming expirience, such as the PC's do. They will newer have 3D at 2500x1600 with max graphics)

imo, gamers should just unite and put aside their differences. How can we every hope to get rid of this bad image when we are fighting amongst ourselves?

I know right? Remember when being a gamer was enough to spark up a conversation with someone? Now we have PC Gamers, Console Gamers, Casual Gamers, Motion Gamers, Social Gamers and they all seem to be fighting each other.

Fact is, we all need each other. We're not that separate. They have their own strengths and weaknesses, but there's a large core that overlaps.

No-one has yet to mention the explosion of Social Gaming. We 'core' gamer dismiss it. But more people play CityVille and FarmVille, every day than World of Warcraft. This isn't going to put an end to WoW or MMO's as we know it either. In fact, think of it as a good thing. Millions upon millions of people who might not otherwise play games, are now doing so, through Facebook and other social media.

The market is changing is all and people are too quick to say it's 'Dying'.

Only if Valve Software ever closes it doors, then you can begin to worry about the state of Core PC Gaming