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Epic boss: consoles will choke PC gaming for years

July 30, 2007 in News comments 5

The advantages of PC gaming may be clear for all to see, the constant evolution, DirectX 10, and the obvious power gap down to home-based consoles, but according to Epic Games' Mark Rein, the PC format will likely be playing second fiddle to the PS3 and Xbox 360 for a number of years.

Epic's Mark Rein has said the huge gulf between low-end and high-end PCs at present is making PC development a lot less economically viable.

He added that developers are going to want to plump for creating games on the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 rather than the PC, even if it means restricting themselves from the limits of their known graphical capabilities.
mistermostyn via gamersquad.com »
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    Xenctuary Jul 30, 07
    Interesting theory, never thought of it that way.
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    tekmosis Jul 30, 07
    I still think that PC's have a larger edge over a console. FPS imo are only decent on a PC rather than a console. The PS3 isn't the easiest platform to code for and with the 360 you need to pay a monthly fee for XBOX Live as well as downloadable content ontop of your monthly fees for highspeed internet.

    Not *all* developers are going the DX10 route and yet they can still make a very large impact without the graphics looking totally awesome (ie: Left 4 Dead).

    These days almost everyone has a PC and upgrading may even end up costing less than the price of a next gen console (PS3 / 360).
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    tidus04 Jul 31, 07
    I dont get how they can say it will play secound fiddle to the consoles, the PC is a bigger system and can strectch so much.
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    Bale Fire Jul 31, 07
    Yeah but it costs a lot of money to play the latest games
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    JJBDude Jul 31, 07
    I'm sure there are plenty of people like me that enjoy relaxing on the sofa playing on a nice big HDTV. Now I know this is possible to fix and change to suit the likes of me on a computer but am I really going to bother to do this? No, and I don't think many people will.

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