Why is wow a sad reason to consider the pc a gaming platform (I shouldn't have said console)? Its the best mmo ever made. That isn't just fanboy dribble, look at how many units it has sold. Please don't respond with "sales don't mean anything", because they do. They mean everything. Sales > reviews. Sales > your opinion of the game. Sales > God.
Sure, I'll give the PC props for starting the FPS genre. The PC opened a lot of doors for the gaming industry in general, but let's be serious...consoles are king.
As for console gamers being able to keep up with the "pace". That's my complaint...Being able to do a 180 degree turn just by twitching the mouse is moronic. Ill admit that I'm horrific at it, but that isn't the point. Console shooters are far more balanced than their PC counterparts, the competition is much more fierce, and most importantly they are more fun. (An opinion I know, but hey I can't just spew facts all day)
Play what you like. That is the whole point of gaming. I just thought I would rant for a bit.
And yes, you would rofflestomp me at Counter Strike.
Kings or not - consoles aren't the only gaming hardware, and to think a 'king must be the only thing' is a seriously devistating perspective. With that perspective the King is left with no one to keep him in check. Prices and rules would skyrocket as nature takes it's course; a monopoly is formed. If you want a king only, don't pretend to be ruled by a free economic system of sales.
Consoles being more balanced? I don't know much, but I do know THEY frequently patch - versus consoles JUST NOW catching up to that mentality. In addition to that consoles have NOTHING that rivals the true open market mentality of gamer generated content and testing. To try and fight that appeal with the current state of console development is a landslide of a losing side.
In the end - why can't you people just let each industry be happy, and those who love one, love without being hated?
And sales will NEVER > God. God >>> Everything.
At best - sales are driven by the masses. The masses are informed through the media, constantly swayed by marketing. Your media is your god at this point.
If Sales > Everything - then there would be NO sleeper hits. No cult classics. No variety beyond the top 10 pop. You are empowering sales WAY TOO MUCH. To think sales should be the earmark of quality would make any creative person shiver at the concept.
Plenty of companies, creative firms, and individuals have NO CLUE about MARKETING. Without marketing you cannot power MEDIA. Without Media, you are VERY UNLIKELY to have massive sales. Sales are also driven by those with the pocketbook to do so - who are getting rich off smart business - fueling media to people who think they should buy whatever is marketed -_-
Those that don't have money to make money? Make sleeper hits. Make quality awesome experiences. Sales numbers never came into it, and usually won't till some pocketbook stumbles upon it and starts up a media push.
And on WoW? Screw wow. WoW has ruined many a gamer community by taking quality individuals away from their various games - and putting them on ladders to waste their time and money. I wish WoW would have never sold so well, so that people wouldn't have had to suffer at it's lousy lousy system. But it's simply the digital equliviant of any addictive substance, so it spread like wildfire through those unaware masses you so empower due to their mega volume purchasing. You want to win WoW? Uninstall it. That's the last level.
We all have our opinions. Here is where I also discount all I've said so no one is offended, lol. Just because we have opinions though, doesn't mean we should rain down on peoples threads lol. Course - this seems to have devolved into something worthy of being in the Chat forum - as nothing really maintains topic here, chat is unchecked, which leads to spam. Spam fills the internet. The internet is a series of tubes. Have you cleaned your tubes lately?
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