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Also, not sure if its been mentioned, It cannot be customizable at all. One version works for all. I dont need better graphics or processors or that sort of shit on one of them. I dont wanna change hardware inside so I can run crysis2.0.

MAKE IT FUCKING SIMPLE

mferrari

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It actually sounds like you just described the “Phantom” gaming console. Almost to a T.

Online distribution, simple all in one box, no wires . . .

Fuzz

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PC gaming will exist as long as there are PCs, sure. Put that many of something out in the world and somebody will make games for it, no matter what it is (Ex: iPod).

However, the PC gaming market has seen increasing problems that may cause PC centric development to start to wane. We’ll probably start seeing PC devs like valve target the consoles and then port to the PC, not the other way around.

1) the video card problem: essentially you get to pay for something that costs as much as a console, but you do it every 2 years instead of 5. Not cool. Without doing this you’re stuck playing “outdated” games

2) the console threat: consoles have been adding PC like features. Soon there will be little to differentiate. The best current example is UT3 on the PS3: you get free online play, keyboard and mouse support, mod support… all without having to worry about frame rates and video cards and settings and other bull.

Sure games like World of Warcraft injected some life into PC gaming by bringing some more casuals in, but there’s really no reason that couldn’t be ported to the PS3/360 other than Blizzard not wanting to do it.

Remember, the only thing that separates console gaming from PC gaming is all the NON-GAMING stuff: bloated OS, ability to run a word processor, etc. There is of course the modding/customizing angle, but very few consumers care to do that and development of ANYTHING requires a PC, so that’s nothing unique to video games.

Padriac

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I really just want a good mouse and keyboard system for console, I’m a complete fool with a controller it’s really depressing to watch. I’d stop playing co
mputer games if that came about

ridered

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I’ve been a PC gamer who turned my nose up at consoles for over 20 years. This year was one of “those” years that every PC gamer faces… one of those years when your unbelievably awesome, wow, I can play every game out at max settings PC that you built a few years ago, is hurting and badly in need of upgrades to play anything current.

I took a good, hard look at the now absolutely ridiculous video card market, and the monstrosity of an operating system that is Windows Vista, looked at my bonus check from work, and said screw it.. and bought a 42″ LCD TV (with 4ms response time) and an XBox360.

Is it as powerful as a top of the line gaming PC? No, of course not. Thing is, I don’t care. Half Life 2 looks awesome at 1080p in widescreen at 42″ and even with the console controller I’m having more fun kicked back on my ouch playing the game now than I ever did on my PC.

Now, I don’t have to worry about whether or not the game I’m buying is going to run ok, and I’m free to run operating systems I actually use to get work done on my computer without having to worry about needing Windows for games. PC gaming problem solved.

I blame the ridiculous PC gaming hardware and software industry for driving me to console gaming.

gnugeek

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