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re: PC game sales up 230%. Console game sales down 28%.
Posted on 7/10/12 at 2:28 pm to greystreettoker
Posted on 7/10/12 at 2:28 pm to greystreettoker
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Diablo III was the only decent title drop of the 2012 summer, so of course those numbers are gonna be skewed in PC's favor.
It's the only game you heard of. And I doubt that one game skewed the numbers that much.
If you would pay attention around here, there have been quite a "building a PC" threads, which IMO, supports the point of the article: PC gaming making a comeback. I'm not bashing console gaming at all, but I think people are starting to get over their hangups about PC gaming.
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Posted on 7/10/12 at 2:37 pm to sicboy
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It's the only game you heard of. And I doubt that one game skewed the numbers that much.
I don't
but regardless, all the consoles are at the end of their life cycles, while lots of great PC components have come out in the last year or so (ivy bridge processors, geforce 680 chips, etc)
so people are building computers that make their consoles look like Amigas and buying the games for the PC instead.
Posted on 7/10/12 at 3:00 pm to sicboy
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I doubt that one game skewed the numbers that much.
You doubt the quickest-selling PC games of all time would skew the numbers (never said by how much)?!
PC gaming is going to attract the more hardcore crowd with the next generation of consoles. Nintendo has already announced they are less-focused on the legacy titles of yester-year and are spending more time on developing a console that will meet all of the entertainment needs of the consumer. Think PC for dummies hooked up to your television instead of a monitor...
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