2nd May 2005, 5:24 PM
Yes, we DO all agree there is seperation, just not that it's a defined and complete seperation. What I'm saying is the seperation is only a somewhat larger version of the seperation between the Gamecube, XBox and PS2 "markets" if you want to call them that.
Also, we agree with the idea of markets in general. However, to make my little comment up there make some sense, did you actually get taught that consoles and the PC world are totally seperate markets, or did you simply come to that conclusion USING the facts of marketting they taught you. I would submit you may have come to the wrong conclusion using that knowledge based on preconceptions that may not be entirely valid. What I'm saying is that despite what you may have learned, you may not be using it properly in this one specific case.
I say this only because, well, yes people DO advertise consoles and PC directly against each other. Not that often, not nearly as often as console vs console (and even that has waned a bit because direct fanboy style comparisons just aren't fasionable any more), but it happens often enough. I've seen plenty of advertisements along the lines of "this version on the PC is for the REAL gamers" or better yet "let's see the consoles do THIS". You may know these advertisements better as "IGN reviews" or "pamphlets they give out in the store".
Also, we agree with the idea of markets in general. However, to make my little comment up there make some sense, did you actually get taught that consoles and the PC world are totally seperate markets, or did you simply come to that conclusion USING the facts of marketting they taught you. I would submit you may have come to the wrong conclusion using that knowledge based on preconceptions that may not be entirely valid. What I'm saying is that despite what you may have learned, you may not be using it properly in this one specific case.
I say this only because, well, yes people DO advertise consoles and PC directly against each other. Not that often, not nearly as often as console vs console (and even that has waned a bit because direct fanboy style comparisons just aren't fasionable any more), but it happens often enough. I've seen plenty of advertisements along the lines of "this version on the PC is for the REAL gamers" or better yet "let's see the consoles do THIS". You may know these advertisements better as "IGN reviews" or "pamphlets they give out in the store".
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)