14th March 2006, 9:27 PM
Quote:I have nothing against PC gaming, I just don't care for it. Go nuts and have fun, seriously.
BTW, what the fuck is so hard to understand about NOT wanting to sit at a computer desk? WTF is so hard to grasp about liking to sit/lay on my living room floor during the small amount of time I do get to play video games?
I got beyond "wanting to be in some specific place to play games" a long time ago... and it was for the better (though for me, since we had PCs before any consoles, the case was different in the details)...
Quote:Drop it. You haven't gained any ground here. There never was an arguement to begin with. Shit, it's kind of like someone asking you why you don't like a certain flavor ice cream (rocky road in my case). I just don't enjoy the flavor, so why would I subject myself to it?
No, that's a matter of pure opinion. This isn't.
It just looks like you've got a completely irrational dislike for an entire segment of gaming... I just do not understand people who say that PC gaming is bad for silly reasons like yours... I mean, if it was "PC games are all FPSes and strategy games and MMORPGs and I prefer other things" that would be mostly true if we restricted the discussion to current games, but that wasn't really your case (excepting MMORPGs).
And as I said, a television, and a gamepad, quite simply do not work for some kinds of games. Though the Revolution might change that a bit... we'll see...
Quote:I don't think there's a problem here in the U.S. As with the transition to every generation, there's a slump as the older consoles begin to dwindle out and the newer consoles are too expensive for the mass market. It's a transition, a trend.
I fully respect and applaud Nintendo's efforts to expand the video game market. I just don't buy in to their bullshit that gaming is in trouble.
You simply cannot look at the state of originality in games, the current gamer demographic, the current sales trend, the question of 'who exactly are playing games and where are they playing them', and not come off with the conclusion that there is a problem... it is simply impossible...
Quote:Which is why I've been saying they need to diversify their franchises and genres...this whole fucking time. Jesus Christ.
The point is that they're doing that... but in their way, not in the one you'd prefer.