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I ask this question because I run a blog called Gamer's Corner with my friend, http://gamerscnr.blogspot.com We have been doing shows on game design, competitive gaming, and gaming trends. If you happen to listen to any of our shows, keep in mind it's got a strong console influence to it, but we have PC gaming backgrounds so you will be hearing us complain a lot about the direction that console devs are taking games, but the same could also be said about PC too.
It seems that all of the classic PC devs like Epic Games, Id Software, Infinity Ward, and even Valve, are turning more towards console development rather than developing for the PC. Some say PC gaming is dead, but then you have John Carmack from Id saying, "no it's not dead, and here, let me introduce you to Quake Live, it's going to change PC gaming," yeah, I don't really buy into that just yet.
I'm new to these kinds of e-sports websites, and I probably barely know anything about the competitive world of e-sports on PC other than Vo0 and Fatality are kick ass at dueler games, specifically Quake and PK.
Does anyone think we're ever going to see classics like COD1, Counter-strike, Quake 3, etc...get created again? I'm not asking for a COD1.5, or even a re-furbished version of COD1, but there's proof in the fact that COD1 to COD4 was a matter of taking a skill-based game that provided some challenge and learning curve and then basically wiping that entirely out of the spectrum and creating a noobie COD4 with fabricated gameplay...*COUGH* perks.
I went over to console recently in the past 3 years because I couldn't afford my PC hardware upgrades anymore, but when I come to think of it, what PC games have come out recently that demand more hardware are actually good?? None.
What are your guys thoughts on the PC gaming scene from both a e-sports point of view, and just a general PC shooter's pov?
It seems that all of the classic PC devs like Epic Games, Id Software, Infinity Ward, and even Valve, are turning more towards console development rather than developing for the PC. Some say PC gaming is dead, but then you have John Carmack from Id saying, "no it's not dead, and here, let me introduce you to Quake Live, it's going to change PC gaming," yeah, I don't really buy into that just yet.
I'm new to these kinds of e-sports websites, and I probably barely know anything about the competitive world of e-sports on PC other than Vo0 and Fatality are kick ass at dueler games, specifically Quake and PK.
Does anyone think we're ever going to see classics like COD1, Counter-strike, Quake 3, etc...get created again? I'm not asking for a COD1.5, or even a re-furbished version of COD1, but there's proof in the fact that COD1 to COD4 was a matter of taking a skill-based game that provided some challenge and learning curve and then basically wiping that entirely out of the spectrum and creating a noobie COD4 with fabricated gameplay...*COUGH* perks.
I went over to console recently in the past 3 years because I couldn't afford my PC hardware upgrades anymore, but when I come to think of it, what PC games have come out recently that demand more hardware are actually good?? None.
What are your guys thoughts on the PC gaming scene from both a e-sports point of view, and just a general PC shooter's pov?
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