Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "JohnT" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Consoles are dead! Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 23:30:42 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 39 Message-ID: <6t9jul$pf54@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: nettech.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Jeff Hannan wrote in message ... >To me the most hilarious thing about ETCS is the people who are touting >the end of the console era. > >There was Datamonitor, who reckon that over the next few years PC Game >sales will outstrip that of consoles. And Intel, who are proclaiming that >games consoles are history, and that PCs are the future. > >That makes me laugh. Ha ha ha ha ha ha, oh, ha ha ha ha ha, oh god, ha ha >ha ha ha ha , or dearie me, oh dear, oh. Sorry. > >I've played most of these PC games. Most are a bit short on gameplay, >they just say 'Missing DLL, would you like us to overwrite your system >files - Quit Y/Y?' > >I don't know whether they are saying it to wind us up, or whether they are >so full of themselves they actually believe it. > >Jeff > Now, I am not saying that consoles are going to die out, far from it! However I am going to contest what you say about PC games. If most PC games give you some errors then YOU must be doing something wrong. I know my PC inside out and no games give me the sort of problems you are hinting at even when I install them using the standard options that you should also use. As for saying that most are short of gameplay, true, but the same goes for console games. Plus, most of the console games currently available are also available on the PC. Ok, you might need 3D hardware but now most new PC's come with 3D hardware installed as standard. Competition is pushing the prices lower all the time, not something that can be said for consoles (well, granted they have their prices low to start with!! ;) Nuff said :) JohnT