Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Nick Slaven" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Consoles are dead! Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 00:56:25 +0100 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 34 Message-ID: <6t9pe6$pf55@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <6t9jul$pf54@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: mfs2-dnbqw-137.gbr.compuserve.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 JohnT wrote in message <6t9jul$pf54@chuka.playstation.co.uk>... >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. This is the whole problem with PCs, users have to learn too much, any user should be able to operate a PC without learning (most people simply haven't got the time & therefore rely on the programmers to do a good job) ie intuitive. How would you feel about your VCR if you had to retune your TV everytime you got a new video tape, you'ld probably not use it (lets face it the majority of the population can't even program a VCR, hence video Plus ,so what hope have they got with a PC when their game gives them some cryptic error message). Gaming is entertainment, if your average punter has to learn the inner workings of the machine that is supposed to entertain them, then in my mind some of that entertainment is lost. I think that the PC vs console arguments are missing the point, the real aim is a broader audience for games, if this turns out to be a console, Mac or a more friendly PC (that plugs into your spanking new digital TV) then so be it. Cheers Nick S (who enjoys games on PCs & consoles)