Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!macsuppor From: macsuppor@a1.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis) Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Consoles are dead! Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 08:30:57 +0200 Organization: Debri Productions Lines: 31 Message-ID: <1df6pq0.1bsg86rmvmdogN@a1-88-108.a1.nl> References: <6t9jul$pf54@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <6t9pe6$pf55@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: a1-88-108.a1.nl X-Newsreader: MacSOUP 2.3 (unregistered for 38 days) Nick Slaven wrote: > 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. > I totally agree! DEnnis..