Many of my friends are console gamers and they won't leave me the hell alone about my PC love. You've heard the stuff, PC gaming is dead, piracy, price, no universal distribution, etc. But there's one thing I really think would help PC gaming is a shift in the GAMES itself. What I mean is that some people, like me, still believe a good ol keyboard and mouse combo is the best controller on the planet. That being said, the bulk of games these days for the PC are FPSs or MMOs. Is that really the best a keyboard and mouse can do?  
 
Remember when the Wii first came out? Developers always said that instead of focusing on the hardware, it was best to focus around the controller and build games around that. Well, can't PC developers think of something else to do with our mouse than shoot or loot?

This seems like blatant advertising. The only difference is that you have 3 more posts than most of the people who try this here.  
 
I think something better could be done with computers if they required the use of something other than a keyboard. I always hate using them to control characters and the like. 

" This seems like blatant advertising. The only difference is that you have 3 more posts than most of the people who try this here.   I think something better could be done with computers if they required the use of something other than a keyboard. I always hate using them to control characters and the like.  "

I love Loot n Shoot :D
 
Just give me my MW2 on 11.10.09 damnit!

PC gaming will never change and it will never die either (at least it wont die BEFORE consoles die) because it's a free market where anyone can do anything, and you simply can't bring that shit down.

PC gaming is in a hard place in a lot of ways.  You can't really innovate control systems (or hardware or games design even) like the Wii because they can't force it on consumers.  The money isn't in PC gaming these days either, so the resources available for even considering such a diversion aren't there.
 
Biggest of all I don't see any life being poured into PC gaming.  It seems like a cycle that will only get worse and worse at this point.

PC gaming wont become mainstream unless a company like microsoft unites all of the game publishers/developers under one platform. 
 
They had the right idea with games for windows live, but it doesnt work when they don't put enough manpower or effort into it.

" PC gaming is in a hard place in a lot of ways.  You can't really innovate control systems (or hardware or games design even) like the Wii because they can't force it on consumers.  The money isn't in PC gaming these days either, so the resources available for even considering such a diversion aren't there.  
 
Biggest of all I don't see any life being poured into PC gaming.  It seems like a cycle that will only get worse and worse at this point. "

What Hamz said. I love my PC. It's shit but I love it for what it is. With companies delaying PC games and computer hardware not being any cheaper it's hard to stay a PC gamer for long. Although there have been a few titles released for the PC recently, it's been eclipsed by consoles and handhelds who's been running off with the great titles, leaving PC gamers in the rain. PC gaming would never die, despite the flaws it has the potential that consoles would never have.

I am not too worried, honestly. 
 
There will always be SP games for the PC, even if they come out on the consoles first and like a year later on the PC. MP will always be dominating on PC, and I am content with this.

 
I don't have much to add to this thread, but I've noticed an increase in the amount of PC talk going on in the last 6 months. More people finally getting gaming PCs, sites showing more PC footage, companies vowing more PC support, etc. Stuff like that. Perhaps I'm delusional, but that's what seems to be happening. :)

This has happened before, and will happen again. PC dominance ebbs and flows. With the release of new consoles, everyone gets together and proclaims the death of PC gaming. After a few years however, when PCs begin to outpace the current consoles again in value and performance, more games come out and they look like a better option.

" I love Loot n Shoot :D  Just give me my MW2 on 11.10.09 damnit! "

" Many of my friends are console gamers and they won't leave me the hell alone about my PC love. You've heard the stuff, PC gaming is dead, piracy, price, no universal distribution, etc. But there's one thing I really think would help PC gaming is a shift in the GAMES itself. What I mean is that some people, like me, still believe a good ol keyboard and mouse combo is the best controller on the planet. That being said, the bulk of games these days for the PC are FPSs or MMOs. Is that really the best a keyboard and mouse can do?  
 
Remember when the Wii first came out? Developers always said that instead of focusing on the hardware, it was best to focus around the controller and build games around that. Well, can't PC developers think of something else to do with our mouse than shoot or loot?
"

Honestly, I'm looking forward to Borderlands. It's loot AND shoot! 
 
But yeah, any tried Osmos off Steam? It's a great example of using simple controls to make a really addictive game!

ah PC gaming is fine, consoles are slowly becoming pc's anyway lol

" ah PC gaming is fine, consoles are slowly becoming pc's anyway lol "

" I love PC gaming, but the fact that they delayed MW2 by 2 weeks for PC, is really bringing me down. But when i see Call of Duty in 1920 by 1080, it will be alright.  And there are still a ton of RTS type games on PC, more than any other system. "

" PC gaming wont become mainstream unless a company like microsoft unites all of the game publishers/developers under one platform.   They had the right idea with games for windows live, but it doesnt work when they don't put enough manpower or effort into it. "

"  I don't have much to add to this thread, but I've noticed an increase in the amount of PC talk going on in the last 6 months. More people finally getting gaming PCs, sites showing more PC footage, companies vowing more PC support, etc. Stuff like that. Perhaps I'm delusional, but that's what seems to be happening. :) "

wow many of your  "friends" sound like typical retarded console gamers than are dumber than a box of rocks.

" @Gunner said:

" PC gaming wont become mainstream unless a company like microsoft unites all of the game publishers/developers under one platform.   They had the right idea with games for windows live, but it doesnt work when they don't put enough manpower or effort into it. "

GFWL is horrible. No push-to-voice key :( "

Besides the fact that sometimes the Offline mode doesn't work.
 
But yeah Steam is my platform of choice in PC Gaming, almost every buy I have made this year for my PC was on Steam, it is just a great system and its always improving. But fuck, they have the fucking conversions all wrong, a thing I like better on Impulse is that what I pay in Euros is the conversion from dollars and not the price they choose.

" @mrhankey: steam is great. there's no reason to dislike it <3 "

maybe, i don't think there is going to bea  revolution anytime soon. maybe they will make something new for the mouse and keyboard but i don't think it will fully happen.