Post to encourage better PC coverage on Giant Bomb.

Meh.

It's all about that xbox, baby.

What do you want specifically?  More reviews?  More discussion?  Because I think they're covering it just fine proportionally.

The guys just don't seem to be into PC style games that much, and since they are all achievement whores any multi-plate stuff is going to be played on 360(unless it's GfWL, then they play both). Dave seems to be the only one really into PC style games but he's not really on the editorial staff.

Plus... there really isn't a whole lot of stuff to cover. Ryan is reviewing the Sims 3.

Put down the cheetos fat man and make the edits yourself

some genres only work on PCs. Genres that I like. PC!

GiantBomb really needs an ignore feature so I don't have to read ignorant post like Fallen189.

Post to encourage the Giant Bomb guys to cover what games interest them, and nothing else.

Post to encourage oDawg to check out another website, were reviewers get paid to cover games they don't care about.

There isn't really a huge amount of PC stuff out there. They have covered most of the major PC releases that have happened since the site launch. Cryostasis, Zeno Clash, Demigod, Company of Hero's Tales of Valour, Empire Total War, Warhammer 40k DoW 2, WoW:WOTLK, Crysis Warhead, have all had reviews. Sure, there is a tonne more great indie stuff out there, and I'd love to see more coverage of it, but they are a small group of staff, they have to be selective, so they generally focus on the major releases.

I'd like a gaming site to to bring some real questions to developers as to why they end up integrating GFWL. Or some balanced discussion about piracy. Generally just some more PC stuff to balance the obvious console slant this site has.

Frequently games are listed on here as being 360/PS3 only, when in fact there is a PC version too... Not that this is a big deal, but it shows how little awareness/fondness the editors have towards PC games.

I really appreciate when reviewers discuss the multi-platform differences, as unpopular as such discussions are among developers/publishers/advertisers.  ie: what's Prototype like on the PC? let me check it out on Giant bomb.. oh wait, they list it as 360/ps3.

It's as simple as making sure the next reviewer they might hire is a pc fanboy at heart? :)

there are games on the computer besides MMOs and RTSs?!?!?

Visit Giant Bomb and Rock, Paper, Shotgun and you're all set.

RPS is exclusively PC coverage, so there's not much overlap.

They really can't cover PC games unless the game is only on PC.

Dude they cover them fine

Sims 3, Starcraft, Dragon Age Origins, Crysis Warhead, Empire Total War... please dont make me list them all

They do fine, the main problem is there isn't much coverage cause their aren't crazy amounts of PC only games, and they reviewed Total War, Warhammer, and other games.  I am sure Brad is going to review Dragon Age Origins on PC, but probably play 360 to say what its like. 

Most PC games that come out these days come out both on 360 and PC so they are going to mainly focus on 360 since more people want to know about it. 

It would be nice if Giant Bomb doesn't always review the 360 version of multi-platform games.

What PC is there to cover. I mean honestly, do you think Laegue of Legends, Zeno Clash, and all these other indie games are going to push headlines? There are plenty of great PC titles to go around, there just aren't a lot of centralized demand for that kind of coverage.

Meh.

I really don't care about PC simply because my PC is shit...  Thus, I can't really play any of the newer games.  I must admit that many types of games are better on the PC, (namely FPS, RTS, MMO) but I like buying console games in confidence that I'll be getting a good framerate with nice graphics, rather than buy a PC game to find that I need to run it at 800x600 to get an FPS above 20.

And while they're at it, they should have some more Dreamcast Coverage. IT ISN'T DEAD EITHER.

i still wish they coverd more pc..

altho i enjoy watchign anything game related i would be more happier if there were more pc coverage.

theres probably a poor demand for PC coverage so why waste resources

Their aren't really any pc  titles worth covering now or in the near/distant future that aren't also coming to consoles, except maybe Blizzards stuff and a handful of mmos. 
I mean hell Crysis 2 is going to be on ps3 and 360, that pretty much says it all.

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@oDawg said:

" I'd like a gaming site to to bring some real questions to developers as to why they end up integrating GFWL.

No game interviewers ask developers/publishers hard questions like that.  Personally I wish they would, not about that question specifically but I have a lot of my own questions.

@oDawg said:

Or some balanced discussion about piracy.

Piracy is wrong and illegal, why should they discuss it?  Maybe if there weren't so many pirates in the first place there'd be more PC games for GB staff to discuss in the first place.

@oDawg said:

Generally just some more PC stuff to balance the obvious console slant this site has.

The games industry as a whole has an obvious console slant these days, and Giant Bomb wants a decent cross section of coverage wanted by gamers.

@oDawg said:

I really appreciate when reviewers discuss the multi-platform differences, as unpopular as such discussions are among developers/publishers/advertisers.  ie: what's Prototype like on the PC? let me check it out on Giant bomb.. oh wait, they list it as 360/ps3.

To do that sort of thing right it really takes a lot of hard work, and who does it benefit?  That sort of thing is already covered by other sites, and if it's done well enough it doesn't need to be covered again.  Simple things like "Ghostbusters on PC has no MP" is really most of all you need to know, and that stuff gets passed around on forums anyways."

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@TheOGVandalvideo said:

" What PC is there to cover. I mean honestly, do you think Laegue of Legends, Zeno Clash, and all these other indie games are going to push headlines? There are plenty of great PC titles to go around, there just aren't a lot of centralized demand for that kind of coverage. "

They won't push headlines if nobody covers them. Some of the most interesting games I've played recently were small, unknown games which I found through sites like Rock, Paper, Shotgun. "

Giant Bomb's pc coverage = this man.

I dont think the PC get undercovered here, your obviously not looking hard enough, also you need to bare in mind that there arent as many big PC releases anymore compared to the console releases.

I have all platforms and think the equality here is pretty good, maybe if any the PSP doesnt get much love, but lets face it, the PSP is like that little annoying cousin you dont really like anyways.

Also read the front page,  the bit where it says

so, if you want more PC coverage, make it,   the more people involved the better the site will be and the more others will be encouraged to contribute.

I'm a PC gamer and I don't own a 360 or PS3 but I'm happy enough with the coverage PC gaming gets here. One look through my installed game list shows very few PC only titles.