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Ubisoft's 2nd most popular platform is PC
Zandil
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http://www.tweaktown.com/news/46428/ubisofts-second-popular-platform-games-year-pc/index.html
Some nice figures showing PC gaming on the rise, would be interested to know what caused the rise in PC and is it likely to maintain or just a spike ?
I'm a little surprised at such a big gap between Xbox and PlayStation, thought it would have been closer than that.
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Console gaming will kill console gaming. Will this stop bad PC ports? Nope.
I think every year the line between what is considered a console and what is a PC gets thinner and thinner
Consoles are gimmicks, simply there to polarize the market and increase profitability projections. PC games can be a hit or a miss, a huge market to tap, but a very wide degree of likes and dislikes. Consoles force everyone into one of 3 categories with sub genres like fps, or sports or rpgs that perform more profitably on individual systems.
So if a company wants to make an rpg, they know to make it for playstation because that is where the rpg crowd resides mostly, if they want a profitable sports game then xbox is there for you and if all you want is to fail then go wiiU all the way.
Exclusivity, hardware stagnation, piss poor online functionality, sorry but I left console gaming 10 years ago and havent looked back since. Do not miss over priced, bland games that is running on 5 year old tech right out of the box.
I think PC gaming getting more popular would be because:
1) People are becoming more technologically savvy at a younger age.
I know a good number of people my age and up that have consoles and cell phones. But not a PC (and if they do they mostly just transfer pictures and videos to it from their phone or store movies on it). They are simply not as tech savvy as even their 7 year olds. And it is getting more and more rare to see a teenager without at least a tablet. Which also makes for an notable sub point as to why PC and Mobile (obviously) is on the rise. Technology is becoming more mobile. And consoles are not very mobile-ready.
2) PC's are becoming more and more approachable.
As much as 10 years ago you couldn't just play PC games and be better off. You had to learn a lot in order to get the most out of it. How to maintain your machine, how to use ROM's and Emulators, even how to compile and run something sometimes. And modding was a much more manual....Now there are more simplistic versions of windows (which still has the deep stuff there for those who want it), All-in-one desktops, a high degree of easy mobile device interfacing, plug-n'-play being the standard; And a lot of other things that streamlines what it means to use a PC (services such as steam and nexus/NMM/MO). One of the big draws for consoles has been their simplicity. The whole 'you don't have to be a mechanic to drive a car' thing. But, they don't own that aspect almost exclusively any more.
I think every year the line between what is considered a console and what is a PC gets thinner and thinner
Hence why I own and kick ass PC and a PS4 a and from two weeks ago an Alienware Alpha. The alpha allows me to play PC games while sitting on my lovely sofa. Yes I could rig up my PC to my TV but that just means more hassle when I need to put it back in my gaming room. The alpha has 8gig and a core I7 but gpu let's it down a bit. Everything is upgradable except the gpu which is a let down.I dont have numbers to support this but I think the reason is indie games and Early Access games.
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