Comments on: Do not buy Gears of War 2 http://ageekslife.com/2008/09/do-not-buy-gears-of-war-2/ Life in the key of Geek Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Gears of War 2 Glitches http://ageekslife.com/2008/09/do-not-buy-gears-of-war-2/#comment-112 Gears of War 2 Glitches Thu, 21 May 2009 01:55:46 +0000 http://www.geekfridge.com/?p=216#comment-112 I don't think enough people listened to you ;)<br>But that does suck that they would say that about high-end PC owners. I don't think enough people listened to you ;)
But that does suck that they would say that about high-end PC owners.

]]> By: Gears of War 2 Glitches http://ageekslife.com/2008/09/do-not-buy-gears-of-war-2/#comment-111 Gears of War 2 Glitches Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:05:41 +0000 http://www.geekfridge.com/?p=216#comment-111 I don't think enough people listened to you ;) But that does suck that they would say that about high-end PC owners. I don’t think enough people listened to you ;)
But that does suck that they would say that about high-end PC owners.

]]> By: Bloodwin http://ageekslife.com/2008/09/do-not-buy-gears-of-war-2/#comment-110 Bloodwin Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:05:35 +0000 http://www.geekfridge.com/?p=216#comment-110 Aside from the piracy issue, many people who play on PCs will own an XBox as well and IMO that's where this kind of game belongs. Gears of War looked pretty but other than that there was no new gameplay. It didn't do anything significantly different or even better than Halo. There's also the thing that many PC gamers play MMOs on their PCs now. I know I haven't seriously looked at another game since playing WoW these last 3 years. Starcraft II will drag me away for a bit as will Diablo, but for me PCs means MMOs or RTS or RPGs. FPS games just feel better on a console with a controller. I know there are good FPS games on PCs but not being a huge fan of the genre those games pass me by. What also kills the PC market is that you often need a high spec machine which I just don't have the money for or the need. I play WoW on a mac mini, so I couldn't play these games if I wanted to. If companies want to get back to decent PC sales they need to create games with more reasonable requirements that have decent game play. That's why RTS games have longevity on PCs - you can mod your own levels even after you have played the retail scenarios. As I said I'm not a big player of FPS games, but I'd love to see one where you can design your own levels. Then you can make your own layouts and you could have fan submitted ones. This would then build a stronger community around the games. Also many people have a home computer for the internet and just in case they need to write official letters. They may not have or want a console game system in the house. By making good games for PCs they can tap into a market that doesn't buy lots of games but are very loyal to certain companies that keep making good games for them. This is where companies like Blizzard make a killing. Having said all that, this kind of PR is just plain bad for a company as most players who own high end rigs also own consoles and wont think favourably of that company. Getting personal about potential customers is really dumb in a luxury market that is going to see people cutting back on spending. Aside from the piracy issue, many people who play on PCs will own an XBox as well and IMO that’s where this kind of game belongs. Gears of War looked pretty but other than that there was no new gameplay. It didn’t do anything significantly different or even better than Halo. There’s also the thing that many PC gamers play MMOs on their PCs now. I know I haven’t seriously looked at another game since playing WoW these last 3 years. Starcraft II will drag me away for a bit as will Diablo, but for me PCs means MMOs or RTS or RPGs. FPS games just feel better on a console with a controller. I know there are good FPS games on PCs but not being a huge fan of the genre those games pass me by.

What also kills the PC market is that you often need a high spec machine which I just don’t have the money for or the need. I play WoW on a mac mini, so I couldn’t play these games if I wanted to. If companies want to get back to decent PC sales they need to create games with more reasonable requirements that have decent game play. That’s why RTS games have longevity on PCs – you can mod your own levels even after you have played the retail scenarios.

As I said I’m not a big player of FPS games, but I’d love to see one where you can design your own levels. Then you can make your own layouts and you could have fan submitted ones. This would then build a stronger community around the games.

Also many people have a home computer for the internet and just in case they need to write official letters. They may not have or want a console game system in the house. By making good games for PCs they can tap into a market that doesn’t buy lots of games but are very loyal to certain companies that keep making good games for them. This is where companies like Blizzard make a killing.

Having said all that, this kind of PR is just plain bad for a company as most players who own high end rigs also own consoles and wont think favourably of that company. Getting personal about potential customers is really dumb in a luxury market that is going to see people cutting back on spending.

]]> By: Kevin Doyleq http://ageekslife.com/2008/09/do-not-buy-gears-of-war-2/#comment-109 Kevin Doyleq Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:43:20 +0000 http://www.geekfridge.com/?p=216#comment-109 I does suck that they feel forced to abandon a platform because of piracy but if they feel they are unable to make good money then I suppose I don't blame them. The PC gaming market seems to be dying. With the exception of some big MMO's its getting less and less exclusives and the consoles are taking over. As a PC gamer myself I play less on the PC. I used to play Battlefield and HL2 but games like COD:4 and Battlefield on the 360 are filling my time. The consoles were lacking the online aspects of PC gaming but that's now no longer the case. I think the lack of a Gears PC release is the first of many. I does suck that they feel forced to abandon a platform because of piracy but if they feel they are unable to make good money then I suppose I don’t blame them.

The PC gaming market seems to be dying. With the exception of some big MMO’s its getting less and less exclusives and the consoles are taking over.

As a PC gamer myself I play less on the PC. I used to play Battlefield and HL2 but games like COD:4 and Battlefield on the 360 are filling my time. The consoles were lacking the online aspects of PC gaming but that’s now no longer the case.

I think the lack of a Gears PC release is the first of many.

]]> By: Starman http://ageekslife.com/2008/09/do-not-buy-gears-of-war-2/#comment-108 Starman Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:31:23 +0000 http://www.geekfridge.com/?p=216#comment-108 Well, in this case we're not getting a game at all. Regardless of the suggestion, I think lumping all high end PC owners as pirates is disrespectful. Well, in this case we’re not getting a game at all. Regardless of the suggestion, I think lumping all high end PC owners as pirates is disrespectful.

]]> By: Brad http://ageekslife.com/2008/09/do-not-buy-gears-of-war-2/#comment-107 Brad Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:29:08 +0000 http://www.geekfridge.com/?p=216#comment-107 I don't think your suggestion is a very good one - I don't want to buy a game that I can play for as long as those servers are up and running...I still play games that are 7-8 years old like Diablo II for instance. I don’t think your suggestion is a very good one – I don’t want to buy a game that I can play for as long as those servers are up and running…I still play games that are 7-8 years old like Diablo II for instance.

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