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Neon
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 Posted: Sun, 13th Feb 2011 21:57 Post subject: Hear that knocking sound? It’s PC gaming! |
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http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2010/04/19/hear-that-knocking-sound-its-pc-gaming/
| Quote: | Do you know what the opportunities are in PC gaming? They’re probably better then you think – the PC gaming market is much bigger than consoles, both in installed base and in money made.
What’s interesting to see is just how much larger the PC base is than any of the consoles. To tell you the truth, I really hadn’t realized how large a difference it is until I put this chart together.
Enthusiast PCs are 62% of the total market, and there are 4PCs out there for every Wii, 7 PCs for every Xbox360 and 8 PCs for every PS3. Wow. |
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Feb 2011 22:01 Post subject: |
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yep. now pc is regaining strenght. But wait till next generation of consoles
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chiv
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Feb 2011 22:03 Post subject: |
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this means nothing unless your making nothing but fucking mmos to cater to 80% of those pcs... located in asia, before you ask 
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Feb 2011 22:03 Post subject: Re: Hear that knocking sound? It’s PC gaming! |
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| Neon wrote: | | Enthusiast PCs are 62% of the total market |
Hard to believe that, tbh.. For every person that has an enthusiast PC I see there are 5 persons with cheap-ass netbooks.
| Quote: | | For PCs, we took 2 years cumulative sales of DX10+ discrete graphics cards to estimate the number of enthusiast PCs that are capable of playing most games. |
And here is why the stats are incorrect. There are many cheap dx10+ cards that cannot even compete with consoles.. and there are millions of those cards sold. These aren't enthusiast PCs.. not at all.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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tonizito
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Feb 2011 22:12 Post subject: Re: Hear that knocking sound? It’s PC gaming! |
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| consolitis wrote: | | Neon wrote: | | Enthusiast PCs are 62% of the total market |
Hard to believe that, tbh.. For every person that has an enthusiast PC I see there are 5 persons with cheap-ass netbooks. |
This.
And besides, aren't these news tied with the fact that Intel just entered that PC Gaming Alliance bullshit group a couple of weeks ago?
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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Leftos
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Feb 2011 22:12 Post subject: |
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I know what you mean. I ask my friends after they've bought a (ready-made) brand new computer their graphics card, and the first digit almost manages to make me jealous at how new their graphics card is, until I hear them end their phrase with something along the lines of 100, 200 or 300. Or even 500.
Enthusiast PCs my ass.
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Neon
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Feb 2011 22:18 Post subject: |
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tonizito
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Feb 2011 22:25 Post subject: |
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Stupid developers, falling for the same trick over and over again. 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Feb 2011 22:29 Post subject: |
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Well, it's not the 'fan pressure' they're falling for. It's the potential profits. It's not as if porting a game is extremely expensive, especially not with the crappy ports we're seeing. Thus they'll simply open themselves up to a new market at very little cost. Pretty much can't avoid profiting from it.
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Hierofan
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Feb 2011 22:30 Post subject: |
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| KillerCrocker wrote: | | yep. now pc is regaining strenght. But wait till next generation of consoles |
for what ?
another piece of old hardware stuck into a well designed box ? maybe mac will make they're own console , the ifaggot , where you ramm the controller up your ass and use it as a joystick
consolekids will think OMAHGAWD MAH PS720 DOES 1080p PHER HOUR when it actually doesn't and it barely runs anything that isnt tailored to it's smallest piece to work properly.
Arma 2 , STALKER (even with it's bad coding) or Crysis would probably set current consoles on fire if they'd try to run them on medium and 720p. |
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| Posted: Sun, 13th Feb 2011 22:46 Post subject: |
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"social network: games played within social networks, such as facebook."
are they talking like an online dating app inside of facebook? or what are people spending so much money on facebook for?
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Leftos
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Feb 2011 03:19 Post subject: |
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Most Facebook games use the successful recipe of Free-To-Play, Pay-To-Advance-Faster-Or-Get-Unique-Items. You'd be surprised at how many people actually do pay.
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Feb 2011 03:26 Post subject: |
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wow, people actually pay money to level up in games like farmville LOL
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ixigia
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Feb 2011 03:54 Post subject: |
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| HunterHare wrote: | | wow, people actually pay money to level up in games like farmville LOL |
and WoW.
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Feb 2011 05:23 Post subject: |
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| Roger_Young wrote: | | HunterHare wrote: | | wow, people actually pay money to level up in games like farmville LOL |
and WoW. |
lol @ trying to compare farmville to wow
haters gonna hate
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Feb 2011 10:31 Post subject: Re: Hear that knocking sound? It’s PC gaming! |
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| consolitis wrote: | | Neon wrote: | | Enthusiast PCs are 62% of the total market |
Hard to believe that, tbh.. For every person that has an enthusiast PC I see there are 5 persons with cheap-ass netbooks.
| Quote: | | For PCs, we took 2 years cumulative sales of DX10+ discrete graphics cards to estimate the number of enthusiast PCs that are capable of playing most games. |
And here is why the stats are incorrect. There are many cheap dx10+ cards that cannot even compete with consoles.. and there are millions of those cards sold. These aren't enthusiast PCs.. not at all. |
enthusiast doesnt have to mean 'top of the line updated monthly and overclocked 200%', but it can also mean that its a pc built for gaming (as opposed to being just a workstation). while some of those gaming pcs use cheaper, weaker hardware or are simply out of date, that doesnt mean they arent gaming PCs. being able to run new games on medium/high is good enough to be called a gaming PC in my eyes.
i am a proud owner of a cheapass netbook and an out of date gaming PC!
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Feb 2011 11:32 Post subject: Re: Hear that knocking sound? It’s PC gaming! |
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| consolitis wrote: | | And here is why the stats are incorrect. There are many cheap dx10+ cards that cannot even compete with consoles.. and there are millions of those cards sold. These aren't enthusiast PCs.. not at all. |
Lol. Wonder how many of their "enthusiast" machines are business machines with a 8400 / 4350 stuck in for the once in a blue moon it's needed for a presentation.
Or Grandma's media centre made out of your extremely old parts etc etc.
Not to mention if they're counting just sales, how many since upgraded cards stuck in a spare parts cupboard are they counting as an "enthusiast" machine?
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Feb 2011 11:50 Post subject: Re: Hear that knocking sound? It’s PC gaming! |
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| ffy wrote: | | consolitis wrote: | | Neon wrote: | | Enthusiast PCs are 62% of the total market |
Hard to believe that, tbh.. For every person that has an enthusiast PC I see there are 5 persons with cheap-ass netbooks.
| Quote: | | For PCs, we took 2 years cumulative sales of DX10+ discrete graphics cards to estimate the number of enthusiast PCs that are capable of playing most games. |
And here is why the stats are incorrect. There are many cheap dx10+ cards that cannot even compete with consoles.. and there are millions of those cards sold. These aren't enthusiast PCs.. not at all. |
enthusiast doesnt have to mean 'top of the line updated monthly and overclocked 200%', but it can also mean that its a pc built for gaming (as opposed to being just a workstation). while some of those gaming pcs use cheaper, weaker hardware or are simply out of date, that doesnt mean they arent gaming PCs. being able to run new games on medium/high is good enough to be called a gaming PC in my eyes.
i am a proud owner of a cheapass netbook and an out of date gaming PC! |
Good luck trying to play (for example) with a Geforce 8100, because it's a dx10 card and intel labels it "enthusiast".
Everything bellow the performance of a console, is not a machine for gamers in my book.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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Sin317
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Feb 2011 11:55 Post subject: |
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i have (2) 9600gt's and can still play all current games medium-high , so whats your point ?
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Feb 2011 11:57 Post subject: |
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| Sin317 wrote: | | i have (2) 9600gt's and can still play all current games medium-high , so whats your point ? |
SLI?
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Feb 2011 19:22 Post subject: |
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Clearling hating for the sake of hating. They clearly stated in the article that to their best estimation. You might want to 180 that shit and think about how negative you are as a person when you clearly only read to see and understand what you want out of the context. Time to take a positive aproach and read it for what it is and make your own judjment without having to feel superior by ripping into someone elses research. It was a good read by the way.
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| Posted: Mon, 14th Feb 2011 19:30 Post subject: |
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| Hierofan wrote: | | KillerCrocker wrote: | | yep. now pc is regaining strenght. But wait till next generation of consoles |
for what ?
another piece of old hardware stuck into a well designed box ? maybe mac will make they're own console , the ifaggot , where you ramm the controller up your ass and use it as a joystick
consolekids will think OMAHGAWD MAH PS720 DOES 1080p PHER HOUR when it actually doesn't and it barely runs anything that isnt tailored to it's smallest piece to work properly.
Arma 2 , STALKER (even with it's bad coding) or Crysis would probably set current consoles on fire if they'd try to run them on medium and 720p. |
That made me lol
cos its soo true
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