Chris Taylor: “PC Gaming As We Know it is Dead”
Posted by Chris on Thursday, February 28th, 2008 at 7:37 pm under Gamer Life, Games Industry, Computer, Game Platforms
Tagged: Chris Taylor, flash, gas powered games, iphone, neil young, pc, Peter Molyneux, Phil Harrison and raph koster
In a clear attempt to get his point across, Gas Power Games’ Chris Taylor declared, “PC gaming as we know it is dead… secure gaming is the future.” He said this at Dave Perry’s “Lunc with the Luminares,” where Peter Molyneux, Phil Harrison, Chris Taylor, Raph Koster and Neil Young got together to discuss the future of PC gaming.
Taylor’s comments echoed similar sentiments from Koster, who proclaimed, “the web is kicking the console industry’s ass.”
“I actually think Flash is the next-gen console in a lot of ways,” said Koster. “It’s pointing the way to the future more-so than the current generations of hardware, precisely because it is well on its way to becoming completely ubiquitous.”
“There are more Flash installs available in people’s homes and even on mobile devices than all of the sold consoles of the last two generations put together. It is everywhere.”
Koster explains that the major advantage that flash has is that it isn’t reliant on the platform it’s being run on. He said the iPhone is an excellent example of adapting to play a game that might not necessarily be designed with it in mind.
“Part of why the iPhone works is that you’re browsing the web and the web is assuming you’ve got a mouse, and yet on the iPhone it works beautifully with fingers. Somehow it translates.
“It’s interesting because we’re going to be seeing a lot of games that are not going to know what devices they are landing on, as we get more and more devices that are connected.”
I think Taylor’s statements are a bit preemptive. Phil Harrison spoke about digital distribution being the future, which is something I’ve agreed with for some time now, but I wouldn’t quite claim that the PC gaming scene that we know and love is dead.
via GamesIndustry.biz / Gamasutra
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February 28th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
But I don't care about web gaming. I want more high quality PC games, not flash based paintball games.
February 28th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
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February 28th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
I can see where more people use it. I use flash yes… but I hardly ever play any flash games. And you probably wont be seeing any directx 10 gameplay in any embedded flash anytime soon either. A lot of these big shots are talking out of there ass's.
I don't want to play my fps by pointing to something to shoot at with my finger. Then all I'll see in my view is my damn finger?!?!
Duhhh…
February 28th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Dude, like +30 years of gaming and still going. It isn't dead. Look at the PC Gaming Alliance.
February 28th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
Dudes, I have been pc gaming now for almost 10 years and I cannot stand console gaming. I play flash games at work on lunch to pass the time. I have never played a flash game that I was so entranced with that I played until 3 or 4am. I have done this several times with UNREAL TOURNAMENT 3, Half life, half life 2, Doom 3, UT2004, Bioshock……….do i need to keep going?!!
PC Games over console and flash until the end……….
February 28th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
For that matter, I want to see more PC LAN GAMING TOURNAMENTS. I have way to many friends that are into PC FPS that, like myself, cannot stand console games.
February 29th, 2008 at 12:16 am
I like them all , PC Xbox 360 , PS3 well wasnt huge Wii fan myself dont like the library but I really like PC gaming. I put a lot of money into upgrading my PC and I personally think its far from dead.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:06 am
PC is NOT dead!.. id like to see people try to max out a console with updated hardware from the inside, good luck trying max over clock those processors with stock cooling.
February 29th, 2008 at 7:16 am
OMG NO!!! NOOOOOOO. And this guy is the one who runs it all… all of it!!!!
*takes out his video card and throws it against the wall*
Lost… it's all lost.
February 29th, 2008 at 7:21 am
Guys, guys, dont worry about it to much. Think back, EVERY console generation when the consoles are at they're peak or near peak popularity some idiots come out saying "OmGz rofl PC gaming iz 4 teh sux0rz!". Then as the console sales stabilize , PC gaming picks back up. This has been the cycle for the better part of 25 years and i see no reason to think it will change this time around.