Have consoles held back PC gaming?

[Pooky]

And I'm guessing it would take too much time for them to just make 2 different versions, one specifically designed for console and 1 specifically designed for PC?

Like for example have 2 different teams designing the same game but for different platforms to to the best that they can get out of each.

Yeah I think most of the money lies in consoles so they would rather port the console version to PC.

[Iam3G]

Yeah I think most of the money lies in consoles so they would rather port the console version to PC.

Well, consoles are preferred (IMO) for convenience (especially by me), which is why I moved away from PC gaming. And for the fact that I could never own a decent graphics card.

[Orion]

I think the main reason a few of us want a console rather than a pc , is because of the high price of components.

A console have an average life of 8 years or so.

But a new component can change a pc completely. So Yes consoles have held back pc gaming.
Because a pc has no limit, just a high price for the same gaming

[Ike_009]

I think the main reason a few of us want a console rather than a pc , is because of the high price of components.

Depends how you look at it, I did a calc a while back with buying one game a month. Effectively if save your R100 from buying the pc equivalent you would have R2600 to spend on PC upgrades after 2 years.

[Pooky]

Depends how you look at it, I did a calc a while back with buying one game a month. Effectively if save your R100 from buying the pc equivalent you would have R2600 to spend on PC upgrades after 2 years.

Great point, especially with the 'next-gen' console games' pricetag, you will save even more than R100.

[Orion]

Depends how you look at it, I did a calc a while back with buying one game a month. Effectively if save your R100 from buying the pc equivalent you would have R2600 to spend on PC upgrades after 2 years.

Good point, and you have a machine that can do even more than a console.