It seems that the killer aps for the PC are not moving as well as most people including developers had thought. The sales for Crysis, which is a gorgeous looking and phenomenal game with a 91 on metacritic has only sold 86,663 according to research group NPD. The reason for this? You need to have an insane amount of hardware just to run the game on its lowest settings. A dual core processor, 2gb of RAM, and a decent DX10 card might get you 30 fps. Not all that great considering your laptop is going to be well over $2000.
UT3, another awesome game with a very loyal following has only 33,995 units sold according to the same research group. The writing on the wall is clear. People no longer have to shell out tons of money for hardware that is going to be obselete in 6 months. The PS3 version will not even cost you 500 bucks for game and console. Could this be the end of PC gaming as we know it? Probably not, but consoles are making strides to complete overtake it.
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Write a Comment»You need a quad SLI setup to get 30fps with the settings maxed on Crysis. That’s literally $2400 in video cards alone, not counting the processor, memory, etc. Realistically, people won’t be able to max Crysis with normal systems for 2 years at least.