What has happened? Ive been playing Star Wars games on the PC for over ten years back when the X-Wing series and "Rogue Squadron" were just coming out. And now LucasArts wont even port their major release to the PC for their most loyal of fans? The situation is bad and on course to get much worse. After all, this is just one of the many games that have been excluded from the PC already. So is it time for PC gaming to become extinct? Should we give up our fully customizable gaming platforms and surrender to the standardized systems accepted by corporate stooges? I say NO!!!
But what will it take to survive in this industry. How can we regain our prowess in the world of video games. We have to be smart. We can no longer rely on our superior numbers to guarantee acknowledgment and preferential treatment in the biz, so we must rely on our superior brainpower to win this war (Thats right console fans...I said it...were smarter than you). We can no longer rely on unorganized petitions that half of us wont even see anyways. What Should We Do?!?!
We must get organized. We need to understand that we are an extremely marketable, niche group of people that should be catered to by game development companies. Lets face it, computer gamers are generally pretty nerdy...Im guessing theres not one of us who couldnt set up a simple website if need be, not one of us who isnt doing some serious online surfing every day, not one of us who wouldnt love to work for Toms Hardware full-time, and the list goes on. Yes, there are only a few hundred thousand of us, and compared to the millions of console gamers out there, its pretty hard for us to get attention these days. But we are all interested in the same thing: Computer hardware and games, and as a unified community we could become very powerful again. Remember, 500,000 gamers times $40 equals $20million, plenty enough to make some pretty awesome games.
So here are some ideas for what the computer gaming industry needs:
- A database of all the computer gamers in the world and the systems they have.
- A well-maintained forum to discuss important events and plans.
Elected leaders to attack those who deny us.
- A website devoted to keeping PC gamers informed on industry news.
Polls to decide which games we will support and which we will protest.
- A group of ninjas to kill console gamers..............ok maybe not that one.....but maybe.
By Jon P Anderson
Jon P AndersonLevel: BasicI am an Electrical Engineer working for one of the top 5 biggest companies in the world, I am the founder and developer of AndersonGaming.com, ... ...