What's up with the PC gaming industry?

Highbury · 09-02-11, 01:41 PM

I know what you mean when it comes to Madden 12 McBee. Yes there are alot of PC games still through DLC but EA Sports has given it up all together.

I played the EA hockey alot more then the football, but back in the 90's the PC version was the premier version and the consoles (which at the time were NES and Sega Genesis) got a massively scaled back version. Worse graphics, no ability to run a full season, etc. Then a few years ago I read that Madden would be discontinued on PC, and NHL and FIFA titles would no longer be developed for PC. So while the consoles got new game engines and features, the PC versions just got new rosters for an old game. For the 2011 year they cancelled all PC sports titles.

The weak excuse I was told was that the PC games are more modable. So someone with year X can download rosters and graphics to make it virtually the same as year Y. Something an Xbox cannot do. I am not sure if that is true, and really it doesn't matter if it is. The fact is that PC sports gaming is indeed dead or dying.

09-02-11, 01:41 PM	#29
Highbury The Old Man Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: 51.557, -0.102 Posts: 1,311 Downloads: 177 Uploads: 0	I know what you mean when it comes to Madden 12 McBee. Yes there are alot of PC games still through DLC but EA Sports has given it up all together. I played the EA hockey alot more then the football, but back in the 90's the PC version was the premier version and the consoles (which at the time were NES and Sega Genesis) got a massively scaled back version. Worse graphics, no ability to run a full season, etc. Then a few years ago I read that Madden would be discontinued on PC, and NHL and FIFA titles would no longer be developed for PC. So while the consoles got new game engines and features, the PC versions just got new rosters for an old game. For the 2011 year they cancelled all PC sports titles. The weak excuse I was told was that the PC games are more modable. So someone with year X can download rosters and graphics to make it virtually the same as year Y. Something an Xbox cannot do. I am not sure if that is true, and really it doesn't matter if it is. The fact is that PC sports gaming is indeed dead or dying.