Publishers turn down old-school tactical shooter because "Console gamers are too dumb to play this g
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[QUOTE=Buck.;35139779]The point is that they still refused the game, after saying console gamers are dumb. Which is basically like saying "This sounds like a nice game, but since console gamers are holding back gaming community, PC cant have it either."[/QUOTE]
No, they mean, 'Our stupid audience won't pay billions for this if it isn't dumbed down, so I don't want to do it.'
[QUOTE=Jackald;35140473]
But jesus fuck, have you ever tried getting music from a PC's hard drive to a 360's hard drive, or figuring out why your 360 won't connect to your network? It's fucking impossible because I can't just download a hotfix, I have to do it all through the specific parameters the console designers came up with.[/QUOTE]
So you're telling that if your pc doesn't connect to a network you download a hotfix? Uhh okay...
[QUOTE=Shadaez;35139698]seriously play [b]bf3[/b] for 10 minutes[/QUOTE]
There's your problem.
[QUOTE=Usernameztaken;35139985]Yeah it's sort of sad how something so stupidly simple like MW3...
- Not even running the best technology (STILL RUNS ON QUAKE ENGINE.)
- Simple as FUCK
- Poorly balanced to the point of a sensible person wanting to throw something at the TV
- Full of small children, and quote, "br0 gam3r"s
can make over 5 million sales.
It just makes me want to punch babies.[/QUOTE]
you wouldn't believe how much people enjoying things i don't like piss me off
Wait, so now people who play tactical shooters on consoles don't exist?
While I'll admit a lot of console players enjoy things like CoD, I don't think that should affect how people rate eachother's intelligence.
I believe what he wants to say here is "idiotic kiddies are too dumb to play this game". Playing on a console doesn't mean anything, and you don't really need to be a genius to play games on a PC, either.
[QUOTE=Jackald;35140473]I think it's more an element of tenacity. PC gamers can be bothered to go through the rigermarole of installing drivers and new hardware and so forth, whereas console gamers can't be arsed.
That's the argument he's making at least.[/QUOTE]
a lot of the time, it's a money issue
I soldered components to my computer.
People call me the computer god.
I told them I don't know what Modern Warfare was.
They called me noob.
It seems complicated at first. I used to watch my dad repair computers and thought to myself "this guy is a fucking wizard" but now it's common sense to me.
ITT: Bandwagoned irrational hatred for console gamers
[QUOTE=MIPS;35140639]I soldered components to my computer.
People call me the gaming god.
I told them I don't know what Modern Warfare was.
They called me noob.[/QUOTE]People call you gaming god? Whoa do you game with children or what?
I built my computer and I have no idea how any of the hardware works, installing a driver is as simple as clicking next over and over and sometimes making sure it doesn't install something stupid addon for your browser or something. It really doesn't take much to be a pc gamer
[QUOTE=Sergeant Stacker;35140727]ITT: Bandwagoned irrational hatred for console gamers[/QUOTE]
You have to admit that many games get dumbed down for console crowd though.
[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;35140810]You have to admit that many games get dumbed down for console crowd though.[/QUOTE]
it's not a phenomena localized to gaming
if any sort of media is going to be consumed by the majority, they have to tailor to the lowest common denominator
I'd contribute models etc to this.
If I didn't have to pay $100 to do so..
Seems a bit backwards but: [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/355932838/crowdsourced-hardcore-tactical-shooter[/url]
That's what it says.
[QUOTE=AceOfDivine;35140810]You have to admit that many games get dumbed down for console crowd though.[/QUOTE]
Maybe but for starters, it's not as much as the internet claims (but hey, you know the internet. If they got together for an amateur dramatics club you could do away with the Oscars for the next few decades) and second, the elitism amongst PC gamers and their views on console gaming border on the disgusting at times.
[QUOTE=Splendor;35140948]console gamers and mature PC gamers such as myself.[/QUOTE]
Case in point.
well, That's a punch to the face. Meh, I get it most Consoles are stupid, Wish I could afford a gaming PC.
Well, parents usually have a harder time shoving the proverbial pill up their ass that is splurging out for a gaming computer, thus there is an age discrepancy between console gamers and mature PC gamers such as myself. In the interests of full disclosure I own a PS3 and a 360 aswell, but the grand majority of my fellow gamers on Xbox Live and PSN are squeaky voiced little shits that throw around terms like "brah" and "dude" incessantly.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;35139693]the majority of pc gamers are dumb, too[/QUOTE]
You have to admit though that pc gamers are going to know about computers more then console gamers unless we count farm vill as a videogame.
[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;35140968]You have to admit though that pc gamers are going to know about computers more then console gamers unless we count farm vill as a videogame.[/QUOTE]
Some of the people I've met would really like a word.
[QUOTE=Lord of Ears;35140835]it's not a phenomena localized to gaming
if any sort of media is going to be consumed by the majority, they have to tailor to the lowest common denominator[/QUOTE]
Which is bad because it makes public dumber which makes media dumbed down which makes public even dumber and so on
Back in the day when I was 11 and 12 I used to play original Ghost Recon, GR2 and the old SOCOMs on PS2 and fucking loved it. Now I'm 18 and still primarily a console gamer and severely disappointed in the lack of tactical shooters today.
[QUOTE=meppers;35139997]no it isn't that easy because drivers[/QUOTE]
Push in cd, press install.
[QUOTE=Megafan;35139707]I have never installed a video card, yet I play games on both console and PC. Explanation??[/QUOTE]
i installed a video card once, shut up and get on my level pleb
[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;35139616]Oh, the amount of dumb generalization...[/QUOTE]
I don't see how knowing how to install a video card relates to someone's ability to play a video game.
Can't imagine they're only demanding 200,000$ for this, but if i can get my hands on cash dollars before the fundraising ends then I will most definitely pledge, I loved the old rainbow six.
[quote]A game like the old Rainbow Six or Ghost Recon.[/quote]
those were released on consoles...
bloody hell, how do these publishers even manage to enter the building without stumbling into the door frame?
[QUOTE=Splendor;35140948]but the grand majority of my fellow gamers on Xbox Live and PSN are squeaky voiced little shits that throw around terms like "brah" and "dude" incessantly.[/QUOTE]
see, saying shit like this just makes PC gamers sound like pretentious neckbeards
[QUOTE=acds;35139874]Vast majority of console (but most of all, Xbox) users are the kind of "br0 gam3r" that plays Modern Warfare and finds anything more complex "for fags". There are fewer of those on PC because most exclusives are the exact opposite of what appeals to them.[/QUOTE]
vast majority of console users are in their 30's.
the people who beat you up at school aren't representative of everyone else.
not to mention it's completely self-centered, not everyone who plays games lives in an english speaking world.
[QUOTE=Lord of Ears;35141084]see, saying shit like this just makes PC gamers sound like pretentious neckbeards[/QUOTE]
Attacking the content of my character instead of the core of my argument? En garde, you squeaky voiced little shit.
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[QUOTE=Splendor;35141134]Attacking the content of my character instead of the core of my argument? En garde, you squeaky voiced little shit.[/QUOTE]
your posts alone attack the content of your character.
you could sue yourself for libel.
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