Consoles are doomed - Romero

[Basil Zero]

He is a ***got. He has not idea about video games

Finally something we can agree upon:rofl:

[wiseguy109]

You hear these kind of things about PC gaming all the time; I have never heard anyone who believes that console gaming will be obsolete. It is ridiculous to think that; sure consoles are going to change but not because they have to, just so they can stay innovative and set themselves apart from their competition. PC gaming will never go away either, there is always going to be PC and console gaming, neither will disappear. There are always going to be gamers that want to have the absolute best graphics they can possibly get and PC gaming will always be the answer to that.

In the meantime, he's working on a PC MMORPG at Slipgate Ironworks, although he still can't say anything about it, other than, "we're creating something that's the first of its kind and we want to be first to market with it".

Yeah, I have heard that one before.... I think the name of that genre defining game was Daikatana. Hopefully this game won't take ten years and millions of mispent dollars too. John Romero is so full of it.

[Skateblind]

You cant call a man who gave us such great games a f****t. Yes he is completely wrong and before this he was going on about how the 360 would win the battle due to its support for developers, now he saying that they are all doomed. Oh and something that is as powerful as a pc and sits in your lounge is called a console, or PS3/XBOX360.

[Mr_Biggs]

the most i ever got out of john romero was the pleasure of blowing up his severed head in doom 2.

oh, and skateblind, watch me do what i supposedly cant.

JOHN ROMEREO IS A ****ING ***GOT!

[brainpan]

It's funny how industry hacks like Jonh Romero like to say things just so people dont completely forget who they are or that at one time their opinion might have mattered to someone.

[Shadowblind]

John Romero head on a stick. Hes the last boss in Doom 2.
These guys have alotta humor, maybe why they're saying that.

[werpu]

I agree as a PC gamer it cost way more to play games on PC then on my Playstation or xbox. it's true i rather pay one free every 5 years then pay that same free every 2 i know what it takes to upgrade a PC and 1 Gig ram is nothing these days.

It really depends, if you always want the latest then it becomes rather expensive to stay on the PC side, the trick is to wait half a year, then games you want to play usually are 10-20 dollars new and you can get away with medium sized equipment. I have been on the PC side of things for 16 years, and I recently again moved into the console domain. I was rather shocked how expensive in the long run it is on the console side. Games usually stay very high priced for a long period of time, games generally are more expensive.

The upgrade on the PC side of things is not that bad if you do not really walk the planks of getting a new pc for the next upgrade. I usually stayed 3-4 years on the same processor and upgraded the graphics card, and if it really was needed the ram as well. I always got not the fastest but the one being fast enough, that was the trick. The upgrade was around 100-150 dollars every two years and one big upgrade every 4-5 years, but I saved a load of money on the games. Of course there are others who want to play the latest shooter which barely runs the fastest machine you can get. I never was that type.

[werpu]

You hear these kind of things about PC gaming all the time; I have never heard anyone who believes that console gaming will be obsolete.

I dont think so either, both consoles and PCs will stay, but the man has a point, the PS3 is at the upper limit of what a console should cost. Or in other words, thou shall not be as expensive as a PC...

The problem is the justification to buy such a thing, especially that similar performant pcs reach the same pricelevel a few months later. Add to that significantly higher game prices (a PS3 game usually goes for 70 Euros here, while the PC äquivalent is somewhere between 30 and 50 Euros) and you can see where the problem really is. Romero did not say consoles are obsolute, he just said the console makers have to rethink their strategies and place in the market to be competitive to the PC, and he has definitely a point there.

[kaffie]

Of course there are others who want to play the latest shooter which barely runs the fastest machine you can get. I never was that type.

If you find yourself not wnating to turn up the gfx and sound to the max on any game then you are in the minority and yes PC gaming will be cheaper for you.

For most its the other way around.

[wolfpack]

Sure daikatana was a failure but look at the other games, you guys are whining over ONE freaking game. Sure he can be a dumbass but think of doom, think of quake, those were classics, id software left a mark in history. i dont see how anyone here doesnt see that.