Spore dev: ''RTS' are PC games. FPS' ...

http://www.videogamer.com/news/13-02-2008-7507-1.html Spore dev: ''RTS' are PC games. FPS' are still PC games. The PC is where it's at''. PC gaming is far from dead, according to the gameplay producer of upcoming evolution god-game Spore.Speaking to VideoGamer.com in an interview, Spore gameplay producer Thomas Vu said that the things developer EA Maxis is doing with the game ''would be very difficult to do on consoles if we started out on consoles''.While Spore was earlier this week confirmed for release on PC and Nintendo DS on September 7 2008, EA yesterday revealed that Spore would be coming to the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3, although details are thin on the ground.The team, however, remains focused on the PC version of the game, and believes concerns that PC gaming is dying, a feeling fuelled by poor sales of some recent high profile PC games like Unreal Tournament 3, are unfounded.''PC games are the frontrunners,'' said Vu. ''They innovate, they do the things that can't necessarily be done on the consoles. RTS are PC games. FPS are still PC games. Sure consoles have come a long way, with Halo and Call of Duty 4 - the console versions are pretty good, but at the same time, if you really want to be at the forefront of making really interesting new games, PC is where it's at, in my opinion.''Vu also denied that the PC gaming market was in trouble, pointing towards the success of MMO World of Warcraft and EA's own The Sims franchise as evidence of its rude health. He said: ''As for the market, it's (PC gaming) still growing but it's tracked in a very different way. Take for instance WoW. NPD doesn't track the $15 a month that I pay for WoW, but it tracks the amount of copies that WoW sells off the shelves. The verdict is still out. For us, if you make a good game people will come. As WoW did. Blizzard could have made a console MMO but they stuck with the PC and they have the biggest game both on console and PC in the world. And The Sims continues to sell, and Sim City continues to sell. And all the FPS do pretty well, RTS games do pretty well.''Maybe one day the market will move in a different way. For now there's tonnes of PCs out there, there's lots of avid fans. And honestly, the things we're doing on Spore would be very difficult to do on consoles if we started out on consoles. Like the pollination stuff, social networking sites, the procedural animation, that stuff is not as easy to do on console. The RTS aspect - with a console controller you can't get the fidelity you get from a PC. So the PC is perfect for what we're trying to do.''Do you agree with Thomas? Is PC gaming where it's at? Let us know in the comments section below.Spore dev: ''RTS' are PC games. FPS' ...
*downloads spore* yeah.Spore dev: ''RTS' are PC games. FPS' ...
[QUOTE=''ProductofChina'']*downloads spore* yeah.[/QUOTE] it can be done on console too fallout 3 pirate before it even came out
[QUOTE=''ProductofChina'']*downloads spore* yeah.[/QUOTE]Legally I assume.
I didn't read the whole interview, but I don't have to.These guys made ****ing Spore. They have no more credibility than any of the fanboys on System Wars. Three years of fail in the making.
[QUOTE=''DeathScape666'']I didn't read the whole interview, but I don't have to.These guys made ****ing Spore. They have no more credibility than any of the fanboys on System Wars. Three years of fail in the making.[/QUOTE]This made me lol. Fanboys at thier finest. Yet when people say PC gaming is dying you all agree with them whole heartedly, when they say otherwise they aren't credible lulz! P.S These people were also behind the Sims.
If a Spore dev says it then it must be true. d('.'d)Seriously like he says ''in my opinion'', Pc is no longer the juggernaut it used to be .
[QUOTE=''Ren_eko'']If a Spore dev says it then it must be true. d('.'d)Seriously like he says ''in my opinion'', Pc is no longer the juggernaut it used to be .[/QUOTE]And this is your opinion. Imo it still is the juggernaut.
[QUOTE=''Espada12''][QUOTE=''DeathScape666''] I didn't read the whole interview, but I don't have to.These guys made ****ing Spore. They have no more credibility than any of the fanboys on System Wars. Three years of fail in the making.[/QUOTE]This made me lol. Fanboys at thier finest. Yet when people say PC gaming is dying you all agree with them whole heartedly, when they say otherwise they aren't credible lulz! [/QUOTE]Yeah, stop categorizing me as the people that say that PC gaming is dying. I'm not stupid... I mean, I'm not that stupid. I don't agree with Peter Molyneaux, or any other developer that says that.I'm saying they aren't credible because they spent three years making a steaming pile of ****.
Yawn. Multiplats are where it's at. GTA IV, Dead Space, Fallout 3, Mirror's Edge (if the demo is any indication)... these are the best games I've played this year.There are a couple killer apps that mandate keeping multiple platforms around (iRacing on PC, Rock Band 2 on consoles), but for the most part, you're not tied to PC or console gaming in order to enjoy the best games.
pc gaming is a real gamers machine. If you are a true gamer and want the best game ever pc is where to go.

People who are saying pc gaming is dying don't have a clue and are dumb. If pc gaming ever dies so does all gaming. If there is a lack of pc gamers to buy the hardware. The price of console will go up, why is that because pc gamers are the people buy the great hardware to play their games. Less people to buy hardware the greater the price on hardware supply and demand come in to play.

Pc gaming is the ulmate gaming machine in the world. If you don't own a pc gaming rig. Your not a true gamer! If pc gaming dies so does all gaming all die.

What will sony, nintendo and micro soft do if the price of hardware goes up! What if the hardware comapnies get piss of or mad. They don't sell their hadrware! They would just stop giving their hardware to console makers. Gaming is nothing with pc gaming.
[QUOTE=''blackdreamhunk''][QUOTE=''ProductofChina'']*downloads spore* yeah.[/QUOTE] it can be done on console too fallout 3 pirate before it even came out[/QUOTE] you need a hack you're console first..which takes time and money
[QUOTE=''DeathScape666'']I didn't read the whole interview, but I don't have to.These guys made ****ing Spore. They have no more credibility than any of the fanboys on System Wars. Three years of fail in the making.[/QUOTE] Wow..what?They know about the industry, you dontthey know how to make games, you dontJust becuase they made one game that ''Disagreed'' with you dosent mean the suddenly have no crediblity left in them...What there saying IS true..how can you discount this?, RTS/FPS are clearly better on PC..saying they have no crediblity is saying that you disagree with what there saying which is stupid.No matter what kind of gruge you hold aganist maxis and spore (which i dont understand)..This is 100% FACT..and if you deny this..wow.
[QUOTE=''lawlessx''][QUOTE=''blackdreamhunk''][QUOTE=''ProductofChina'']*downloads spore* yeah.[/QUOTE] it can be done on console too fallout 3 pirate before it even came out[/QUOTE] you need a hack you're console first..which takes time and money [/QUOTE] and breaks your warranty.
[QUOTE=''lawlessx''][QUOTE=''blackdreamhunk''][QUOTE=''ProductofChina'']*downloads spore* yeah.[/QUOTE] it can be done on console too fallout 3 pirate before it even came out[/QUOTE] you need a hack you're console first..which takes time and money [/QUOTE]And? :S after you have do it once that's it, you can DL every game you want.
Someone should tell him the game he made is a huge disappoitment.
[QUOTE=''lowe0'']Yawn. Multiplats are where it's at. GTA IV, Dead Space, Fallout 3, Mirror's Edge (if the demo is any indication)... these are the best games I've played this year.There are a couple killer apps that mandate keeping multiple platforms around (iRacing on PC, Rock Band 2 on consoles), but for the most part, you're not tied to PC or console gaming in order to enjoy the best games.[/QUOTE]I agree with you for the most part, PC does have a few more things coming to it that I prefer though.
[QUOTE=''RuprechtMonkey'']Someone should tell him the game he made is a huge disappoitment.[/QUOTE]What does this got to do what with he said?
[QUOTE=''DeathScape666''][QUOTE=''Espada12''][QUOTE=''DeathScape666''] I didn't read the whole interview, but I don't have to.These guys made ****ing Spore. They have no more credibility than any of the fanboys on System Wars. Three years of fail in the making.[/QUOTE]This made me lol. Fanboys at thier finest. Yet when people say PC gaming is dying you all agree with them whole heartedly, when they say otherwise they aren't credible lulz! [/QUOTE]Yeah, stop categorizing me as the people that say that PC gaming is dying. I'm not stupid... I mean, I'm not that stupid. I don't agree with Peter Molyneaux, or any other developer that says that.I'm saying they aren't credible because they spent three years making a steaming pile of ****.[/QUOTE] A steaming pile of **** that was recieved well by critics and gamers alike, and sold very well.Something doesn't add up.
[QUOTE=''Espada12''][QUOTE=''lawlessx''][QUOTE=''blackdreamhunk''][QUOTE=''ProductofChina'']*downloads spore* yeah.[/QUOTE] it can be done on console too fallout 3 pirate before it even came out[/QUOTE] you need a hack you're console first..which takes time and money [/QUOTE]And? :S after you have do it once that's it, you can DL every game you want. [/QUOTE] my point was that it's much easier to do it on a PC than a console. people act like this is new to consoles when it's been going on for years now..why now it's being talked about here is really beyond me.