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[Pasidon]

I just read this article, and it's a real gosh darn treat.

 

http://www.pcgamer.c...ont-come-to-pc/

 

Phil Spencer, CEO of Clueless Inc, had a statement about why games like Halo will never come to the PC.  In this article, blabber nuts explains that games like Halo: "they're just not the right fit for PC."  Because, you know... PC gamers hate shooting things and all.  But that's not what got me here.  Listen to this with your eyes:

 

"If I enable keyboard and mouse on a console – which we will do – and then you download [Ashes of the Singularity] and you’re playing on a monitor, is that a PC game or a console game?"

 

Is this guy for real?  This is not a question any intelligent people are asking.  A PC is more than just a mouse, a keyboard, and a monitor... these things aren't even required for a PC.  Shucks... I'm using a TV right now, and I have an Xbox 1 controller plugged in... am I using a console right now?  Christ alive... I don't believe this clown.  He says more vague and stupid crap that I'll let you enjoy reading yourself on your console or PC of choice.

 

But it's not just acid trips like Spencer that believe things like this.  There are many publishers out there (most of them Japanese) that don't actually understand what PC gaming actually is.  They see modders as "cheats and hackers."  They see everyone and their grandma pirating, and never spending an honest dime.  Steam?  Never heard of it.  And pants-suits like Spencer think that a mouse, a keyboard, and a monitor is all you need for the PC experience.  Just... someone call the police.  It's a crime that people like this exist.

[MattTheLegoman]

With my predicted merge of the XBOX operation system and the Windows operating system the sand will turn to glass for their head-in-ground ostrich actions.

[Pasidon]

But what would a merge mean exactly?  What is a console?  Is it just a series of menus, guided by a controller?  Is that what you're expecting PC gaming to become?  Because, as you might know, Steam Big Picture mode is sort of that already.  And you can boot your computers to Big Picture mode, without even loading up your desktop.  That's as console as it gets, right?  

 

No, let me tell you want a console is.  It's a series of customer transactions, puppeteered by companies more interested in running their business than satisfying the needs and wants of gamers.  It's a box that becomes obsolete in 5-10 years, forcing you to buy another box that becomes obsolete in another 5-10 years, making all of those games you bought fragments of history until they're "remastered" for your current obsolete box.  Then you get to buy them all over again.  It's an online experience that you have to pay for, but you get no visible service out of.  "BUT ON PSN, WE GET FREE GAMES!"  Yes... they're quite free... after you pay for your yearly subscription to PSN.  It's the joy of spending money on things that are trivial on PC, like backgrounds and profile pictures.  It's the pride of knowing you are dictated by the user name you picked when you first signed in, and that you can change your name at any time... for 5 dollars.  It's the experience of buying physical copies and still having to download them online, while you're forced to watch a screen of other EXCLUSIVE products you should be buying.  That's the console experience, not just controllers and menus.  And that's something you better hope never comes to a Windows near you.