Comments on: The Death of the (Video) Game Store http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/09/02/the-death-of-the-video-game-store/ Five veteran gamers, plus special guests, share their insights, rants, and raves about all things gaming, especially board games and RPGs. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:19:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jonathan http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/09/02/the-death-of-the-video-game-store/comment-page-1/#comment-51608 Jonathan Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:19:37 +0000 http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/09/02/the-death-of-the-video-game-store/#comment-51608 <p>With several thousand other drooling gamers at PAX (oh <i>god</i>, PAX was awesome!), I got to see the official pre-release presentation of Spore. There were several other cool previews last weekend (including Fallout 3), but <b>Spore</b> stood out for me. The game's got style & imagination, and should have considerable appeal to female gamers -- a bonus for those of us who'd like our girlfriends/wives to take an interest in our electronic gaming every now and then. I second Charlie's sentiment on consoles; I've never cared for hardware that I have little control over. Seems silly to spend on gaming-dedicated hardware then spend again on your desktop/laptop. Obviously, consoles provide a (relatively) stable and predictable platform for game developers to focus on, but the whole user-friendly angle of consoles has become a non-positive since gen Y gamers were raised with PC skills. Oh, and I double-dog dare you console lovers to fight me 'n my mouse in <i>any</i> FPS with that weird thumb-joystiked controller of yours. <b>FAIL!</b> U GOT PWND!</p> With several thousand other drooling gamers at PAX (oh god, PAX was awesome!), I got to see the official pre-release presentation of Spore. There were several other cool previews last weekend (including Fallout 3), but Spore stood out for me. The game’s got style & imagination, and should have considerable appeal to female gamers — a bonus for those of us who’d like our girlfriends/wives to take an interest in our electronic gaming every now and then.

I second Charlie’s sentiment on consoles; I’ve never cared for hardware that I have little control over. Seems silly to spend on gaming-dedicated hardware then spend again on your desktop/laptop. Obviously, consoles provide a (relatively) stable and predictable platform for game developers to focus on, but the whole user-friendly angle of consoles has become a non-positive since gen Y gamers were raised with PC skills.
Oh, and I double-dog dare you console lovers to fight me ‘n my mouse in any FPS with that weird thumb-joystiked controller of yours. FAIL! U GOT PWND!

]]> By: Charlie http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/09/02/the-death-of-the-video-game-store/comment-page-1/#comment-51599 Charlie Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:39:28 +0000 http://d21-gaming.com/blog/2008/09/02/the-death-of-the-video-game-store/#comment-51599 <p>It can only be hoped that the demise of video game store will be rapidly followed by the doom of the console platform. With console prices rapidly approaching those of actually usable computer systems, how far off can it be? By the time you've added all your hardware and different components to console game, you've shelled out a fair amount of dough -- for a system you have very little control over, as compared to a desktop PC.</p> It can only be hoped that the demise of video game store will be rapidly followed by the doom of the console platform. With console prices rapidly approaching those of actually usable computer systems, how far off can it be? By the time you’ve added all your hardware and different components to console game, you’ve shelled out a fair amount of dough — for a system you have very little control over, as compared to a desktop PC.

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