I do not currently have a console or frequently play any pc games. used to have a 360 but got bored of it and sold it. PC is getting old and i need a new one but can't necessarily pay for it right now.
People go to where other people are: if their friends play on consoles they will play on consoles.
I grew up playing computer games but everyone in my school has either a 360 or ps3 with little knowledge of what a computer even is. Consoles are much easier for everyone to use, console games are advertised to the public much more than any computer games or computer platforms.
Advertising is HUGE, if you ask a console gamer chances are they don't really know a lot about any comptuer games, they've heard of WoW and the majority of people will rag on comptuer gamers, basing their prejudice on the image South Park portraited with their WoW episode. Alienware has an occasional commercial and so do a few other companies but not enough to really get people looking into comptuer gaming, sure the BC2 commercials have a little coptuer logo on the bottom representing pc gamers but at the end you see what? a microsoft xbox 360 logo flash accross the screen, not a windows symbol.
One thing to think about is the amount of players. WoW has some what? 5 million subscribers (sure a handful are multiboxes but not a big enough factor) this number of subscribers is 500,000 than what cliff B from epic had said gears was standing at. with this many subscribers and all the expansions that game has produced with another in development, blizzard is doing exceptionally well in the pc gamer community.
I think people go to consoles because they are cheaper, easier to use, more exposed to the consoles through advertising, and consoles are more talked about than computers, ecspecially through their friends.
pretty neutral on the subject, computers produce much better graphics and more functionality, with the capability of 3 curved lcd screens and surround sound computers have a much higher potential but this all costs $$$$.
also something to think about is the targeted market. Today kids are playing games such as gears that are rated M (i believe) and these kids are 12 years old. a 12 year old cousin of mine couldn't understand to move the mouse this way and hit this key combination to do this and hit these keys to do that. along with the highschool teenager factor, this is where the real $ is at for the developers. highschoolers can't exactly pay for the games and consoles themselves but they do occasionally with groups of friends all gaming all weekend and talking about it during lunch on monday. They're parents/teen won't want to spend 700$ on a computer gaming system if they can buy a 300$ console that seemingly mroe people use.
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devising a 'plan to get developers more interested in producing quality pc games will take a lot of effort. just wanted to list a few things that may influence you and im not sure if any of this has been covered previously.