PC game sales are down 50%. (This was before Diablo II)
My question is why is that? Daily Radar, who is running a three part article about this, has attributed the factor to two major things, vaporware and the lack of standards in graphics cards. While I can see they're point. I believe that there is other more important causes.
There are several in my case. All of which are purely from my own experience.
I spend more time on the net now. Much of time I use to spend on games, I now spend on the net. I believe this is common trend. It's true that much of time on the net is dedicated around games, or should I say a game mainly the Ctp mp scene. But this in itself has cut down on the number of games I've purchased.
The net is also guilty for the propagation of Warez/Abandon Warez. Some will argue that warez don't effect the number of games purchased. It's true in my case, I actually stopped getting warez about two years ago, and most of the games I got I wouldn't have bought. But I still get abandon warez which cuts into my playing time. This also leads into my next point.
A lot of modern games focus more on technology than substance. I have said that I would buy an RPG with a really good story line even if they used an old engine. I'd buy a good rpg based on the Ultima 7 engine. But then why haven't I bought Thief II, or Planetscape Torment. Simple answer I just don't find the time to play them, with all of my time taken up by the net, work, social life, and the few games that Im still playing. (Fallout II, CTP, Railroad Tycoon II).
So my basic question is have you decreased your game buying, and why?
Oh and I don't believe that games now a days suck. I think there are a lot of good games available now, which you haven't picked up.
[This message has been edited by Sophanthro (edited July 08, 2000).]
My question is why is that? Daily Radar, who is running a three part article about this, has attributed the factor to two major things, vaporware and the lack of standards in graphics cards. While I can see they're point. I believe that there is other more important causes.
There are several in my case. All of which are purely from my own experience.
I spend more time on the net now. Much of time I use to spend on games, I now spend on the net. I believe this is common trend. It's true that much of time on the net is dedicated around games, or should I say a game mainly the Ctp mp scene. But this in itself has cut down on the number of games I've purchased.
The net is also guilty for the propagation of Warez/Abandon Warez. Some will argue that warez don't effect the number of games purchased. It's true in my case, I actually stopped getting warez about two years ago, and most of the games I got I wouldn't have bought. But I still get abandon warez which cuts into my playing time. This also leads into my next point.
A lot of modern games focus more on technology than substance. I have said that I would buy an RPG with a really good story line even if they used an old engine. I'd buy a good rpg based on the Ultima 7 engine. But then why haven't I bought Thief II, or Planetscape Torment. Simple answer I just don't find the time to play them, with all of my time taken up by the net, work, social life, and the few games that Im still playing. (Fallout II, CTP, Railroad Tycoon II).
So my basic question is have you decreased your game buying, and why?
Oh and I don't believe that games now a days suck. I think there are a lot of good games available now, which you haven't picked up.
[This message has been edited by Sophanthro (edited July 08, 2000).]
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