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PC Gaming is Dead: 2007 Sales Numbers (unless you play MMO)

mike — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:19:06 +0000

Only one PC game in 2007 sold over a million units (and it’s name is Warcraft). The PC game take of $911 million is a lot of money, but console games had a record year and total sales of $17.94 billion. Another comparison, the #10 console game sold twice as many units as the #2 PC game.

Game publishers need to wake up and realize it’s a lot easier to buy a console than a new PC. Both Crysis and Bioshock were huge titles available, on the PC, and made headlines. Neither made the PC top 10 list though. The numbers are over at Shacknews (2007 PC sales and 2007 console sales) and are worth some attention. WoW is actually the number one and two PC game for sales. It doesn’t change that fact that Mario Party 8 beat out the whole rest of the PC game field, but it stands out to me that none of the six Warcraft or The Sims games on the top 10 list require much PC hardware to run.

What does that mean to gamers? … you’re better off paying eBay release-day prices for a Wii, PS3, and XBox 360 than you are to drop $4,000 on a new gaming PC.

Assassin’s Creed PC Requirements published by Ubisoft – NVIDIA & ATI Applaud

mike — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:19:05 +0000

As if you didn’t already want a new PC and a faster video setup. Today there’s a whole new reason to make you upgrade.

System requirements for Assassin’s Creed were published by Ubisoft today. Move over Crysis.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
CPU: Pentium 4 Dual core, 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
RAM: 2 GB
Video Card: 256 MB, DirectX 9.0 with Shader Model 3.0+
Hard Drive Space: 12 GB

RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or better
RAM: 3 GB
Video Card: 512 MB video card, DirectX 10

Seriously, WTF is going on with the 12 GB minimum on disk space? There’s some serious textures in there or something. Will your PC meet these standards? Will you forget about the PC version and stick to your PS3 or 360?

[via Telefrog @ Evil Avatar]

Zero Punctuation Reviews Crysis

charley — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:27:04 +0000

This week Yahtzee looks at the PC game Crysis. When I say “PC,” I’m talking computers, not sociology. In fact, if Yahtzee’s opinion on CryTek games holds any weight, political correctness is the last thing Crysis players need to worry about. Warning: He actually likes the game, so it’s not quite as fun as his negative reviews. But it’s still funny, and hey, he can’t hate them all. Video after the jump.