ONe thing I noticed recently is the amount of console (ps3 and xbox360) games being ported to the pc from all time greats like Mass Effect to GTA 4. I mean it seems more and more games are being designed together for these three platforms rather than specifically for any of them. Sure theps3 has games like Little Big Planet or Uncharted, Microsoft has Halo franchises as well as many others like Rare games, and pc has games that wouldn't be suitable on home consoles like Spore (beside a possible wii incarnation) and strategy games like the Total War series. But more and more of these designers are making xbox360/ps3 games and less pc and wii games it seems.
Recently the Epic, designers of Gears of War, stated they won't be bringing the sequel to pc unlike the first one:
http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/Gears-of-War-2-is-Epics-Primary-Franchise-says-Cliff-Bleszinski/21414
They seem to blame piracy as the cause but don't take into account how accessible piracy is on the xbox360 as well. To me it seems like a cop-out and Microsoft probably payed themmo0ney to keep it xbox360 only for a period of time. Despite the fact Microsoft benefits from having a lot of these games also appear on pc since they own the rights to Windows as well as have ownership of many of these trademark games and/or development studios they want to push the 360 above the ps3 at the expense of many pc owners in my opinion.
The pc needs more games geared toward it and its demographic like "the movies' that are also unique and can't be easily played on consoles. The Wii has found its nieche market with people wanting some new control mechanisms among new ways to play games. It isn't good I don't think to see these games become the same over and over again without regards to the platforms strengths, and just be ported back and forth.
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