I would ague that this "graphical" period would be about the same as the one we had from 2000 to 2010. At some point we would start getting things like league, dota, WOW, minecraft or big MMO type games showing the industry that graphics don't matter as much.Incoming CyberP butthurt response. : D
To answer the question: depends. While theoretically you would have more games focused on taking full advantage of the PC specs, as in, graphical capabilities and more free form controls, you would also have the danger of triggering a graphical arms race where game developers are focused on playing catch up with the latest graphical advancements and so be unable to focus on the other aspects of design as well. It would also mean computers would get obsoleted faster and quite a few would be stuck with playing only older releases. Developing for PC only also adds more issues on the development end since they would have to bugtest for many, many different configurations of systems possible, which would be a nightmare. Even though consoles are dominant in the market today, a bad PC port still goes a long way to sullying the reputation of your game. Imagine how much worse it would be if PC was the only valid option.
Could you elaborate more on that if you have the time?I could probably go into a rather long-winded explanation here, but I sadly don't have the time right now. But the tl;dr of it is that gaming development would have been much slower without consoles, meaning we'd be at least a couple of decades behind our current point in games. It's even possible that computer hardware development in general would have been much slower as well since the gaming industry wasn't pushing so hard on the graphical fidelity and such.
To me, dark souls is a Gothic reskin, I didn't like Bayonetta or Zelda much, and Metal Gear series is just an interactive movie.Dark Souls and Bloodborne wouldn't exist without consoles. Neither would Bayonetta, Zelda, Metal Gear...because Japan cannot into PC's for entertainment. So, no.
There is a tier of Jap console titles that are every bit as as anything PC exclusive from the west. I wouldn't be without them.
Dark Souls and Bloodborne wouldn't exist without consoles. Neither would Bayonetta, Zelda, Metal Gear...because Japan cannot into PC's for entertainment. So, no.
like what?None of those games would exist without the advancements brought by the PC
DS and Gothic aren't even within the same genredark souls is a Gothic reskin
Incoming CyberP butthurt response. : D
To answer the question: depends. While theoretically you would have more games focused on taking full advantage of the PC specs, as in, graphical capabilities and more free form controls, you would also have the danger of triggering a graphical arms race where game developers are focused on playing catch up with the latest graphical advancements and so be unable to focus on the other aspects of design as well. It would also mean computers would get obsoleted faster and quite a few would be stuck with playing only older releases. Developing for PC only also adds more issues on the development end since they would have to bugtest for many, many different configurations of systems possible, which would be a nightmare. Even though consoles are dominant in the market today, a bad PC port still goes a long way to sullying the reputation of your game. Imagine how much worse it would be if PC was the only valid option.
It's obvious that we would get much fewer games with easy controls, like Horizon or Assassin's Creed, I think games would be much more Mouse dependend than they are now.
Nope. I actually got way more interested in PC gaming after playing PC ports on the PS1. The decline started when consoles became the main focus rather than the complexity and depth PC games can deliver. Good thing that happened because the beta of Mount & Blade and Severance Blade of Darkness were godlike.
Nope. I actually got way more interested in PC gaming after playing PC ports on the PS1. The decline started when consoles became the main focus rather than the complexity and depth PC games can deliver. Good thing that happened because the beta of Mount & Blade and Severance Blade of Darkness were godlike.
Dark Souls and Bloodborne wouldn't exist without consoles. Neither would Bayonetta, Zelda, Metal Gear...because Japan cannot into PC's for entertainment. So, no.
There is a tier of Jap console titles that are every bit as as anything PC exclusive from the west. I wouldn't be without them.
Then we'd have different franchises. Instead of battlefield and COD we might have ended up with something better.A large amount of great games and franchises wouldn't exist if consoles didn't. I wonder if those developers would have developed those games for PCs instead
They're pretty similiar. There's secrets to find, a character to progress, and then get raped early on.DS and Gothic aren't even within the same genredark souls is a Gothic reskin
Battlefield and COD started on PC. If consoles never existed, both franchises wold have continued to exist and most likely still be popular. COD might have been hurt because it focused on console development rather early on.Then we'd have different franchises. Instead of battlefield and COD we might have ended up with something better.
We might not have gotten Dark Souls at all or even anything like Dark Souls. Isn't FROM software a primarily console developer? Why would they even make something similar to DS if they were PC devs?what we MIGHT have gotten instead if From Software had been PC rather than console developers.
DS & Gothic don't have similar combat. Gothic is an open world rpg, DS is an action game.They're pretty similiar. There's secrets to find, a character to progress, and then get raped early on.
Even the combat is similiar.
At least we wouldn't get a long running franchise out of them?Battlefield and COD started on PC. If consoles never existed, both franchises wold have continued to exist and most likely still be popular. COD might have been hurt because it focused on console development rather early on.Then we'd have different franchises. Instead of battlefield and COD we might have ended up with something better.
Gothic is an open world action rpg, dark souls is an action rpg; fine they're not exact reskins, but they are damn similiar.DS & Gothic don't have similar combat. Gothic is an open world rpg, DS is an action game.They're pretty similiar. There's secrets to find, a character to progress, and then get raped early on.
Even the combat is similiar.