Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Is PC Gaming Mainstream Finally? Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2024 09:45:18 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <69v38j16mbkor2sakjgukuok93ooom78ik@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 10:45:20 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="175664e419f65fb1be797847f43926d4"; logging-data="2225221"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+pZN2F/KQvgUNiD3Tddvee" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:c/7J5ztfOufY9pCmEfUQ+tFYUaQ= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <69v38j16mbkor2sakjgukuok93ooom78ik@4ax.com> Bytes: 1829 On 01/07/2024 02:21, Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > But you know what kept chugging along, constantly pumping out hits and > gaining an ever larger audience? That's right, the PC. Sure, the > consoles got a lot of coverage in the news, but that's because it had > major corporations pushing out a lot of marketing copy promoting the > platforms. The PC, on the other hand, far more diversified, never had > the same unified support from its manufacturers promoting it as a > gaming machine. I think that's a lot of the difference, PC's are seen as a bit niche not because only a few people play games on them, they don't, but instead consoles are the ones that are pushed in the media. I honestly can't remember I saw anything about PC gaming in more mainstream media.