According to a report from the opening day of the GDC (Game Developers Conference) in San Francisco the mighty PC rules the gaming world as we know it. However, the provider of this report is the PC Gaming Alliance. It’s kind of like the Whiskas advert many years ago where we, the gullable public, were told that 9 out of 10 cats preferred it. Well, they’re hardly going to say only 2 cats out of ten ate it and one of those threw up afterwards.

The PC Gaming Alliance is bound to say they’re the best, just like the console world will now turn round and say it’s best. If there is in-fighting between gaming platforms is definately PC vs Console, rather than the sometimes ugly looking Xbox vs PS.

Some of the stats and claims in the report don’t add up - first off, PCs are meant to be more stable? Yes of course. I remember the last time I needed to update my video card drivers on the 360 to play the latest game. Or had to upgrade my video card because the latest and greatest game used new vector-bump-mapping-displacement-3d-technology code. It’s obvioulsy a regular occurence with my near 4-year old console. How many PC players can say they haven’t upgraded hardware or replaced drivers in four years and are still able to play the latest games? I would venture to say, not many - maybe one or two will come forward with outlandish claims.

Catch the original BBC report here : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7960498.stm

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Tags: consoles, gaming

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