Xbox 360 [Discussão] Qualidade dos Jogos Xbox 360 Versus PC

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Têm aqui um artigo bastante interessante...

PCs are used for gaming more than any console and PlayStation 3 owners are more likely to have multiple consoles, according to the results of the Games Segmentation 2008 report from sales tracking and research firm The NPD Group.In addition to stating that PlayStation 3 owners are most likely to have other "next-generation" consoles than Wii and Xbox 360 owners, NPD claimed that only 10% of PS2 owners have a PS3. In the realm of portables, 45% of PSP owners have a Nintendo DS, but only 21% of DS owners have a PSP.
Despite the broad declarations, NPD did not provide specific figures for console and PC playtime. Likewise, an exact breakdown showing the ownership patterns of those that have multiple "next-generation" consoles was absent from the release.
Using information gathered back in January and February, the report separated the North American game-playing populace into the following seven categories, totaling 174 million gamers:

• Young Heavy Gamers: 22%
• Seconday Gamers: 20%
• Console Games: 17%
• Offline PC Gamers: 15%
• Online PC Gamers: 14%
• Avid PC Gamers: 9%
• Extreme Gamers: 3%

The segments are categorized by usage, ownership and frequency numbers, though the specifics definitions were not provided.
Though PCs were "used more than any single console for gaming," NPD stressed that "Console Gamers, Young Heavy Gamers and Extreme Gamers are more likely to use consoles than a PC to play video games."
As for sales, NPD reports that 14% of games purchased between November 2007 and January 2008 were digital downloads. Extreme Gamers bought nearly 24 titles across the three month period, with NPD claiming that figure is "over seven times more than the second leading purchasing segment.""Although Extreme Gamers are heavily involved with the industry, they represent a small portion of the potential market for any new game that comes to market," commented analyst Anita Frazier. "In order to promote continued growth, we must better understand all of the gaming segments."
Details on the methodology of the report are as follows:

The data was collected from more than 20,000 members of NPD's online consumer panel, ages two to 65+. Responses for consumers ages six to 12 were captured by instructing a parent to take his or her child in this age range to the computer to answer the questions, either with or without the parent's assistance. Qualified respondents reported they personally play video games on a PC, on a console or portable system, or on another device such as a mobile phone. The following four key variables were used to create the gamer segments: ownership; usage; frequency; and purchased/received video games. Final survey data was weighted to represent the U.S. population of individuals ages 2 and older. Fieldwork was conducted from January 11-February 5, 2008. Note: This study was conducted in January, meaning that questions that refer to consumer behavior in the past three months include the Christmas/Hanukkah holidays.
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Fonte: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54128

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[Pure Anarchy]

Num futuro cada vez mais próximo os PCs podem morrer como plataformas de jogos por causa da pirataria.
É muito facil arranjar cópias ilegais de jogos para pc mas nas consolas tal já não o é devido ao Hardware mais fechado. É claro que existem formas para cópias ilegais nas consolas mas a garantia vai-se ao ar e com garantias de 2-3 anos era muito mau ficarem sem a mesma porque se a consola avaria pagam do próprio bolso.

Existe editoras que já deixaram de desenvolver titulos para pc para se dedicarem ás consolas e com o tempo muito mais editoras irão seguir os mesmos passos.

Desculpa lá, mas este comentário roça a pura ignorância. Ainda não percebo como é que alguém no seu perfeito juízo pode afirmar que os PCs vão morrer como plataforma de jogos, já andam a aclamar esse mito desde que as consolas foram inventadas e parece que ainda não desistiram. Tal como existem produtoras que não desenvolvem para PC, existem outras tantas que apenas o fazem para esta plataforma.

Parem de apregoar a "morte" dos PCs e comentários absurdos como ser preciso gastar "rios de dinheiro" para ter um PC equivalente às consolas actuais, que qualquer pessoa minimamente informada sabe que é mentira.

Quanto a esse artigo BEKASpro, apesar de apoiar o sucesso do PC, não deixa de ser uma estimativa muito fraca. O maior mercado dos PCs é a Europa e não a América, daí que esses dados não sejam realmente representativos do suporte que a plataforma tem, e também considero aquela divisão de "Extreme Gamers", "Young Heavy Gamers" e afins de certa forma idiota, ainda para mais sem saber realmente como as classificaram.

Relativamente ao tópico em questão, posso confirmar que ainda não joguei nenhum port para PC que fosse inferior à versão das consolas em termos técnicos, ainda que saiba que existam alguns (Fifa 08 para dar um exemplo, mas isso é um port que não usa o engine das versões X360/PS3). Jogos como Gears of War, Mass Effect, Lost Planet e afins posso confirmar que são superiores no PC, isto referindo-me a jogos que inicialmente eram exclusivos X360 e foram portados para o PC; nos multiplataforma também verifiquei o mesmo, em jogos como o Bioshock, DMC 4 ou GRID.

Têm aqui este report que demonstra aquilo que disse:

According to the 2008 Game Development Survey, a new 180-page report from Game Developer Research that questions nearly 2,000 developers from North America and elsewhere (mostly Europe), the PC still rules the development roost. 70 percent of those surveyed said they are making games for the PC/Mac, compared to 43 percent who are making console games, 28 percent who are making games for web platforms and 16 percent who are making portable games (DS, PSP).
Interestingly, on the console front, console developers seem to show a preference for Microsoft's Xbox 360. 73 percent are creating games for 360, 58 percent (including some of the same respondents) for PS3, and 42 percent for the Wii. 15 percent are also still creating games for the PS2. "This implies that the greatest amount of Western console developers by sheer numbers are creating games for Microsoft's console-- but due to team size differences, this doesn't necessarily imply that more games will appear on the Xbox 360 than other consoles," explained Game Developer Research.
In terms of portables, of those developers making handheld games, 75 percent said they are creating games for the Nintendo DS compared to 45 percent for the PSP – not too surprising considering the massive installed base of the DS.
The rest of the report delves into trends in programming language, purchasing habits and development choices regarding tools, game engines, etc. The report is selling for the price of $2,495 at the Game Developer Research website.