Top 200 Selling Games this generation (More sales data!)

Missing a lot of million sellers...

Strike Commander
Wing Commander 3 & 4

to name a couple I worked on.

DD

 

Based on the sales data you've given and also what you're saying above, it seems like if we're comparing PC vs. Console in terms of popularity, console obviously wins out by a ton. This would seem to imply that the PC gaming industry is winding down.. and eventually go the way of the dinosaur.

 

No question it is waning, it dropped 33% or so last year. The only thing holding it up right now is the MMORPG genre.

However, not all is lost, as the X-box 360 is essentially a powerful PC.



RTS games still work best on PC, and multiplayer PC games like Battlefield are still better than the console experience.

I make both...



DD

 

If they made RTS games for a major game platform, I might have an interest in one. As it is, there simply isn't anything I'm that interested in that'll cause me to purchase one for myself. I get that sort of thing for my kids, but I rarely play on them. I can access the internet (obviously!) from a PC/laptop, and play my RTS's with a mouse and direction buttons. My son plays World of Warcraft, which looks pretty cool. I might give that a try. Why should I buy a PS3, or an XBox 360? For my kids, maybe, but what's in it for me??


(Thanks for the info, RC!)