If more *GOOD* games would get released, I'm sure more would be sold...

:) :)

I prefere console racing with a controller on a big tv above racing on a computerscreen with a keyboard and if you want good quality you have to spend at least 500€ each year to upgrade whereas with consoles you can buy it once and keep it for five years.

Perhaps these pc games are more likely to get copied illegally but console games are far less vulnerable for that which could explain the lesser interest from publishers in pc-version.

console games earn publishers bigger bucks because copying is less. If they would decrease overall prices, you would see that copying would be less aswell and therefore more original games would be bought

Most console games are just plain boring and the PC market has too little innovation (especially the narrative aspect).

publishers and developers don't want to take any risks anymore. Everything needs to earn money for sure

You can put a console gamepad on your pc :)
You have better graphics, and you dont have to spend 500euros/years. My pc is two years old (amd 2200+, gforce4 ti 4600,...) and still play most of games with not-so-bad graphics.
Even Doom 3 will play on a 1ghz cpu in 640x480 with ugly textures ;)

I think the main point is that, indeed, publishers make a more lot of money with console games with less work (no patching ...). If it is benefict for them, I dont think that's benefict in any way for the end-user ... us.

And i must agree, there's some good games on console too (i'm a huge final fantasy fan, especially FF6 :)).

I have a couple of PCs, a PS2, a Xbox, a GBA. The only times I fire up my consoles is when friends come over to play or when I have a new game. I can game on a PC for hours, on a console the strain on your hands gets really bad after a couple of hours.

Consoles are great for sports, racing and fighting games. My preferred platform for all other genres (shooting, strategy, adventure, rpg) still remains the PC. I also find replayability lacking in most console games.

Add the cost of a bigscreen tv, the console and two controllers, a couple of games and the sum would not be far off a decent pc.

That bigscreen serves your dvd-player and vcr too and you can watch cable on it (that is all not the same on a pc-screen).

A platform game for me is not the same on pc and it will never be but Doom³ is to be played on pc where it belongs, you are wright about that.

I just think PC games sell so bad because of the "warezindustry" and damn yes they cost to much! ;P

Billieturf: consoles are perfect for platform, racing and fight games
PC is perfect for RTS, FPS, Adventures

Each has its own use, but publishers tend to leave Pc alone just because there's a smaller margin I guess due to the fact that game prices are way too high and it's too easy to copy games on a pc

To my knowledge, once you have installed a modchip, copy protection on PS2 and Xbox games is non-existant. PC games are far more difficult to copy/crack. Too bad we don't have any exact figures on the impact of warez and have to rely on figures given by non-independent organizations/publishers.

As i said elsewhere, according to the studies of cambridge, peer-to-peer programs have no influence (or very little) on the music sales. IMHO that's probably the same with the video games.

People say the music major must give us music others than pop-idol/reality tv music shows.

I say : 'Game publishers, give us good games that are not badly converted from console. Give us something that is worth the money we put in it, and you will sale a lot more'.

scsi, not really, alot of console games are protected just not in a way like DTM 2 PC has been (starforce 3)
Codemasters is planning to protect all of there titles with starforce