PCs are dying. : Othor Games

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:33 am

So says the news.

Didn't see a thread about this, so sorry if there is one.

http://kezi.com/news/local/240964

Saw this on my local news and found this link which is basically the same thing.

The console junkies over on the Gamespot forum must be having a field day with this news.

Of course I don't think this means gaming PCs.....but I don't know really. My personal opinion is any one thing can't always grow in sales....generally speaking.

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:22 am

This happens all the time.

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:10 am

No, it's not.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:32 pm

Seems as though PC's have been dying for a long time. Every 6 months someone says "THE END IS NIGH! PC'S ARE LONG! ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO GAME WITH A KEYBOARD!".

Seriously, PC's seem to be harder to properly kill than Daniel Jackson.

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:21 am

*Yawn* The world will always have a need for desktop PCs. There is simply no way to pack the kind of raw power (CPU, GPU, etc) into a tablet / phone that is needed for gaming, heavy-3D applications, and software development. Those all necessitate a big, bulky tower much of the time. Now, the PC market may be shrinking, but that more likely means people are holding onto their desktop computers longer or that, yes, consumers are using their tablets / notebooks more.

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:33 am

As long as people need high performance for Gaming and CAD work, the PC will live on. As someone who does both, I'm not worried about the future of PCs.

» Mon May 14, 2012 3:14 am

but iPads ARE PCs! I believe they mean "desktop PCs"

But even desktop PCs aren't going anywhere any time soon. Combined, the laptop and desktop market is growing still. While desktops will be marginalized, they won't go away. The keyboard owes itself too much for data entry and content creation, as does a larger monitor.

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:55 am

I don't think PCs are "dying" so much as they're getting gradually less of a focus in the gaming industry. Rather than containing many original series as was the case more than a decade ago, it's largely become a platform for console ports, as well as a haven for MMO, RTS and assorted Indie titles. Granted, the ports are better than they used to be, and the PC still has the edge in customizability as well as raw power. It's nowhere close to dead, just not a big deal to most in the entertainment industry.

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:31 am

The PC should have been dead since 2000, if these "news" stories are to be true. Nothing new, carry on now.

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:07 am

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/03/07/2011-was-pc-gamings-biggest-ever-year-says-the-pc-gaming-alliance/

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:00 am

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/03/07/2011-was-pc-gamings-biggest-ever-year-says-the-pc-gaming-alliance/

While I don't agree with the statement of desktops dying, PC gaming growing proves absolutely nothing about the state of the desktop PC market in general :shrug:

» Mon May 14, 2012 2:19 am

Seems like these articles get published on a 6 month cycle.

» Mon May 14, 2012 7:14 am

Well tbh the article won't load for me so I figured we are talking about gaming in general and not desktop PC sales :blush:

I still don't agree with saying Desktop PCs are dying though even if there is a decline in sales...

Still won't load btw, would like a little summary if someone would be kind enough :tongue:

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:09 pm

Well tbh the article won't load for me so I figured we are talking about gaming in general and not desktop PC sales :blush:

No worries, I posted before reading it, and even then only skimmed through it. Whenever I see some claim that the PC platform is "dying", I usually jump to the games as well, considering it's my favorite thing to use it for.

Anyway, the article's stating that the iPhone and iPad products and such are somehow making desktop computers irrelevant, which they really aren't.

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:42 am

Seems as though PC's have been dying for a long time. Every 6 months someone says "THE END IS NIGH! PC'S ARE LONG! ABANDON HOPE ALL YE WHO GAME WITH A KEYBOARD!".

Seriously, PC's seem to be harder to properly kill than Daniel Jackson.

I somehow feel both better and worse about myself for getting that reference.

But anyway, I don't see PCs going away, mostly due to what others have said: Bigger screens, power, superior data input, general usefulness. But as time goes on the market will probably shrink as tablets get cheaper and cheaper, and the people who would have bought a PC for browsing the internet will buy a tablet instead. But playing games and browsing the web are really all that tablets seem to be useful for at the moment.

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:55 am

Oh look, another type of doomsday prophet (this one of the PC/OS variety) wants attention.

Back to watching hockey. :laugh:

» Sun May 13, 2012 11:31 pm

Oh look, another type of doomsday prophet (this one of the PC/OS variety) wants attention.

Back to watching hockey. :laugh:

Well, there may be some truth for the general populace if Windows 8 is a massive flop for the classic desktop paradigm

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:06 pm

http://kezi.com/news/local/240964

My god, that Justin Stapleton guy in the top banner looks horrifying!

Oh, but uh, yeah, PCs are doing fine. "Dying" is the biggest exaggeration ever.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:04 pm

PC's have been "dying" for at least the last 2 decades if I remember correctly.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:22 am

I'm not sure how you can jump to the conclusion that it's "dying" if there was a growth in sales of 4.4%. Below estimates or not, it's still a growth.

» Mon May 14, 2012 12:36 am

I'm not sure how you can jump to the conclusion that it's "dying" if there was a growth in sales of 4.4%. Below estimates or not, it's still a growth.

not sure if the post was to me but it seems some think of PC's like oil (the ride's gotta sometime)

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:48 pm

the only information the article posts to support its thesis is that growth is expected to be 4.4%. that is hardly stagnant at all considering its a multi million dollar, if not billion dollar, industry.

basicly this article is just making baseless assumptions and pointing at iphones and ipads and something from apple said.

This article is quite transparently trying to get more hits based off of sensationalized buzz words while not actually containing any information or research that has a greater depth than 15 minutes of time on google.

» Mon May 14, 2012 1:27 pm

The death of PCs is "predicted" about as often as publishers complain about piracy and the used games market these days. It's utter nonsense, and will continue to be until such a time where technology has developed to a point where the computing power that desktop PCs now hold can be contained in something the size of a flash drive. That's a long ways away by my measure.

PC gaming, on the other hand, may be knocking on death's door in a few years if certain publishers don't pull their heads out of their butts and start showing some common courtesy to the people who made them multi-millionaires.

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:22 am

but iPads ARE PCs! I believe they mean "desktop PCs"

But even desktop PCs aren't going anywhere any time soon. Combined, the laptop and desktop market is growing still. While desktops will be marginalized, they won't go away. The keyboard owes itself too much for data entry and content creation, as does a larger monitor.

Had this conversation with my co-worker the other night. Dollar store calculators are technically PCs.

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:36 am

Had this conversation with my co-worker the other night. Dollar store calculators are technically PCs.

dollar store calculators are computers, not PCs. The modern definition of PC is a general purpose computing device. a calculator is a specialized computing device (doing math).