PC Games - Where have they gone??

[PowerPie5000]

I've been trying this out and it's pretty rubbish to be honest. Wireless gamepad on console wins comfortably.

Use a wireless X360 pad with your PC then

[Oswald]

yep a lot of pc games are compatible with a 360 pad and a 360 pad is compatible with windows.
So nothing stopping you using a 360 pad for games while still also retaining the functionality of a mouse & keyboard.

You can use a 360 pad on the pc for singleplayer, which is what I do. But you won't last for 5 seconds using a pad in multiplayer shooters where everyone is using keyboard & mouse.

[ZaO]

You can use a 360 pad on the pc for singleplayer, which is what I do. But you won't last for 5 seconds using a pad in multiplayer shooters where everyone is using keyboard & mouse.

well for shooters yeh. but people are using a mouse and keyboard on consoles also these days right?

[Diggah]

I tired to look into that for the PS3 but it was a no go.

On the original topic, is this the way of things to come (ie no physical media and digital downloads the way forward)? I noticed Apples new Imacs now no longer have any optical drives.

[ZaO]

I tired to look into that for the PS3 but it was a no go.

On the original topic, is this the way of things to come (ie no physical media and digital downloads the way forward)? I noticed Apples new Imacs now no longer have any optical drives.

Yeh there's absolutely no question about it. Digital media isn't just the future, it's now. Everything else is slowly dying out. There's good and bad sides to it, but either way, it's happening.

[Diggah]

I think one of the major downsides (from a consumer POV anyway) is that there is little to no 2nd hand market now. It was always a bit dodgy with serial numbers but now you either pay full price or wait for a sale.

At the same time its given rise to more indy game developers so I guess its all good.

[Larkspeed]

I have only just seen this thread so on the original topic I think that must be a UK thing with not stocking PC games.

All our local game stores have very substantial PC games sections and since we live very close to the German border and go to Germany frequently I can say from experience that the shops there have large PC sections as well.

Honestly I would have thought it would have been the other way around we have substantially faster internet connections here, for instance I have 120 Mbps and some places get 500 Mbps, so downloading of games is very quick.

[laptop1967]

There hasn,t been a lot of PC Games stocked in stores for a while now in the UK, but i order mine from the net anyway as they are cheaper and if it's a steam game i just enter the code and download it anyway, so i can see why stores don't bother to be honest

[KeyboardDemon]

I've recently bought two pre-orders for download games that I could activate on Steam, by finding services like Greenmangaming it was not only possible to save money but I also got my activation codes straight away which made it possible to pre-load my software.

[rickyjb]

seems like were stuck using steam , origin and uplay fo digital downloads . i dont realy know any others

[ZaO]

seems like were stuck using steam , origin and uplay fo digital downloads . i dont realy know any others

Checkout a website called SteamUnpowered. I check their homepage everyday as they always have links to deals on cheap pc games. Which includes alternative download services.

[Bakashinji]

There are a few other places you can get digital versions of games but i agree.. i miss the days where you spend 1-2hrs browsing the shelves of your local game store looking for a hidden gem you wouldnt normally know about. Below is a few other places that offer digital downloads besides, Origin, Steam, U play, Blizzard

Amazon now offer digital download service thats currently in Beta
GameFly Digital
Get Games
Gamers Gate