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May 11^th, 2005 at 2:54pm

Fozzer Offline
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An elderly FS 2004 addict!
Hereford. England. EGBS.

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Hi All...

Grin

...!

I popped into my local game store today to see what's on offer.
A few new games.
Zillions of re-issues of old games.
..but..
no-one seemed to be buying anything, certainly not PC games... Cry

Cry

...!

I can remember the time, long, long ago, (1980), when the world was full of excited 8-bit computer game enthusiasts, waiting to get their hands on the latest cassette game for the Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore 64, etc, etc...!!

Has the bottom dropped out of the market for PC games..?
Have they all gone over to X-Box, etc... Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

...?

Cheers all...!

Paul....(Sinclair Spectrum 48k enthusiast)... Wink

Wink

...

Grin

...!

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Reply #1 - May 11^th, 2005 at 4:20pm

Hype Ex Member

In the last few months I've bought Sims2 University, Battlefield Vietnam, Lomac, Pinnacle Studio 9....maybe it's just me but I certainly haven't stopped buying PC software! LOL

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Reply #2 - May 11^th, 2005 at 4:34pm

spirit1flyer Offline
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you are go for T.L.I.
Copy that....

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when I have the money I buy just about any computer game they sell Wink

Wink

Red alert!!&& Red alert!!&&

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Reply #3 - May 11^th, 2005 at 4:46pm

Foxhound-B Ex Member

Quote:

Has the bottom dropped out of the market for PC games..?
Have they all gone over to X-Box, etc... Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

...?

Times have changed. Broadband was invented and when the internet became avaiable for everyone, it was the birth of warez. *shrugs*

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Reply #4 - May 11^th, 2005 at 4:51pm

Woodlouse2002 Offline
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I like jam.
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I've only brought one new game in the last two years. Tongue

Tongue

I need save my money for drink you see. Tongue

Tongue

Woodlouse2002 PITA and BAR!!!!!!!!&&&&Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the Act made in the first year of King George the First for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God Save the King.&&&&Viva la revolution!

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Reply #5 - May 11^th, 2005 at 5:46pm

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No they haven't moved to the xbox, if anything, they moved to the PC.

I still buy PC games, at least 1 biweekly.

Link to sig:&&Click here&&(Cannot post signature here due to current forum restrications on linked images).

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Reply #6 - May 11^th, 2005 at 6:17pm

Fozzer Offline
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An elderly FS 2004 addict!
Hereford. England. EGBS.

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A bit like Woody...I haven't bought any PC games since the release of FS 2004.... Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

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I've already got all the shoot-em-up games, war games, adventure games, flying round games*, etc, etc...going back to the year dot....
..and all the new "stuff" looks, and plays, very much the same as the "old stuff"....just "fancier" graphics... Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

...!

Paul....Atari 2600...Spectrum 48k...Commodore 64....Amiga 1200...PC...>>

*...but none of the dreaded "sports" ball games... Angry

Angry

....

Wink

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Grin

...!

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Reply #7 - May 11^th, 2005 at 6:26pm

Woodlouse2002 Offline
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I like jam.
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Quote:

A bit like Woody...I haven't bought any PC games since the release of FS 2004.... Roll Eyes

Roll Eyes

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Let me give you an idea of how many games I've brought recently. Earlier this year I brought H&D2. Before that I brought Vietcong in 2003 and before that I brought CFS3 on it's release. Those are the last three games I brought. Tongue

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Woodlouse2002 PITA and BAR!!!!!!!!&&&&Our Sovereign Lord the King chargeth and commandeth all persons, being assembled, immediately to disperse themselves, and peaceably to depart to their habitations, or to their lawful business, upon the pains contained in the Act made in the first year of King George the First for preventing tumults and riotous assemblies. God Save the King.&&&&Viva la revolution!

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Reply #8 - May 11^th, 2005 at 7:22pm

_526th_Fireman Offline
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S~ to all fair and honorable
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"I got a million of em!" NO, really! Well, maybe not a million but I got enough of them to make the wife give me the EYE.

Don't just buy anything though. It has to catch my eye first. Then I will read some reviews on it. Check out the games forums and see what's being said.

Last few I have bought are Half Life 2, Far Cry and Silent Hunter III. Love all of them!

PC gaming is hot, otherwise there wouldn't be such a big market on the graphics cards and new....bigger and badder ones being released every few weeks. lol

Systemax Sabre Ultimate gaming rig.&&&&I got all the goodies and all the power I need to run anything thrown at me for the next two months!

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Reply #9 - May 11^th, 2005 at 8:41pm

Gunny04 Offline
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Who's Better than the
best when nobodys the
best?
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I'm with fireman..... if it catches my eye I get it, I have 40 comp games on disk all over the place...... I have a PS2 but I personally think Games on Console after N64 absolutly suck.... there are a few games (like sports and racing) that do better on console, but pc is the absolute best out of em all in my opinion! Cheers, Gunny

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Reply #10 - May 12^th, 2005 at 4:08am

Paz Offline
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I don't buy nearly as many PC games as I used to, I would rather play on the Xbox or PS2, PC games are great and the current consoles can't match the amount of content which can be included in a PC title, but over the years as PC games require more and more resources to run, I kind of get tired of trying to keep up with everything just to play a game, not to mention lock-ups and compatibility issues between the software and hardware, basically in my opinion modern PC gaming although very cool at times, has become more of a pain in the ass than ever, so that is why I pretty much stick to gaming on my consoles these days.

&&Still no linked images allowed around here Paz! Naughty...&&

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Reply #11 - May 12^th, 2005 at 3:07pm

Hype Ex Member

I've actually considered getting into console games for the same reasons Paz has. It won't be long before my 2.0 with a gig of RAM is completely incapable to do anything other than spreadsheets. lol

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Reply #12 - May 13^th, 2005 at 12:05am

Stephen Smileys Ex Member

What about buying online. Surely that's a reason for lack-luster shop sales.

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Reply #13 - May 15^th, 2005 at 9:37am

lintonam Offline
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No Ive bought Battlefield 1942, my brother got 2 Starwars games, and am going today to get LOMAC Grin

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Reply #14 - May 15^th, 2005 at 5:08pm

spirit1flyer Offline
Colonel
you are go for T.L.I.
Copy that....

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I walked in a Kmart the other day and they had one game and about 50+ Xbox games and others Roll Eyes

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Red alert!!&& Red alert!!&&

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