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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: demi on December 14, 2009, 05:53:36 PM

Title: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 14, 2009, 05:53:36 PM
http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-us/Games/Pages/tinker.aspx

December 15th... PC has one game

Join me, my fellow master race gamers.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: magus on December 14, 2009, 06:08:08 PM
this is not about bullfrog return
 >:(
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 14, 2009, 06:09:13 PM
Did they make Xbox 360 games?
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: magus on December 14, 2009, 06:17:06 PM
they made theme park!
and dungeon keeper!
and syndicate!
and magic carpet!
rip bullfrog!  :'( you will be never be forgotten  :'( :'( :'(
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu7dxRtePHM[/youtube]
greatest pc game evah! :rock
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 14, 2009, 06:17:45 PM
Never heard of it. Must be a PS3 game.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: bork on December 14, 2009, 06:50:48 PM
Bullfrog = Peter Molyneux
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: duckman2000 on December 14, 2009, 07:04:52 PM
greatest pc game evah! :rock

This is true.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: muckhole on December 14, 2009, 11:44:08 PM
greatest pc game evah! :rock

This is true.

Hardly, it's not X-Com.  :wag
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: ToxicAdam on December 15, 2009, 01:43:40 AM
I haven't clicked the link but I bet it has faggerty achievements tied to it.



Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2009, 01:44:51 AM
they made theme park!
and dungeon keeper!
and syndicate!
and magic carpet!
rip bullfrog!  :'( you will be never be forgotten  :'( :'( :'(
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu7dxRtePHM[/youtube]
greatest pc game evah! :rock

Was Magic Carpet that one first person game where you're like, flying around on a magic carpet and like platforming and shit? I played that.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: Himu on December 15, 2009, 01:49:55 AM
We are forgetting

[youtube=560,345]H6JcZv3wPuU[/youtube]

:bow

Asked for this for Christmas in 96. :bow :bow :bow Perfect for the next computer at the time.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: magus on December 15, 2009, 05:58:45 AM
Was Magic Carpet that one first person game where you're like, flying around on a magic carpet and like platforming and shit? I played that.
[youtube=560,345]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phuWDJPRhVY[/youtube]
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 15, 2009, 06:03:18 AM
Are you sure these are PC games? If they were I would have heard of them, trust me. I'm a huge gamer.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: magus on December 15, 2009, 06:08:23 AM
Bullfrog = Peter Molyneux
:-\ i hate that guy so much,he dismantled bullfrog,promised black & white to be the greatest game evah,and gave me one of the biggest gaming disappointment evah
Are you sure these are PC games? If they were I would have heard of them, trust me. I'm a huge gamer.
>:(
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: chronovore on December 15, 2009, 06:20:04 AM
I haven't clicked the link but I bet it has faggerty achievements tied to it.





It has 200 Achievement points, and it's free. Demi has likely been tugging his Tinker like a mad fiend.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 15, 2009, 02:24:13 PM
This game is amazing. I should play PC games more often if gems like this are on it.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: archie4208 on December 15, 2009, 02:33:59 PM
Steam games have achievements. :o
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 15, 2009, 02:36:51 PM
Steam is garbage though, sorry.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 15, 2009, 04:23:14 PM
Steam games have achievements. :o

But it doesn't have numbers for easy e-penis measurement.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 15, 2009, 04:27:58 PM
hehe. Joe's e-wang is the same size as his real one.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 15, 2009, 07:00:46 PM
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/3750/1260920161144.png)
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on December 15, 2009, 07:02:36 PM
While I do not endorse a fat nerd typing on the internet, I think that comic is a fair statement on the PS3 at the time of it's creation.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: cool breeze on December 15, 2009, 08:04:00 PM
Tinker is pretty fun.  Was this an Xbox live game? it had 360 controller support
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: MCD on December 15, 2009, 08:05:47 PM
nope.

was vista ultimate only.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: pilonv1 on December 15, 2009, 08:26:54 PM
Steam games have achievements. :o

Football Manager 2010 has sixty achievements :-*
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 16, 2009, 06:37:28 AM
Prices look fair to me. Sorry GFW doesn't cater to the SDTV poor crowd, Borys.

Nobody actually plays Steam games, I'm convinced people just buy anything that's "less than a cheeseburger" (what kind of shitty burgers are you eating?) and never touch it again.

Prove me wrong.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: MCD on December 16, 2009, 06:49:45 AM
Prices look fair to me. Sorry GFW doesn't cater to the SDTV poor crowd, Borys.

Nobody actually plays Steam games, I'm convinced people just buy anything that's "less than a cheeseburger" (what kind of shitty burgers are you eating?) and never touch it again.

Prove me wrong.
Nailed it.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 16, 2009, 07:26:45 AM
Even PC martyr Fragamemnon agrees:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18912128&postcount=16
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 16, 2009, 08:24:53 AM
Where do you get sales? I'm arguing nobody plays games on Steam. Course, you never play games so it is no surprise you love it. Prove me wrong.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 16, 2009, 08:28:11 AM
I didn't like that game anyway.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: MCD on December 16, 2009, 08:29:15 AM
that one glitched on me  :-\
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: MCD on December 16, 2009, 08:37:04 AM
you can't annihilate an admin.

enjoy your ban cheater.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: MCD on December 16, 2009, 08:37:31 PM
i know hon.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: pilonv1 on December 16, 2009, 09:19:16 PM
Where do you get sales? I'm arguing nobody plays games on Steam. Course, you never play games so it is no surprise you love it. Prove me wrong.

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

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View Steam players per game

Top 75 games by current player count

     Current Players    Peak Today         Game
 
     34,081    97,873         Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Multiplayer
     26,481    91,058         Counter-Strike: Source
     21,445    72,808         Counter-Strike
     17,476    20,770         Team Fortress 2
     14,633    20,040         Left 4 Dead 2
     5,614    15,607         Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
     5,323    10,239         Empire: Total War
     4,621    18,435         Football Manager 2010
     4,305    4,523         Garry's Mod
     3,652    5,694         Left 4 Dead
     3,556    3,880         Dragon Age: Origins
     2,504    9,022         Condition Zero
     2,268    6,442         Day of Defeat: Source
     1,767    2,098         Borderlands
     1,720    2,146         Killing Floor
     1,695    3,236         Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
     1,596    7,348         Football Manager 2009
     1,020    1,522         Half-Life 2
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 16, 2009, 09:47:37 PM
Ok so help me out here, my math is rusty.

That page says, at its peak for today, 2 million Steam users logged in at the same time.

It also says, the highest played game for today, is MW2, at a faltering less than 100k.

Am I reading that right? Please please pleeeeease say I am
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: Stoney Mason on December 16, 2009, 09:52:01 PM
Steam numbers are inflated since for most people it just turns on when they boot the computer.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: pilonv1 on December 16, 2009, 10:06:03 PM
Ok so help me out here, my math is rusty.

That page says, at its peak for today, 2 million Steam users logged in at the same time.

It also says, the highest played game for today, is MW2, at a faltering less than 100k.

Am I reading that right? Please please pleeeeease say I am

Pretty much

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   current     peak     
Concurrent Steam Users:    1,239,075    2,178,875    

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Steam numbers are inflated since for most people it just turns on when they boot the computer.

How do you inflate numbers of people playing? Peak playing v. usage looks about 500k v 2.2million.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: Stoney Mason on December 16, 2009, 10:12:33 PM
Inflated is probably the wrong word choice. I was referencing the big gap between the peak played list and the number of people logged on at any one given time.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: pilonv1 on December 16, 2009, 10:15:20 PM
Yeah I don't doubt that at all.
Title: Re: PC gaming finally becomes relevant
Post by: demi on December 17, 2009, 02:34:16 AM
You're doing just fine  :D