Author Topic: PC gaming finally becomes relevant (Read 2662 times)

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.

magus · « **Reply #1 on:** December 14, 2009, 06:08:08 PM »

this is not about bullfrog return

demi · « **Reply #2 on:** December 14, 2009, 06:09:13 PM »

Did they make Xbox 360 games?

magus · « **Reply #3 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][/youtube]
greatest pc game evah!

demi · « **Reply #4 on:** December 14, 2009, 06:17:45 PM »

Never heard of it. Must be a PS3 game.

bork · « **Reply #5 on:** December 14, 2009, 06:50:48 PM »

Bullfrog = Peter Molyneux

duckman2000 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 14, 2009, 07:04:52 PM »

Quote from: magus on December 14, 2009, 06:17:06 PM

greatest pc game evah!

This is true.

muckhole · « **Reply #7 on:** December 14, 2009, 11:44:08 PM »

Quote from: duckman2000 on December 14, 2009, 07:04:52 PM

Quote from: magus on December 14, 2009, 06:17:06 PM
greatest pc game evah!

This is true.

Hardly, it's not X-Com.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #8 on:** December 15, 2009, 01:43:40 AM »

I haven't clicked the link but I bet it has faggerty achievements tied to it.

Himu · « **Reply #9 on:** December 15, 2009, 01:44:51 AM »

Quote from: 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][/youtube]
greatest pc game evah!

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.

Himu · « **Reply #10 on:** December 15, 2009, 01:49:55 AM »

We are forgetting

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

Asked for this for Christmas in 96.

Perfect for the next computer at the time.

magus · « **Reply #11 on:** December 15, 2009, 05:58:45 AM »

Quote from: Himuro on December 15, 2009, 01:44:51 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][/youtube]

demi · « **Reply #12 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.

magus · « **Reply #13 on:** December 15, 2009, 06:08:23 AM »

Quote from: the lyte edge™ on December 14, 2009, 06:50:48 PM

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

Quote from: 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.

chronovore · « **Reply #14 on:** December 15, 2009, 06:20:04 AM »

Quote from: 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.

It has 200 Achievement points, and it's free. Demi has likely been tugging his Tinker like a mad fiend.

demi · « **Reply #15 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.

archie4208 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 15, 2009, 02:33:59 PM »

Steam games have achievements.

demi · « **Reply #17 on:** December 15, 2009, 02:36:51 PM »

Steam is garbage though, sorry.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #18 on:** December 15, 2009, 04:23:14 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on December 15, 2009, 02:33:59 PM

Steam games have achievements.

But it doesn't have numbers for easy e-penis measurement.

demi · « **Reply #19 on:** December 15, 2009, 04:27:58 PM »

hehe. Joe's e-wang is the same size as his real one.

demi · « **Reply #20 on:** December 15, 2009, 07:00:46 PM »

Quote from: a slime appears on December 15, 2009, 06:43:41 PM

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MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #21 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.

cool breeze · « **Reply #22 on:** December 15, 2009, 08:04:00 PM »

Tinker is pretty fun. Was this an Xbox live game? it had 360 controller support

MCD · « **Reply #23 on:** December 15, 2009, 08:05:47 PM »

nope.

was vista ultimate only.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #24 on:** December 15, 2009, 08:26:54 PM »

Quote from: archie4208 on December 15, 2009, 02:33:59 PM

Steam games have achievements.

Football Manager 2010 has sixty achievements

demi · « **Reply #25 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.

MCD · « **Reply #26 on:** December 16, 2009, 06:49:45 AM »

Quote from: 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.

Nailed it.

demi · « **Reply #27 on:** December 16, 2009, 07:26:45 AM »

Even PC martyr Fragamemnon agrees:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=18912128&postcount=16

demi · « **Reply #28 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.

demi · « **Reply #29 on:** December 16, 2009, 08:28:11 AM »

I didn't like that game anyway.

MCD · « **Reply #30 on:** December 16, 2009, 08:29:15 AM »

that one glitched on me $:-\$

MCD · « **Reply #31 on:** December 16, 2009, 08:37:04 AM »

you can't annihilate an admin.

enjoy your ban cheater.

MCD · « **Reply #32 on:** December 16, 2009, 08:37:31 PM »

i know hon.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 16, 2009, 09:19:16 PM »

Quote from: 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.

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

demi · « **Reply #34 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

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #35 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.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #36 on:** December 16, 2009, 10:06:03 PM »

Quote from: 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

Pretty much

Quote

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

Quote

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.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #37 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.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #38 on:** December 16, 2009, 10:15:20 PM »

Yeah I don't doubt that at all.

demi · « **Reply #39 on:** December 17, 2009, 02:34:16 AM »

You're doing just fine

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Author Topic: PC gaming finally becomes relevant (Read 2662 times)