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    Do you ever wonder how much better PC gaming would have been if Microsoft never entered the console market?
    Jan 31, 2011 3:00pm PST
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    Do you ever wonder how much better PC gaming would have been if Microsoft never entered the console marke... : gyokuro

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    • nope : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
    • no. : BeerHunterThis person is cool!
    • Nope. : Happy Doodle Muffin
    • Not even once : ColoradoCNC
    • I laughed when Microsoft entered the console market, I know that. : DM7This person is cool!
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      You're gay. : Godhatesfatpeople
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        A bit harsh, no? : virusThis person is cool!
        • what, you think being gay is insulting? bigot! : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
        • That was only an observation of Gyokoro's sexual preferences! How is that harsh? Are you implying being ... : Smoochy666
      • lol : Pantene Pro-V
      • Not that there's anything wrong with that : roushimsxThis person is cool!
    • Imagine xbox live, but it's on the computer. 50$ a year to be able to play your pc games online. DLC for ... : AgentPotheadThis person is cool!
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      I'm glad they did. That paved the way for steam and I love steam so I'm happy with the way it worked out. : Strid3rtheGreat
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        yeah thats really great. We have an awesome delivery system for console game ports : gyokuro
        • Touché : Strid3rtheGreat
        • oh brother : justwr!ght
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          i don't even believe in ports anymore. there are just multiplatform games. 90% of all games fall into t... : EvilDolemiteThis person is cool!
          • When I think of port I think of a delayed release like Mass Effect 2 on the PS3 or Assassin's Creed 2 on ... : Wisp!
        • ... http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25153870#itemanchor_25153870 : virusThis person is cool!
        • Durf hurf blurf gurf! : Dschinghis Khan
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          Keep digging that hole : ColoradoCNC
          • What you mean is, keep fucking that chicken : duffman03
    • What the fuck is this shitty post : OverloadUT
    • no because I'm not stupid : maullaThis person is cool!
    • I wonder how it would be different, but "better"? I'm not sure what a "better" PC gaming market would be ... : Vincent GraysonThis person is cool!
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      I'm still wondering how awesome gaming would be if nintendo didn't keep kiddyfying the fuck out of the ma... : roushimsxThis person is cool!
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        But I love wizards bs angels :( jk : Strid3rtheGreat
        • Sigh. Bs=vs iPhone fail : Strid3rtheGreat
        • Only because it's full of ridiculously hot chicks though, right? : roushimsxThis person is cool!
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      Interesting idea. They'd obviously have an incentive to keep gamers on their platform, but that would vi... : bipolarThis person is cool!
      • They initially did charge for it. It's a major reason why Shadowrun failed. :( : roushimsxThis person is cool!
    • no the 360 controller is the best i've ever used : AMikaboshiThis person is cool!
    • You mean how much worse? : saunders45
    • No because they'd have fucked up supporting PC gaming anyway. : nodeThis person is cool!
    • http://www.pcgamingfan.com/ : TemporalParadox
    • Man screw all these guys. PC Gaming FOREVER! !!!!! : uebersoldat
    • I think about this all the time, mostly when I see the pc gaming is dead threads. : boomdeathThis person is cool!
    • Every. Day. : reZaun
    • Not even for a second : acheronThis person is cool!
    • I CRY EVERY NIGHT WHILE HOLDING MY HELLGATE LONDON BOX : HisKillSkill
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      Age of Empires and Flight Simulator might have been continued, instead of their studios being dismissed a... : MamiyaOtaru
      • Age of Empires, Mechwarrior, AND Flight Simulator. : MercFox1
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        Isn't AoE coming back as a Facebook game? : JarEme
        • Sorry, my illiteracy is my greatest shame. : JarEme
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      Now I am, and man, GoW on the PC? Gaylo without the Gay? I would love it. : CrustaRThis person is cool!
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        "gaylo?" seriously? : RikiTiki2
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          Hell yea. That series couldn't be gayer even if Marcus and Dom jumped through a transdimensional portal a... : roushimsxThis person is cool!
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            roushi, I'm sure there's a fan fiction somewhere with that in it. : CrustaRThis person is cool!
            • there is. I wrote it :( : roushimsxThis person is cool!
        • sup : FrayLoThis person is cool!
    • No. They had to in order to maintain their line to the consumer, and it was a good thing for the overall ... : Dr_Cube
    • I wonder how much better shacking would have been if you had never created an account? probably the same : HalenThis person is cool!
    • gyokuro : boomstickahThis person is cool!
    • how much better would life be if sega never left........vmu's that communicate with one another, screen o... : Chandler55This person is cool!
    • Two companies I loved have died due to not fitting neatly into the console market under Microsoft's leade... : ughhhhhhh
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      You're obviously going to get a lot of shit for this post because people don't like PC vs. console thread... : FlatlineDixay
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        I'd say that Microsoft bringing DirectX to the Windows platform has done more for modern PC gaming than m... : HalenThis person is cool!
        • What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
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          They've been working on DirectX since 1995 or something. To take it away from the PC would have been mind... : FlatlineDixay
          • It was initially designed specifically for games. It brought the golden age of gaming in the late 90s to... : HalenThis person is cool!
    • I owe my current career to the Xbox so fuck this : stukaThis person is cool!