The biggest issue right now in the console/pc gaming discussion is hardware stagnation. Very few companies make games with a PC first model; CD Projekt RED being the premier (in my opinion) PC first studio - anyone who has played the Witcher 2 and took a cursory glance at the graphics configuration menu knows why. Sony's PS3 and MS's Xbox 360 came out more than half a decade ago and the hardware upgrades to these consoles have been nominal in comparison to what's been going on in the outside world on desktop PCs; the Wii also took a drastic turn for the worst in terms of hardware progression on gaming consoles.
Due to the Wii's success with motion based controls Sony and MS have also become distracted by the interactive game market with motion based platforms such as the Kinect and Move, only serving to further delay the next gen of consoles.
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The biggest issue right now in the console/pc gaming discussion is hardware stagnation. Very few companies make games with a PC first model; CD Projekt RED being the premier (in my opinion) PC first studio - anyone who has played the Witcher 2 and took a cursory glance at the graphics configuration menu knows why. Sony's PS3 and MS's Xbox 360 came out more than half a decade ago and the hardware upgrades to these consoles have been nominal in comparison to what's been going on in the outside world on desktop PCs; the Wii also took a drastic turn for the worst in terms of hardware progression on gaming consoles.
Due to the Wii's success with motion based controls Sony and MS have also become distracted by the interactive game market with motion based platforms such as the Kinect and Move, only serving to further delay the next gen of consoles.