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UK Old Git 8 Sep, 2012 @ 7:00am
PC?
Why isn't there a PC specific section, seems like a lot of young console players on here or is it steams way of slowly moving away from PC gamers?
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Felix 8 Sep, 2012 @ 7:10am 
The whole discussions board are based around PC, with the obvious exceptions (Like Steam MOBILE, which is based on Steam for mobile...) and Off Topic which can be for nearly anything.
The games you find on Steam are all PC ready games, the only reason you find a variety of games is due to the fact that is what is marketed in todays world, all games are categorised by genre and you can find specifics by using the search bar.
Nowadays all games are intergrated into a variety of platforms making them able to be played not just by a specific base of users on whatever platform but by all. It's rare to find PC-specific as cross-platform games are what brings in the money for a tonne of publishers and developers.
In regards to Steam sliding away from marketing to PC gamers is due to the fact console gamers can pick up a game hardy PC or Laptop and want to play the games that they'd find on their console. It's all about popularity and again what's available to the market and what's advertised greatly.
Herald536 8 Sep, 2012 @ 9:34am 
Thought it was all for PC on here??? No? But if it's youngsters you're worried about, perhaps STEAM should have an "OLD FARTS" section added heh... I'll see you there lol.
Originally posted by Herald536:
Thought it was all for PC on here??? No? But if it's youngsters you're worried about, perhaps STEAM should have an "OLD FARTS" section added heh... I'll see you there lol.
Yeah, it's called vintage tag
Originally posted by Marmarmar34:
Originally posted by Herald536:
Thought it was all for PC on here??? No? But if it's youngsters you're worried about, perhaps STEAM should have an "OLD FARTS" section added heh... I'll see you there lol.
Yeah, it's called vintage tag

Oh my goodness, did I really say that THIRTEEN YEARS AGO !!!... With digging like skills like this you could professionally stalk celebrities
Holy necro batman 😳
Originally posted by Talby:
Holy necro batman 😳
Twice now.
Originally posted by Chaosolous:
Originally posted by Talby:
Holy necro batman 😳
Twice now.

Nah, 4 days doesn't count as a necro. :P
Originally posted by Talby:
Holy necro batman 😳

Lol at the necroposting!
We are closing this because I get paid per click and am bored while eating my cheesy quavers staring at the screen aimlessly with a more distant kind of stare than the main users of Off Topic
pc on here is wherever it is being talked of at the time.
It may be a necro, but is true since this was created many of we console folks came over to Steam due to the platform being much more controller friendly, and end roads they made with Ge Force Now on Xbox, and creation of the Steam Deck. As well as the rise of crossplay features.
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Originally posted by Herald536:
Thought it was all for PC on here??? No? But if it's youngsters you're worried about, perhaps STEAM should have an "OLD FARTS" section added heh... I'll see you there lol.
When the old fart becomes the geriatric fart

Like me
>Why isn't there a PC specific section, seems like a lot of young console players on here

In my case, it's just because Steam forums are the busiest. There's a lot of dying boards on console sites. Doesn't have anything to do with Steam itself. Just more discussion here.

>It may be a necro, but is true since this was created many of we console folks came over to Steam due to the platform being much more controller friendly,

I have no idea how a console player could say this. There's no guarantee a game you buy will even work on Steam at all...the last two I got here didn't. Sure, Steam will offer a quick refund but this is a pain compared to consoles where I KNOW a game will play fine the second I buy it. Combined with the fact that Steam offers zero support and requires you to be online for a lot of games that don't need it. And controller support?...I've wrestled for hours with some controllers on here. Another issue that isn't a factor on console. All Steam does is remind me why I'm mostly using a console now.
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Originally posted by Hotel Security:
>Why isn't there a PC specific section, seems like a lot of young console players on here

In my case, it's just because Steam forums are the busiest. There's a lot of dying boards on console sites. Doesn't have anything to do with Steam itself. Just more discussion here.

>It may be a necro, but is true since this was created many of we console folks came over to Steam due to the platform being much more controller friendly,

I have no idea how a console player could say this. There's no guarantee a game you buy will even work on Steam at all...the last two I got here didn't. Sure, Steam will offer a quick refund but this is a pain compared to consoles where I KNOW a game will play fine the second I buy it. Combined with the fact that Steam offers zero support and requires you to be online for a lot of games that don't need it. And controller support???...I've wrestled for hours with some controllers on here. Another issue that isn't a factor on console. All Steam does is remind me why I'm mostly using a console now.

Many of the newer games i have are played thru Ge Force Now thru their Edge Browser. I never had to upgrade to the new consoles, being i can get the games cheaper here and play them on an Xbox One.

Back when this thread came out, controller support really in its infancy. Now almost everything has controller support, and if not the Steam Interface can give it to us.

In addition, given that fact, i learned Steam and PC gaming are not "out of reach" for those of us on console, being these features abled us to dip into PC gaming.

Given these factors, i upgraded my PC.

And the days the "PC Master Race" were convinced we console players were beneath them in playing games together, learned thru crossplay we can all integrate, even very effectively.
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