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   FactorFri Mar 25 at 8:58 pm

   One more thing. You contradicted yourself in your ramblings. You start off by saying "If I could afford a great PC I would, but I can’t and therefore consoles are the affordable options."

   In the last paragraph you then say "Before anyone calls me a console snob, I have 400 games on Steam, own every console and a decent PC"

   So, you some how don't have a great PC, yet you somehow do? Hmm… Right…
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   FactorFri Mar 25 at 8:53 pm

   Arg typos. Fixed:

   @Mike You call PC gamers “elitist pricks” yet you sound like a “console snob.” You are quick to try and deter your ramblings with statements like “I got a ton of games on steam and a great PC.” Whether you actually have those games or not doesn’t mean you don’t sound like a snob.

   Also, a high end PC doesn’t cost $2000. Furthermore, Crysis 2 manages to run on more machines compared to Crysis right off the bat.

   In addition, Crysis sold around 3 million copies on the PC and it exceed their expectations. That’s not even including the expansion which also sold around a million alone.
   http://www.incrysis.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=…

   Not only did they profit from the original game, but they were also able to buy Free Radical.
   http://pc.ign.com/articles/950/950825p1.html

   Mike, you sound like an uninformed gamer that has a thing against the PC platform and I think you should check your facts before trying to put down the PC platform and PC gamers.
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   MikeThu Mar 24 at 9:16 am

   You're gonna have to get used to the PC gamers whining, it's not going to stop for a long time now. Basically, it's cool to hate multiplatform games (even brilliant ones like this) because apparently the majority of PC gamers are elitist pricks. If I could afford a great PC I would, but I can't and therefore consoles are the affordable options. And seriously, what does a PC offer these days that a PS3 or 360 doesn't? Greater graphical fidelity sure, but even then not enough to justify spending $2000. I mean I've been playing Crysis 2 on the PS3 and I don't think the original was anywhere near that good on my $1500 laptop at the time. And the PS3 is older. That says a lot right?

   Contrary to popular PC gamer belief, Crysis 2 does not seem at all 'dumbed down for consoles' either, in fact I think consoles are the main reason such a robust graphics engine was created and why the team were able to go and make such a fantastic sequel that eclipses the first in EVERY way. If they were only developing for PC again, they wouldn't have much hope of making a large Prophet (heh…) because there would be some pretty rampant piracy once again. With consoles in the mix they know they'll be making extra money to cover the expenditure on the production values and hiring a fantastic writer (Richard K. Morgan has some brilliant sci-fi books, read them NOW).

   Before anyone calls me a console snob, I have 400 games on Steam, own every console and a decent PC, but prefer to play on PS3 generally. I don't play online very much either, usually just split screen with friends. All I wanted to say here is that there seems to be a very frustrating need to bitch about consoles when really consoles are keeping PC gaming alive. I would hope that Deus Ex: Human Revolution doesn't suffer the same fate, I've had the pleasure of seeing it played last year at the Mana Bar, and it was looking good. Now? A year on? It's gonna be great if they maintained the quality through the rest of the game. It's a shame then that I was born a cynic and I know the reaction to it will be a bunch of PC gamers who haven't ever played the original before (but not admitting it), jumping on the bashing bandwaggon…
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   NiceaWed Mar 23 at 1:35 pm

   Nice preview, you writing skills are pretty good.