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what is going on tech addicts are watching Jeeves to sense and Before we jump into today's topic at hand and game commentary I wanted to show you what is probably one of the luckiest shots you will see in all of battlefield 3 history I was playing some rush here on kargh Island just doing a little bit of tanking and I was engaging this chopper here and well we'll just go ahead and let the video speak for itself hey J I'm building a computer but I'm a little worried that computer gaming is dying should I build a computer or should I just get a new console this is a question that I'm getting every single day over and over again from people that are on the verge of building their first PC but they're afraid that PC gaming as a whole is dying well guys I'm here to tell you that without a doubt computer gaming certainly is on a decline but let me digress just a moment PC gaming is one of those things that had been people have been speculating and saying that computer gaming is over it's dead it's obsolete it's just a big giant dinosaur on your desk and eventually there won't be any games for it people have been saying that for 20 years but now the reality of it is that yes computer gaming is on a decline major manufacturers would tell you that every single day there are less people buying computer components than the day before now does that necessarily mean that computer gaming is dying I don't believe that that's true I don't believe computer gaming is dying simply because games are always gonna be developed on computers and I just want to pause real quick and say that that you have to admit that that was an epic fly under that pipe right there ducking under that thing and not crashing so give me a little bit of props to that but then of course you know I did this so whatever it was still cool I think but anyway back to the topic computer gaming is always going to be around in my opinion because a computer system is what the games were being developed on it doesn't matter if it's for the Xbox or the PlayStation or for your tablet or your iPhone your Android the main device that developers use our computers and a lot of devices that people are using is actually a Mac but not address computer gaming is one of those things that would always be able to be around by default now a lot of people will argue about the optimization of computer gaming vs. consoles and that would be very true consoles are a lot more optimized for the user experience than a computer is there are so many variants in computer builds it's impossible for developers to build for every single computer component and scenario out there in the market but that's not gonna stop them from developing games for computers especially when it's low-hanging fruit for sales and the fact that the game is already developed for the console and it requires a very small and easy port to PC it's always gonna be around and that's why you're able to get amazing sales for steam sales and you know I guess Origen has them too but steam sales that's where you get amazing prices on games because the games are already around by default so it doesn't really hurt the developer to offer you a game for five bucks four bucks or nine bucks or whatever it is so it's always gonna be enticing to people like me who just take pride and ownership and the fact that I'm a PC gamer doesn't have anything against consoles I own consoles but PC gaming is my preferred platform and because of that it makes me proud that as people say well no PC gaming is dying and I'm sitting here to tell them you know it's not it's on a decline it's not dying people have been telling me for 20 years that PC gaming is dead and it's absolutely pointless but check it out here we are battlefield 4 launching you got battlefield 3 which was a huge success you've got you know it's a big deal when you build your first computer and you go and you experience your first Steam sale it's very exciting but I definitely want to tell you that if you're thinking about building your first computer or buying a computer or you're just afraid that PC gaming is gonna one day just be gone PC gaming is going to continue to evolve throughout the decades as it always has the piece of gaming is always going to be around now that's not to say that PC gaming doesn't have its disadvantages of course it's a bit more expensive than the initial cost of getting into PC gaming if you don't have any systems you don't have any consoles you don't have a PC a laptop nothing the initial cost of getting into PC gaming is a little bit more expensive which would make a lot of people especially parents say well I want to buy my 15 year old and Xbox instead of spending the $900 or $1,000 or ever it is they feel they need to pay on a decent gaming computer yeah consoles definitely beat out pcs when it comes to unit per unit sales but when it comes to the longevity of a computer the amount of things that you can do on a computer and they're not just gaming systems they're full on productivity machines there's a lot of advantages to pcs as well and it doesn't take a lot to convert a PC for productivity to be able to play games and I just got tweeted check it out a little bit of a shout out there to use steep oMG from Newegg all right back to the topic but one of the things that I've always loved about PC gaming especially over the fact that in the last 20 years I can't even count how many times my friends and and now colleagues at work have told me that beats of PC gaming is dying why are you doing this you've got dedicated companies out there that their entire livelihood practically depend on the survival of PC gaming Nvidia Intel AMD and while AMD maybe not as much today because they bagged some pretty amazing deals when it comes to the processor or APU combos going into the new consoles that was a huge huge move for consoles and AMD but one of the things that's really interesting is the flexibility in a computer so you've got a company like Nvidia that's been able to find a way to integrate these new technologies that have been replacing computers like your Android device or your handheld tablets and now finding a way to integrate them together to where you can do PC gaming on a handheld device wirelessly that's a big deal that's a huge technology move for the industry and whether or not it's something that I agree with or that I like I'm not personally a fan of the Nvidia shield or the Nvidia grid but I can tell you that it opens up a lot of doors for the future and cloud-based gaming so it keeps PC gaming alive and it keeps both parties happy you've got your Android device and your handheld device and you're playing your PC game while mobile because that's one of the things that a lot of people didn't like about PC gaming was that it was so stationary and gaming laptops are ridiculously overpriced and just not worth it so I'm here to tell you J's two cents on this day in October 2013 gaming PC may be on a decline but so is everything else in this type of economy in this day and age there's a lot of things people are cutting back on so if you are using those numbers to say that PC gaming is dying you can use those numbers to say that a lot of things are dying cars driving and clearly they're not but when it comes to PC gaming we will always be around and it's the type of club that I'm gonna always enjoy being a part of because it's just something that I really like to be a part of I love PC gaming I love gaming as a whole I've been playing minion rush on my iPhone now for I don't know how long and I can't put the damn thing down if you're a gamer you're really not gonna care what you game on but if you're thinking about getting into PC gaming and you're afraid that all of a sudden you're gonna wake up one day and PC gaming is just completely gone and fossilized and it's a thing of the past I'm here to tell you that you don't have to worry about that PC gaming is always going to be around gaming as a whole is always going to be around and it doesn't matter if you're a console gamer or a PC gamer the bottom line is gaming as a community is what's going to keep these devices around for a long long time and it definitely helps when you have a lot of PC dedicated channels like myself and Barnacle E's and Linus tech tips and TECA Martinez and Austin Evans and all of these great dedicated PC advocates it's very unlikely that PC is going anywhere anytime soon and with the amount of subscribers that all of these channels are gaining every single day is only creating and strengthening the community that rally around pcs as a whole just think about that