Computer vs. Console Gaming

An interesting and potentially controversial article has surfaced at GameFirst about the juxtaposition of computer games and console games and how that “golden age of gaming” might be coming to an end. Do you think the trend to “dumb down” PC games toward those of console games is as prevalent as the writer thinks? Or perhaps it’s more a matter of cycles in game history and the streamlining and trying out of new design philosophies such as the one Peter Molyneux had on the game Black & White?

Read the article for yourself and decide where you might stand on the issue.