Well all I know tom is that whenever I have gone shopping with my
friends to stores that used to be full with games years ago its
mostly console games now.
The computer games still exist but are less.
I think a lot is online to.
Another interesting fact at least from what I have seen on the ground
is that quite a few things are payed online subscription.
At 06:24 AM 12/11/2013, you wrote:
Hi Shaun:
Well, that is true to a point. The last time I went out shopping for a
general joystick, game pad, etc the only things I could find from
Logitech etc were specialized game controllers like racing wheels,
flight sticks, boxing gloves, and things of that sort. Best buy had a
few older Logitech game pads in the store, but nothing new. What I was
told was that they aren't making any new game pads or joysticks any
more and they are focusing on specialized devices for the PC. I don't
know if that is true, but it would not surprise me since finding
drivers for some game pads and joysticks for a 64-bit PC is not always
easy.
Add to that since Windows Vista the input library is now XInput which
is he same library used on the XBox for XBox controllers. DirectInput
is all but deprecated and many controllers are either all XBox and
XInput compatible or has a switch to switch between DirectInput and
XInput. That further complicates the situation since most audio games
are still using DirectInput only, and that technology is pretty much
being phased out of use.
Cheers!
On 12/6/13, shaun everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That really is not good tom.
> I guess you could pick up the xbox1 or other controler but still.
> I suspect from what I have seen at computer shops that for the most
> part bar consoles, a lot of stuff is full blown sticks now.
> And a lot of that is specialised for things like flight or racing.
> There are some general purpose sticks but that is becomming less now.
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