| When PC gaming was first introduced, it was a | | | | their games. |
| little bit of a chore. You had to buy the PC game | | | | A good way for the companies to sell their |
| and occasionally you would need to download | | | | games is to offer free demo versions to |
| extra software in order to play them. This was | | | | download. This makes sure that the customer |
| probably down to the fact that internet | | | | likes the game before they purchase it, and with |
| connections were not as fast as they are today. | | | | new games costing around $50 per game this |
| The other problem with PC gaming back then | | | | makes good business sense. PC gaming has taken |
| was the fact that the games came on discs that | | | | on a whole new perspective lately. No longer are |
| had to be loaded on to your computer before | | | | you confined to playing one on one games with a |
| you could play them, but if you had too many | | | | friend at home. There are now plenty of |
| games that you liked to play, this would interfere | | | | opportunities to play multi challenge games online. |
| with other programmes mainly because it used | | | | This however creates a little problem for the |
| too much memory up. But the PC games that | | | | makers of games consoles, you see, because a |
| were out at the time did keep people interested, | | | | lot of people can now play games on their |
| and the graphics were good. | | | | computers. It does mean that if all the games |
| Today you have the option to download PC | | | | were brought out for PC as they are with say |
| games straight from the internet. This comes | | | | Playstation and Xbox, then people would not need |
| with the added benefit that no extra software | | | | to buy their consoles and what other accessories |
| needs buying to play them. Many games | | | | they offer, and the console companies would lose |
| manufacturers now use PC gaming as an | | | | out on their sales. |
| advertising platform to get people interested in | | | | |