| The PC gaming world has grown over the years, | | | | Most gaming companies are now using PC gaming |
| when it first started out you needed to download | | | | as advertising for their games; you just have to |
| certain software to be able to play games on | | | | look at the many websites around promoting |
| your PC; this was probably down to the fact that | | | | things. |
| internet connections were much slower that they | | | | There are many websites around now that offer |
| are today. | | | | a free demo of a game, this is just to get people |
| Most of the PC games in the past came on a CD; | | | | interested in the first place, with a view enticing |
| this meant that you had to install it onto your | | | | them to buy the full version, these however can |
| computer. | | | | be quite expensive, some of these games retail |
| These games were so big that you were limited | | | | at around $50 each. |
| to the amount that you could have on at any one | | | | The PC gaming has really improved recently, no |
| time. This was because it took up that much | | | | longer do you just have to play a game by |
| memory that you did not have enough for any | | | | yourself, you can actually have multi player |
| other programmes. | | | | games online now. |
| Most of the PC games out at the time did have | | | | A lot of the gaming companies know that |
| good graphics on them. | | | | computers are now able to play these games |
| Instead of having to buy the games on CD's | | | | without any problems, but they are reluctant to |
| nowadays, you can now download them straight | | | | release them for PC, this is because they know |
| from the internet on to your computers hard | | | | that if they release them for the likes of Xbox or |
| drive, the beauty of this is that you do not need | | | | Playstation then you will also have to buy the |
| to be connected to the internet to play these | | | | consoles and other accessories too. |
| games. | | | | |