Stardock making an RPG doesn't sound right to me. MMORPG? Single player RPG? I'm sure you can sell me on it =P

Then there's the user controls. I can't imagine using an XBox 360 control for a strategy game. If the Wii was more powerful, the Wiimote would be great as a controller for a strategy game, but as it is now it'd be a very limited scope.  

I don't mind that RPG being PC and consoles. Not knowing what it's about and what it'll try to achieve, I'd only ask for good interface for PC. I'm going to suppose that inmersive story, fun, choices and action are already considered a must in addition to that.

I have enjoyed consoles but actually their games are more expensive, allow null moddability, I can play MoM in my PC...

Pics or it didn't happen.

hehehehe..

seriously, this type of doing is taking it's damage on the PC: Look at the new Alien vs. Predator game; cleary made for console, but "fitted" for PC: so you got to hold a button to pick something up, but the same button, when only tapped, helps to open doors..no prone position, jumping is resuming itself to "Hold X button to climb" instead of you know, jumping over at 6 inch blank that's blocking yours way.

(Granted, only palyed the demo, not a good general idea, but with the sheer fun-sucking entity that was, I'm not putting my faith on the real game)  I don't care if a game on PC on console, just don't make a "bastard" copy of a PC game for console and vice-versa.

There's something about consoles and developers/publishers that I've never come to understand: Why would you ever make an "epic real-time-strategy game" for a console with such a limited control scheme? *coughs and points to supreme commander*  It makes no sense whatsoever, about the only thing you could hope for with the words "epic", "strategy", and "console" in the description is a turn-based-strategy-game.  Look at Valkyria Chronicles, it works very well with the console, in addition that it adds some fps qualities to it.

As much as I prefer PC as well, consoles are still good.  Just don't venture far into FPS territory with it, stick to PC for that.

Why would you have to explain yourself on pcs versus consoles?  Consoles are a group fun thing.  Pcs are better at a solo experience.

If friends are here, I play my 360 with them.  I play my ps3 with... female friends in my bedroom.  But if I'm looking for the best experience, I play my eyefinity setup.

I really do think the PC’s days are numbered if not as a platform entirely, as a platform that’s unique and different from the consoles. How many titles these days are something other than cross-platform developments, which basically boils down to PCs getting whatever is capable on the modern console? More and more titles I buy are riddled with leftover console design choices, and its really quite depressing. Its getting to the point where there’s almost no advantage in PC gaming, other than better graphics (if we’re lucky) and better control options.

I want my PC games to stand on their own, not to be copy-pasted from whats being developed on the 360 or PS3. Sure, strategy titles remain dominant on the PC, but I like to play other genres too.

I wore out buttons on quite a few controllers playing SSB.

I was a Kirby god, slightly less than invincible with the rest though...

The control setup on most of them just bugs the hell out of me, dual joysticks and such.  It's nowhere near as comfortable as my keyboard.  Even without the advantages in fps and strategy, I just flat haven't liked many of them at all.  They've got the market for fighting games covered though.

I share the same sentiments as DraekAlmasy. Those that game mostly on consoles are usually gamers who prefer the quick and easy setup of the system. This "quick and easy" preference (either for the more PC hardware illiterate or those who simply don't have the time, energy, nor interest to tinker with details) general carries over to their games of choice as well.

RTS with deep gameplay general requires a certain level of necessary commitment on the player's part before the depth of the game can be truly experienced. Many console gamers are looking for quick in/out fun and simply will not or cannot commit enough of their time and energy to a hardcore RTS for that euphoria of seeing how the intricate dynamics of the RTS game at work. For them, the trade off between commitment vs time is not worth it.

A developer might have to find a way to simplify their console RTS game enough to bring it closer to that "quick and easy fun" and thus make it accessible to said audience. If they planned to release it on both the console and PC, of course the PC version will be "simplified" along to match.

There are exceptions of course, but I suspect they are in the minority.

I don't mind consoles, there are some games I got use to playing on consoles yet I have a hard time playing on PCs even with a controller. GTA San Andreas and Vice City are 2 examples of games I can't play on PCs for some reason.

I prefer PC gaming because of the ability to add and modify the games. I can only imagine how awesome a game like Super Mario Brothers for the Wii would be if people could make new worlds (like maps for Call of Duty), new weapons or power-ups and even new bad guys. I also like being able to do more than one thing with my electronics. A PC can be more than a came console and I don't always have to worry about hogging the TV either as my kids do with the Wii. But it's all good in the end.

That's precisely what is wrong with the games industry today - so-called "journalists" who refuse to take their blinders off in order to realize there's a wonderful world of games designed solely for PC out there. Pro-console propaganda plus a massive marketing push for the Xbox/PlayStation brands (something that PC as a platform can only dream of) begins to pay off.

Oddly enough, if a certain game is console-only or a game developer spews utter nonsense about the PC, then everything's fine and dandy as far as they're concerned. After all, "PC gaming is so '90s and it has no games".

The "You're "anti-PC"? That's perfectly fine. You're "anti-console"? What is the meaning of this, explain yourself!" mentality needs to disappear.

So... Brad, are you bringing up console gamers or have you introduced them to PC gaming, too?

I don't think it's that obvious, such a choice should depend on the kind of experience one decides to strive for. For instance, military sims like Operation Flashpoint/ Arma II, shooters like Rainbow Six (no, not Lockdown or Vegas) are meant to be played on PC. Same for fast-paced titles like Quake/UT. Sure, it's possible to make them work on consoles to a certain extent, but what's the point?

So, how dumbed down is it compared to Fallout/Arcanum/Torment/Wizardry (to name just a few)? 

Shame, this industry needs more of those.

Imagine Intel or AMD funding PC exclusives, using them to promote their products...

One of the worst offenders of consolitis I have seen in recent years was a game I was actually looking forward to playing awhile back. Saints Row 2. OMG, the horrid controls, buggy and they couldn't even be bothered to get rid of the analog stick graphic for switching weapons and such. That and the fact that first gen Xbox(not 360) games would laugh at the graphics even when maxxed out. I am glad now that Impulse didn't get it(like was at one time a possibility) and I waited to pay next to nothing for it. That's about all it's worth on the PC.

I was happy to see an article on Yahoo the other day promoting the PC as a gaming platform. Those types of promotions going out to people who might not otherwise PC game are too few and far between.

Honestly, I don't understand the console hype.  Most of their specs were horribly dated from the day the generation took off, their only advantage being low startup cost, standardized hardware and the support of monolithic corporations.  The "PC's are too expensive" argument doesn't hold water when you have a library of thirty games sitting next to your xbox and have been running subscription fees for the past three years.  So really, the only reason I see to own a console is if you're into its exclusive titles.