Nvidia Boss Thinks the PC and Gaming Consoles Can Get Along

Nvidia is an important company for gamers because one of its main products affects gaming in a very significant way. One of the most important causes for the massive leap in graphics quality, that became manifest over a rather short time, is the fact that videocards got more and more powerful on the PC, while the gaming consoles managed to integrate better and better graphical components.

So, when Roy Taylor - who is the top man at Nvidia - talks, gamers tend to listen. In a recent interview with Eurogamer, he expressed a few opinions regarding the future of gaming and the future of graphics in gaming.

Taylor doesn't believe that the current generation of consoles has the power to eliminate the PC as a viable gaming platform. At the same time, he is also sure that the PC must face the fact that exclusives are now a thing of the past, and that more and more games and genres will be available first on consoles and only afterwards on the PC.

But Roy Taylor thinks that "PC gaming is changing - and consoles don't threaten PC gaming. They're just different. Adapting to that and understanding that is what I think is really, really important."

The Nvidia man also stressed the fact that even if PC versions of some games arrive later, they generally tend to be more polished, with better textures that take advantage of the advancements in video technology, with a better control scheme and sometimes even with added content. He pointed out to Assassin's Creed, Gears of War and even Mass Effect as valid arguments for his theory.

However, a major hurdle that the developers who create games for the PC have to face is the fact that there are too many standards when it comes to components, standards that mean a lot more work than what is being invested when developing for the more unitary console market. The advent of integrated graphic cards, with their limited performance, is also a hindrance when developing for the PC, and Nvidia is working hard to make sure that all the PCs in the world have an adequate graphics card, says Roy Taylor.