PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

[Apr 05, 2011, 10:26 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

PC Retail Industry hears from the PC Gaming Alliance on the topic of PC gaming, who say the platform is undergoing a resurgence (thanks MCV). Here's word:

“The spotlight has absolutely shifted back to PC gaming,” said Matt Ployhar, PCGA president and Intel graphics planner. “I don’t believe this phenomenon is going to slow down. A good portion of the companies that are flush with cash right now are coming from abroad, which largely ties in with my postulation about globalization spilling over into the PC gaming ecosystem.”

“Investment dollars are also shifting back largely in favour of PC gaming for a variety of reasons. Most of this is tied to the profitability margins largely favouring PC gaming for the game developers themselves. For example, ‘free to play’ and micro transactions, practically no secondary sales market, and the shift to digital distribution to name just a few.”

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Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 7, 2011, 01:44

Jerykk

PC has plenty of major releases because the vast majority of major releases are multiplatform. Does the PC have a lot of big-budget exclusives? No, but neither does any given console. The number of big-budget multiplatform games far outweighs the number of big-budget console exclusives.

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Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 6, 2011, 11:01

bhcompy

Sepharo wrote on Apr 6, 2011, 01:32: bhcompy wrote on Apr 5, 2011, 23:24: Kobalt wrote on Apr 5, 2011, 19:07: Indie games are fine and all, but people want a major release. Which pc gaming barely has. If pc gaming during a resurgence just means more indie games..pc gaming will never be dead but it's glory days are long past. Every release from Valve, Relic, and Blizzard begs to differ, at least. Problem is that Valve and Blizzard put out a game per decade They're also all multi-platform developers now. With the PC being the lead, or only release such as the case for Starcraft 2, WoW, Company of Heroes series, Dawn of War series, etc.

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Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 6, 2011, 01:32

Sepharo

bhcompy wrote on Apr 5, 2011, 23:24:
Kobalt wrote on Apr 5, 2011, 19:07:
Indie games are fine and all, but people want a major release. Which pc gaming barely has. If pc gaming during a resurgence just means more indie games..pc gaming will never be dead but it's glory days are long past.

Every release from Valve, Relic, and Blizzard begs to differ, at least. Problem is that Valve and Blizzard put out a game per decade

They're also all multi-platform developers now.




[I'm not trolling I'm just] tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. -TrollinThundr

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Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 23:24

bhcompy

Kobalt wrote on Apr 5, 2011, 19:07: Indie games are fine and all, but people want a major release. Which pc gaming barely has. If pc gaming during a resurgence just means more indie games..pc gaming will never be dead but it's glory days are long past. Every release from Valve, Relic, and Blizzard begs to differ, at least. Problem is that Valve and Blizzard put out a game per decade

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Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 19:39

StingingVelvet

Kobalt wrote on Apr 5, 2011, 19:07: Indie games are fine and all, but people want a major release. Which pc gaming barely has. If pc gaming during a resurgence just means more indie games..pc gaming will never be dead but it's glory days are long past. It's not just indie games it is also smaller developers and publishers. It is also genres that still don't work well on console like strategy and MMOs. If you want fifty million dollar budget shooters and RPGs though yes, you're right, it's pretty much all multiplatform. They're still good games that are at their best on the PC though, so it's not like there's a better alternative out there somewhere.

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Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 19:07

Kobalt

Indie games are fine and all, but people want a major release. Which pc gaming barely has. If pc gaming during a resurgence just means more indie games..pc gaming will never be dead but it's glory days are long past.

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Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 17:19

StingingVelvet

JaguarUSF wrote on Apr 5, 2011, 16:09: Creston wrote on Apr 5, 2011, 10:52: The only game I can think of offhand that was recently released that was even a PC exlusive is Shogun 2. Just looking at Steam and Gamer's Gate for five minutes, I spy: Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops Dawn of War II: Retribution Fate of the World Men of War: Assault Squad Cities in Motion 1... 2... 3... KICK IT! (Drop That Beat Like an Ugly Baby) Theatre of War 3: Korea Europa Universalis III Chronicles Revenge of the Titans Atom Zombie Smasher SpaceChem RIFT Darkest Hour Dinner Date Dungeons OMG those don't count because they're not marketed on ESPN or talked about on Destructoid! ARG! ... Seriously though, the PC has a ton of exclusives, most of them just aren't mainstream games. When people say "PC style games are dead" what they really mean is "I watched MTV for 2 hours the other day and never saw an ad for a real PC exclusive!" It's like looking in a gay bar for a straight date.

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Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 16:09

JaguarUSF

Creston wrote on Apr 5, 2011, 10:52: The only game I can think of offhand that was recently released that was even a PC exlusive is Shogun 2. Just looking at Steam and Gamer's Gate for five minutes, I spy: Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops Dawn of War II: Retribution Fate of the World Men of War: Assault Squad Cities in Motion 1... 2... 3... KICK IT! (Drop That Beat Like an Ugly Baby) Theatre of War 3: Korea Europa Universalis III Chronicles Revenge of the Titans Atom Zombie Smasher SpaceChem RIFT Darkest Hour Dinner Date Dungeons

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Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 13:18

Paketep

Yawn. These guys are getting as boring as Pachter.

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Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 11:46

necrosis

bhcompy wrote on Apr 5, 2011, 10:40: Just as long as the Soviet Bloc developers keep putting out awesome shit, I don't care. I will second this. The last two good games I have played came out of that area of the world. Witcher and STALKER.

Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 11:39

Bhruic

The only game I can think of offhand that was recently released that was even a PC exlusive is Shogun 2. Rift. Which is apt, because a lot of what they are talking about "free to play, micro transactions" sound like MMO issues. Oh, and I guess there's that free Battlefield game, but I haven't really checked it out.

Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 11:17

Verno

Their vision of PC gaming is probably Angry Birds on an x86 tablet.




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Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 10:57

Rilcon

You guys gotta keep in mind that when these people say games, they include stuff like facebook games, a gillion F2P games from Asia, every Pop-cap style casual game ever released, etc. "AAA" titles, the type sites like this cover, are by number and also by revenue not the largest part of gaming.

Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 10:53

InBlack

Like these guys had anything to do with it......




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Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 10:52

Creston

“Investment dollars are also shifting back largely in favour of PC gaming for a variety of reasons Kindly point out where these mythical investment dollars are, because 99% of all games that are released on the PC are still ports that look and play pretty much similar to their console counterparts. I'll start believing it when companies start making games that actually take advantage of the PC's capabilities. The only game I can think of offhand that was recently released that was even a PC exlusive is Shogun 2. Creston

Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 10:41

justice7

The shifting between PC and Console gaming has been going on for a dog's age. I remember this same talk when the original XBOX came out after the PS2. "PC Gaming is Dead!" "Long live the PC" PC Gaming isn't going anywhere.

Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 10:40

bhcompy

Just as long as the Soviet Bloc developers keep putting out awesome shit, I don't care. Companies like Epic, Zenimax/id, etc put out meh PC games these days. As far as resurgence, PCs completely outclass consoles in hardware capabilities currently. The gaming devs I know like to stay on the cutting edge, and that cutting edge is currently on the PC, particularly if the dev values freedom and (as mentioned) flexible ways to get customers.

Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 10:39

eRe4s3r

I still don't know what this "alliance" is even for. Is it one of those clubs you say you are part, pay a monthly fee, but never actually get anything from in return? What are they even doing besides pointless PR nonsense?

Re: PCGA: PC Gaming Resurgence

Apr 5, 2011, 10:30

nin

"weee, look at us! we did it! hello? anyone?"




RollinThundr Apr 17, 2013, 12:25: Eh really tossing stuff like that in there only to get your panties all bunched up. If you really want to call that trolling sure. Mr. Tact Apr 17, 2013, 12:33: Pretty sure that's the definition of trolling...

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