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Top technology companies form gaming alliance (thanks Mike Martinez) officially
announces the formation of the gaming alliance first revealed last week
( story) to help promote/revive the PC gaming scene. Here's word:
Some of the top technology companies, including Intel, Microsoft, Dell,
and Advanced Micro Devices joined forces Tuesday to form the PC Gaming Alliance,
which will try to promote the PC as a gaming platform.
The alliance will bring hardware makers, software companies, and game publishers
under one roof to "accelerate innovation, improve the gaming experience for
consumers and serve as a collective source of market information and expertise
on PC gaming," the alliance said in a statement.
The companies will work together on challenges facing the PC gaming industry,
including piracy and the establishment of hardware requirements for PC games,
the alliance said. PCGA also hopes to accelerate growth of the PC gaming
industry and standardize the development of gaming PCs and software by
developing and promoting guidelines.
The alliance comes at a time when PC video game sales are falling. PC games
sales in the U.S. were $910.7 million in 2007, down from $970 million in 2006,
according to research from NPD Techworld. PC game sales in 2007 dwarfed in
comparison to the sale of software for video game consoles like Sony's
PlayStation and Nintendo's Wii, which were $6.6 billion.
Unit shipments of PC game software totaled 36.4 million in 2007, compared to
video game software unit shipments of 153.9 million, according to NPD.
The U.S. gaming industry already has the Entertainment Software Association,
which represents vendors that publish games for both computers and consoles.
About 90 percent of the $7.4 billion revenue of PC and console gaming software
in 2006 belonged to ESA members, giving the association a dominant presence.
Other PCGA members include Acer, Epic, Nvidia and Razer USA.
The announcement comes during the Game Developers Conference, which is being
held in San Francisco. During the show PCGA member Intel launched a new gaming
platform formerly code-named "Skulltrail." The Intel Dual Socket Extreme Desktop
Platform includes two quad-core microprocessors, totaling eight-processing
engines, and supports graphics cards from ATI or Nvidia.
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Feb 21, 2008, 02:50 |
Jerykk |
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THAT is the audience that's needed to bring PC gaming back, but it's also the audience with the least tolerance for problems of any kind. Um, no. The last thing we need are more retards for developers to cater to. What we need are PC games designed for hardcore PC gamers. No dumbed down shit, no concerns about appealing to everyone, no cross-platform development. Just good games made by and for people who have been playing PC games for years.
Unfortunately, the nature of business dictates that profits take precedence over integrity, loyalty and passion. This is why so many developers have betrayed the PC gaming community that helped them rise to prominence. If you want to make the most money, you cater to the masses or in this case, console players.
To be honest, I wouldn't mind if the PC returned to the niche it once held. Games wouldn't be as flashy or have the same production values as they do now but they'd at least be designed by people who care more about games than money.
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Feb 20, 12:23 |
Our savior! |
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Feb 20, 11:05 |
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Feb 20, 17:49 |
KEYBOARD & MOUSE FTW!! |
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Feb 20, 11:26 |
And another thing... |
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Feb 20, 12:36 |
PC Gaming |
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Feb 20, 19:05 |
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Feb 20, 13:34 |
In it for themselves |
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Feb 20, 13:53 |
PC Gaming - rough spot? |
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Feb 20, 13:58 |
gimme flight and space sims please 8) |
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Feb 20, 14:13 |
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Feb 20, 19:26 |
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Feb 20, 14:11 |
not as bad as it seems |
zirik |
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Feb 20, 14:33 |
PC Gaming Presentation |
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Feb 20, 14:49 |
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Microsoft??? |
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It's about the hardware |
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