PC Gming loses essential partners.

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Long ago, when PC gaming used to be secondary to the consoles of its time, Microsoft roped put DirectX into place and roped in id software's Doom to make the PC a preferred platform or gaming. With the advent of more powerful console platforms and the ability for the industry to milk the consumers more with the consoles, PC gaming has been dying a slow death. The PC Gamng Alliance was created to champion the cause of PC gaming and included Microsoft, AMD, Nvidia, Capcom, Dell, Epic Games, Intel, Razer and Sony DADC as members.

However, Microsoft, who had paved the way the PC gaming revolution at one time, ignored the platform for the Xbox. Recent attempts saw the resurrection of Games for Windows Live, but that couldn't solve the problem of the PC bleeding out of exclusives and even cross platform titles. Valve software, who ironically isn't a part of the Alliance, has become a saviour for the PC with its successful Steam service.

But with the flounder interests of the promoters, and after losing the biggest PC game developer/publisher Activision-Blizzard to consoles in 2009, both Microsoft and Nvidia have left the alliance. Even AMD, which was formerly a promoter has reduced its involvement to a member. This leaves the alliance with two, not exclusive but, cross-platform publishers (Epic Games, Capcom), a system builder (Dell), CPU manufactuere (Intel), a peripheralcompany (Razer, and a CD manufacturer (Sony DADC).

Things are certainly not looking too good for the gaming industry, and that reflects in the lack of advancement in the graphics technology in the 2000-2010 decade, as opposed to the rapid growth in the 1990-2000 one, which was fueled to a large extent by Microsoft's DirectX and the graphics card manufacturers. Source
 
well there has been a decline in graphics technology & gaming advancement in pc area. It may not die but will get realllllly slow to the point that companies may not even think about investing anything in that.
 
If anyone failed to notice, Gaming is moving towards portable & handheld devices. that there the traction is these days
 
I fully agree with portability gaming as we knw having platforms likes tablets,mobiles etc.....
so we could say that technology just getting better and smaller...;)
 
Frankly my dear i dont give a damn :P obviously nvidia as shifted its focus to its precious tegra and Msoft is busy milking SBOX 360 they were not Essential in first place as they havent done anything significant to PC gaming look at valve they are not part of PCGA but they are giving out free portal 2 PC codes for the PS3 Owners.

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well there has been a decline in graphics technology & gaming advancement in pc area. It may not die but will get realllllly slow to the point that companies may not even think about investing anything in that.
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Thats soooo not true Think about it the PC gaming is Flourishing When it comes to free 2 play mmo games look at fire fall it looks like a fully fledged PC game but its gonna be free PC has a tangible market which will be fool hardy to ignore
 
The most important factor for slowdown on PC games development has to be piracy. Game studios see less profit on PC platform now.
 
I too worry whether may be after another 10yrs there will hardly be any good pc games or they may just be for name sakes. Bcoz every 2nd person today is hooked to a ps3,xbox or a cell. And less people esp. experienced players still play on pc's.

I my self prefer pc over any portable device. Coz its real hardcore fun here. Powerful cpu/gpu/memory then add to it the gaming devices etc. You first have to play with your machine to actually play the game. Its a charming feeling. :D

But one important thing is the developers no matter develop games for any platform, they have to develop it on a damn good PC!!(coding/rendering/editing etc...) Aint it??? :hap2:

So the future though may not seem bright but also not that dim for pc gaming. ;)
 
Genre's like FPS, RTS, MMORPG are best played on a PC so I dont think PC gaming is going to die anytime soon, although yeah I feel quite pissed when some games are termed "Console Exclusive" and arent released on PC but still PC gaming is not something developers can ignore, atleast now.
 
Don't get too bummed out. The economics of demand & supply will work themselves out. If too many people exit, new entrants will come into the industry to fill the void in the hopes of making extraordinary profit. Consoles will see a similar phase once too many companies enter the console or handheld markets, and you will see a similar flood back into the PC market. This is just market forces doing their work towards achieving equilibrium. At the end of the day, it's business for these companies. They'll go where they see higher profits.

Either ways, 2011 seems to be a stellar year for PC gaming.
 
Lets hope everything remains fine in future & we get to play more & more of true pc games instead of just late imports from consoles.
 
Is this a joke? WTF did Microsoft do for pc gaming in the first place except taking away Fable 2, gears of war 2, halo series and Alan wake?
 
If PC games are declining then nvidia and AMD will not be able to keep releasing newer and newer video cards and milk money... this is big business for them and they will not let it die off. Consoles dont generate as much revenue (for proccy/Graphic card manufacturers) since the hardware is fixed... PC's are where the money is for them.. So I dont think PC's are going to face a dreath of good games... not anytime soon.

Agreed, piracy is a serious issue in PC games and I recall it has been like that for a long time, even during the initial stage of consoles. Now that revenue from consoles are higher, PC Game studios are complaining they are not getting as much from PC. And revenue from consoles are higher only because they are locked down and not because console gamers are more than happy to pay for it.

In a fair fight, Unlocked consoles vs PC, the PC will prove to be a more profitable platform in my opinion.

The hardware requirement curve for PC's have reduced in steepness now compared to earlier, but PC gaming is still very active and any game studio ignoring it by making console exclusive is only going to lose out in long term.
 
& may be pc hardware prices keep falling to a point that it becomes so cheap that, people start buying legit copies of games from the total money they saved on buying hardware or price of legit copies also keep falling in accordance with hardware prices & people start buying original games. :P
 
Yeah! gfx cards solely are dependable on pc games sales and secondary comes the graphic designing market.

If no games for pc, it means nvidia/ati has to look elsewhere or they might be made to manufacture something else like nvidia SSD named gtx 800 or so & ati's radeon ssd hx series.

But its all a game. So i guess everything will be in place to get the market game going. Else everybody needs to cook some plans right now for the future.
 
ankxxs said:
well there has been a decline in graphics technology & gaming advancement in pc area. It may not die but will get realllllly slow to the point that companies may not even think about investing anything in that.
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Yea, but graphics isnt everything, is it? Current level of graphics is actually fine for me. But, the real advancement of PC games comes from innovativeness and creativity. Look at the PC indie scene. It is bursting with amazing games. A game like Minecraft could only have come from the PC. I'm actually loving it right now. Powerful PC hardware is cheap nowadays. With the insane deals the Steam, GamersGate, D2D, Impulse and GoG put out, even the games are insanely cheap. Plus, since we live in India, we have the added advantage that even retail discs are very cheap. Also, keep in mind the almost unlimited back catalog that PC has. No console has that. It is weird, but I see myself actually playing more older/classic titles than brand new ones. Also, 2011 is already looking like its going to have a stellar lineup.
 
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