PC Gaming is Dead
I’m usually not one of these types of people that are pessimistic like this and say something is dead when there are still active games being developed for it, such Crysis .
However, from the recent news I have been hearing, for example EA stating they will not distribute a Madden NFL 09 version for PC. Yes, I am aware that I am in the minority, I do play sports games. I still want sports games on my PC. I almost died when I heard EA was no longer producing baseball games for the PC, but I got through it because I knew I could always play football.
Today, when I read the news I also see that Computer Gaming World, aka. Games for Windows is shutting down and moving to online formats. While this is a good idea, there is still a lot to cover that I would enjoy reading in print rather than online.
With the two above stories happening rather close to each other, I’m saying PC gaming is finally dying. I know I’m going to get some nasty comments saying “you have no idea what the hell you are talking about”, but just ask yourself, how many of the games you have for the PC did you pirate? How many of the games would you ever play again? How many games, if were available on other consoles (and most are), would you buy on the other console?
I know it is a rather harsh conclusion, but for now, until I see otherwise and more development in the PC gaming department, I’m declaring PC gaming dead (or at least on life support).
