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Adinnieken on 06 March 2013
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JinxRake said:
AAdinnieken said:
Mummelmann said:
PC gaming has been dying since around 1990, that's when it started.

Um...it wasn't on the decline in 1990, but it has been on the decline since the late 1990's. 

PC Gaming needs to solve several problems before PC gaming comes back.  Microsoft tried to solve the problems with Windows Gaming, Steam sort of addresses the problems but introduce others.  Origin does nothing to resolve any of the issues.  Don't think anything else out there addresses the issues game developers have with the PC, which is why they have gone to consoles in droves.


And what would this mystical problem be?  You say it needs adressing, but say not a word about what it actually IS.

Piracy.  In the late 1990's and early in the 2000's piracy of game software was a major issue and driver to developing for consoles rather than PCs.  It's still a reason why developers work on the console rather than PC or move to the console.  It's been stated by several developers over the course of the decade and a half. 

I didn't say a word about because I figured the average person on this site was educated and well read.