I'm still not really convinced, I wan't to see some action not just words but it is good to hear.

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/30613/Microsoft_Reaffirms_Commitment_To_PC_Gaming.php

For the past several years, most of Microsoft Game Studios' efforts have been focused on the Xbox platform, but the company has once again admitted that it needs to "step up" its PC gaming efforts.

"There’s been a fair bit of criticism aimed at Microsoft that we were spending a lot of our focus on console, and we need to be putting resources behind PC as well," Microsoft Game Studios general manager Dave Luehmann told MCV.

It's not the first time that Microsoft has recognized its relative neglect of the PC as a gaming platform. In 2006, former Microsoft gaming figurehead Peter Moore said that the company's lack of support for PC gaming was a "dereliction of duty," and promised that the release of Windows Vista would mark a sort of PC gaming Renaissance.

And following the confirmation of the closure of PC-centric gaming studios Aces (Flight Simulator), FASA (MechWarrior, Shadowrun) and Ensemble (Age of Empires, Halo Wars), Microsoft insisted again in early 2009 that it would continue to invest in PC gaming.

"Other companies should look to Microsoft for leadership, but I’m not sure they do. It is our job to lead the way on PC," Luehmann said. "And in some ways we are doing that and in other ways we are not. So we need to step up."

The general manager noted that Microsoft Game Studios is releasing Fable III, Age of Empires Onlineand Microsoft Flight on PC, with more games to follow.

Even though Microsoft is the owner of the Windows platform, it has struggled as of late to make the same impact in the PC gaming arena as Valve Software's Steam. Microsoft currently hosts an official Games For Windows storefront, where users can buy and download Games for Windows titles.

Microsoft also continues its Games For Windows -- Live program, which involves adapting games to integrate with users' Xbox Live accounts. While some appreciate being able to raise their Gamerscores on two different platforms, others find the system to be a hassle, particularly when it's layered on top of another community platform, Valve's Steamworks.

Recently, Relic Entertainment said that it would be dropping Games For Windows -- Live support in favor of Steamworks with Dawn of War II: Retribution. The original Dawn of War II supported both Games for Windows -- Live and Steamworks.

that is a very interesting insight. Truly you a master of the English language, and a master of debate.

Microsoft never was big in PC gaming as a developer. I always thought of them as Age of Empires and Flight Simulator, that's about it.

I don't know. They also did Rise of Nations/Legends, Crimson Skies, Mechwarrior/Commander and a bunch of my other favourites too.

I'm glad they are coming back =)

I loled

Until they actually make Live work on PC, release Halo 3, Gears 2, etc. on PC and stop trying to lock key titles to 360 only and show the PC anything like the support they've shown the Xbox then I'm calling Hot Air on this.  The fact they've said this more than once with more or less zero results also causes me to feel pretty cynical about their real commitment.

Yes I agree, we need action not words.

I love the PC, but if it really happens, it´s just one more stupid decision from Microsoft, one more from the 10000 ridiculous decisions they made in the last couple of years.

But, hey, i hope they do it, i hope they bring Halo 3, ODST, WARS and REACH to the PC.

The same can be made with GEARS 2 and 3.

And while you are at it, bring Alan Wake to the PC aswell

Fable III is already there

I really hope they do it, because that´s the day millions will sell their Xboxs, as there  will be no reason to have that fricking console.

My hate for MS grows by the second, so....i really hope they do it, they are stupid enough for it.

We need PC games, not console ports. (Though I must admit, I still want to play Alan Wake. [Note to 360 fanboys: Not getting a console because of one game.]) But I suppose even getting console ports is better than the current situation.

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This wasn't the first time they've said this I think? I still haven't seen any actions in years, only talk. Oh, there's a new AoE... that's been casualized for Farmville players. Anyway, doesn't exactly convince me to believe them.