PC Gaming is "Super-Healthy," Says Blizzard VP

[Blind Sight]

"After the interview Rob Pardo then returned to his yacht, the S.S. Cashcow, to sleep on a bed of Euros sprinkled lightly with saffron, surrounded by classy L.A. callgirls."

That's right, PC gaming is doing so well Blizzard exes are now sleeping on Euros instead of the American dollar.

 

[Delusibeta]

A reference to PC gaming dying, and no one has posted that accursed picture? I'm surprised.

It's an article of PC gaming *not* dying, so said picture is not required.

 

[Spacemike]

When I first read the title I thought they meant "healthy" in the physical sense. Which made me then think... is this a response to someone else in China dying from playing 72 hours of straight World of Warcraft without drinking water or going to the bathroom?

 

[Exort]

When I first read the title I thought they meant "healthy" in the physical sense. Which made me then think... is this a response to someone else in China dying from playing 72 hours of straight World of Warcraft without drinking water or going to the bathroom?

That happens about once per month in South Korea.

 

[Estocavio]

http://www.google.com/trends?q=xbox+360+games%2C+pc+games&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=ps3+games%2C+pc+games&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=nintendo+games%2C+pc+games&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
PC Gaming is not dieing.

I barely even use PC games, and i can see the blatantly obvious truth.
If any statistics say that more people use consoles, its because theyre counting every console being used, not every user.

If one person owns a PS3 and an Xbox 360, hed be counted as Two console gamers, because their records would show two active accounts.

Furthermore, Steam has more active accounts than Xbox Live.
PSN has more than both, yet i see nobody claiming that PSN is superior to both of them.

Its a stupid arguement, its just different ways of doing the same thing

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OT: Blizzard should use a Digital Distributor, simply because it would make their games much more accessible to people. Its ok as it is, but it could be better, honestly now.

 

[Sacman]

PC Gaming hasn't died the last 20 years it's not gonna die now...
and we can take that question mark off of Duke Nukem now...<.<

 

[Asehujiko]

http://www.google.com/trends?q=xbox+360+games%2C+pc+games&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=ps3+games%2C+pc+games&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=nintendo+games%2C+pc+games&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
PC Gaming is not dieing.

What I think is hilarious about that graph is that every event with GFWL in it's name prompts a sudden decline in interest.

 

[Estocavio]

http://www.google.com/trends?q=xbox+360+games%2C+pc+games&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=ps3+games%2C+pc+games&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
http://www.google.com/trends?q=nintendo+games%2C+pc+games&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0
PC Gaming is not dieing.

What I think is hilarious about that graph is that every event with GFWL in it's name prompts a sudden decline in interest.

Indeed - GFWL isnt exactly an attention drawing mechanism - Though it seems to equal publicity for some reason.

 

[Allan Foe]

Blizzard not embracing digital distribution? They've been selling Starcraft 2 via DD two days after worldwide launch.
Yeah, they're not quite Valve but who is? ...other than Valve, of course.

 

[antipunt]

Breakfast of champions, yup

 

[SimuLord]

If PC gaming is dead, then I'd better swat my Steam account in the head with a cricket bat.