Really dumb title
PC gaming ain’t goin anywhere
Yeah, if anything, I see it going in the other direction. Steam is huge, and if you experiencd a time when literally every game was exclusive, today’s trends look like a convergence on ubiquitous, cross-platform gaming.
Sega, Atari, Apple ][, Nintendos, Amiga – those were the days of exclusives. Heck, even later, it was called a “Halo Box” for a reason.
Been reading “death of PC Gaming” since the late 2000s…
PC gaming is at an all time high, it’s doing fine.
Segment, divide, wall off the market seems to be what permeates everywhere from companies that aren’t happy with how ginormous they already are. This would be so disappointing, which is why smaller time devs and game companies, and open source, collaborative development are my sole source of optimism in gaming and tech.
The way I see it is if a game doesn’t run properly on my system, e.g. Baldur’s gate 3, I’ll simply refund it. There’s plenty of other stuff to enjoy.
This whole article is concerned that companies are going to self-sabotage themselves so badly with one hardware vendor that they lose access to that segment of the market. I’m not too worried that’s going to become a trend. What’s the incentive?