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Valve: PC Gaming doing good but nobody's telling
During a press event at their own office, Valve's Gabe Newell said that the problem with PC gaming isn't one of actual lower sales than consoles but rather one of perception.
"Only now are organizations such as NPD beginning to track alternative revenue streams (MMO subscriptions, etc.) and discovering billions of previously unacknowledged spending on PC gaming," Newell stated.
And many times, industry watchers focus on only the U.S. and U.K. PC gaming markets, Newell said, although customers in major European markets and emerging markets like China, Korea and Russia are almost solely dedicated to PC, leaving consoles by the wayside.
It's not just missing data or information that have created holes in the PC gaming story, according to Newell.
Newell also stated that the "Big Three" (Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo) are spending millions of dollars in marketing to show just how much consoles are selling while no-one is doing something similar for PC gaming.And many times, industry watchers focus on only the U.S. and U.K. PC gaming markets, Newell said, although customers in major European markets and emerging markets like China, Korea and Russia are almost solely dedicated to PC, leaving consoles by the wayside.
It's not just missing data or information that have created holes in the PC gaming story, according to Newell.
Read one slide during his presentation headed as "Why isn't this story being told?": "As all of you know too well, the three of the major console holders spend millions of dollars each month on PR teams to seed stories to the contrary."
Of course, there's now the PC Gaming Alliance but Valve isn't really interested in that:"Shipping products is more important than companies sending representatives together to all agree that PC games should be doing better.”
Personally I find that a very easy approach. If everyone thinks like that, the big three can keep doing what they want and nobody will ever question them which in the end will make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. And when PC gaming would eventually die, where would Valve stand then?In other news:
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