Valve's Opinion on PC Gaming

[shadin]

Interesting read. Hits on a lot of the points that a few of us have brought up in various "zomg pc gaming is teh sux" threads that were cropping up.

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18843

[nightelph]

+1 :) PC Gaming is going anywhere. Queue six or seven posts for this to build, then enter Rainless: techtrend prophet extraordinaire!

[lemings]

Interesting read, thanks for sharing.

[ratbuddy]

Cool article, but man, it's sad seeing the Valve guy in such sorry shape. I smell early heart attack :(

[Captain Newbie]

Gabe Newell is no slouch (when it comes to understanding the game business, that is — he could stand to go out and run a few miles every day, but he'll either have a myocardial infarction or realize beforehand that he needs to). There are some smart and talented people at Valve.

PC manufacturers are part to blame for the apparent lackluster-ness of the platform with respect to gaming. Another problem is that *most* $400 computers *won't* play *most* games. This fact—a high price to enter (but it is DEFINITELY nice to be on the PC side of things) makes things harder for software devs and end-users alike to produce quality in quantity on the platform. Too, look at how lousy the "gaming OS" is...seriously.

(Newell is ex-Microsoft: when will we see HL2 or Source for Linux or Mac OS X...haha, only serious. ;) :burn: )

[Leviathan41]

Kudos to Valve for getting this information out, I hope they continue to address these misconceptions about PC gaming. :thup: