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Originally posted by Gazz@Jul 26 2006, 07:27 PM
The biggest threat to pc gaming is called world of warcraft. Not a console or piracy but the danger comes from within, wow addicts simply don't have the time to play other games and after the release of the addon pc gaming will loose a lot more potential customers.
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The reason why WoW is a "threat" is because
1) it's a game that the developers spent a HUGE amount of money time and effort in creating (thus creating an addictive environment)
2) it's a game that piracy has little effect on because there are monthly fees.
There is no question that PC gaming will survive because of MMPOG games and niche titles like RTS and "casual" games.
I guess if you like those genres then by all means the PC will be doing well but some of us can see the writing on the wall that PC gaming as you know it has already started it's decline. The next 5 years for PC gamers are NOT going to be gentle, expect your favorite developers to push PC games to the very back of their "must release on" list.