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Originally Posted by DeadlyWolf
PS: uhm the quote above was way too old  , consider it as a mere inspiration for the post ^^ |
Those are 2009-10 numbers, so quite up to date. I would also expect a correlation between Ubi's decline in PC sales and it's pioneering role in ever worse DRM solutions. But so many other factors, from actual product quality (or buggy 1st releases and related bad press), decline of the customer group of "complex sim/strategy" fans and growing group of "casual" gamers (with little interest to read through thick manuals/learn complex interfaces/games), and the companies shift to "cheaper, simpler" console games play into that as well.
Any conclusion on that would, however, be as unsupported as statements like "the PC market will die". Maybe the PC market will see a decline for simple titles without higher complexity, which can be realized on a console without keyboard etc., or appeal more to casual gamers. I doubt anybody looked at that in detail. But I would expect that for complex simulations, or games with complex backgrounds/rules/physics etc, the PC will always be the platform of choice. Maybe with the number of customers for this market declining, we will see less of those titles in the future, but hopefully more quality. And maybe some "garage-company" now and then will throw in a big surprise, just as it was in the past 20 years.