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Maxis insists PC gaming is not dead
Posted: 30.08.2012 06:15 by JonahFalcon Comments: 5
EA Maxis lead producer Kip Katsarelis is adamant that PC gaming is more than just casual games, social networking games, niche titles and MMOs. In an interview with Games Industry BIZ, he proclaimed, "We're still seeing the PC market is not dead; it's very much alive."

Katsarelis used Diablo III and The Sims series as evidence.

"So there's a market there, we've got an audience there that wants games on that platform, and we are still a PC house and will continue to be so," he stated. "I can see us on many platforms, there's definitely an appetite for Sim City, it's one of those games that everybody can relate to, they all live somewhere!"

He went on to note, "Not only has gaming changed, there is that whole generation who may be aware of SimCity, and maybe they've played the iPhone version of it, but they haven't really experience that true experience on the PC. So we came out with SimCity Social, there's CityVille too, there's a whole new generation of city planners that would probably love to play our game."

EA Maxis is currently working on the next iteration of SimCity, which is due to be released in March 2013.
Source: GameSpot
Related games: SimCity (2013) (PC)

Comments

By nocutius (SI Elite) on Aug 30, 2012
nocutius
As long as there are PC's there will be a PC gaming market. It might change in scope or nature but it won't just die off.
By Chris_Spray (SI Veteran Newbie) on Aug 30, 2012
Chris_Spray
You've got to admire how they manage to keep a straight face when spouting utter nonsense written for them by the PR division.
By HenoKutus (SI Core) on Aug 30, 2012
HenoKutus
Just don't play 10 years in a row or it gets all nuked !
By SwiftFire87 (SI Veteran Member) on Aug 30, 2012
SwiftFire87
Well PC gaming is 50+ Million strong and that number goes up every so often. Steam holds 40 million accounts and Xfire holds 22 million. There is no word on the number of the other people that never use either. That is likely another 20+ Million. Considering Windows 7 sold more than 600 Million copies. There is no telling how to break that all down into gamers and non gamers, but there is a line in there somewhere. Even at a minority level of sales its a bigger number than most would say. PC/Mac gamers bridge many versions of Windows/Linux/OSX. :)
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Aug 30, 2012
herodotus
PC gaming will always be with us in some form or another, and will always, ALWAYS be far more advanced than consoles or anything developed for consoles. Perhaps in 10 years that may change, but who knows what will be around then.