Games for Windows Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary Like a Rockstar

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adamb1000 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:58:14 GMT

PC Gaming will always have a market. It's where the MMORPG thrives.

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shark47 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:48:10 GMT

I'm going to play devil's advocate here.

The problem is that Microsoft needs to get its XBox gaming back on track first before it can concentrate on Windows gaming. Inspite of what several people here would like to think, the battle for second place is not yet over. The company is big, no doubt, but it doesn't have infinite resources. I think MS is overstaffed in certain areas and can get rid of a few people (including my ex). I'm just kidding.

"Roger that yert, I knew it was free."

I'm a PC and my name is Roger.

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mdsharpe — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:36:11 GMT

Also,

What happened to cross-platform multiplayer gaming?

My only attempt to experience this involved my brother spending £40 for a Games for Windows LIVE subscription, and then us discovering that our [fully updated/patched] versions of Universe At War were mismatched and we couldn't play together!

Pathetic.

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mikegalos@msn.com — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:11:37 GMT

Oops.

Obviously the $3M and $6M should have been $300M and $600M for the WoW numbers to reach just under a billion dollars. Not enough coffee.

No change in the point that an eleven billion dollar market with 21% annual growth is hardly "tanking", though.

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mikegalos@msn.com — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:02:03 GMT

"The whole PC gaming market is pretty much tanking. "

Nope. A quick glance at last years sales figures shows that's not true.

The whole market for RETAIL SALES of PC games is tanking (as is retail sales of all software)

WoW did about $3M last year at retail and the rest of PC gaming retail sales did roughly another $6M for a total of just under a billion dollars.

BUT, if you include online sales, subscriptions and casual gaming the total for PC gaming last year was $11.3 Billion (up $2B in a year)

While that's lower than console gaming's $14.1 Billion, I'd say that an eleven billion dollar market with 21% annual growth is hardly "tanking".

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bettieblu — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:13:12 GMT

Roger that yert, I knew it was free. Before it launched there was some discussion about charging for it, but when Valve and a few others flat out refused to support it, MS backed of the cost when the likes of Steam are free.

Also Games for Windows Live is a joke really, it has not really caught on. The whole PC gaming market is pretty much tanking. If you eliminate WOW and its add ons, you remove 50% or more of PC gaming right there.

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yert — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:11:52 GMT

@bettieblu - Games for Windows - LIVE is free.

Just want to clarify. Go on.

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shark47 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:28:54 GMT

OT:

Great article on Windows 7, Paul. It does seem like Microsoft is on the right track with Windows 7. The move to remove some of the bundled applications is risky, but a step in the right direction, nevertheless. I don't know if calling it Vista R2 or Vista SP2 is going to help them, considering the public perception of Vista. They should probably stick with Windows 7. It sounds pretty cool.

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gorath — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:53:17 GMT

I actually agree with bettieblu for once! - at least I think it's a first.

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shark47 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:39:20 GMT

"So they're kind of like the Van Halen of gaming, eh?"

Doesn't that assume they were big at some point? Kid Rock, probably.

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whiplash55 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:59:18 GMT

bettiblu pretty much summed up my opinion. What the hell is taking them so long to figure this out?

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lotsamystuff — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:55:43 GMT

"A washed up, drugged out, over-the-hill rockstar. "

So they're kind of like the Van Halen of gaming, eh?

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bettieblu — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:20:52 GMT

"At this point Microsoft should have an amazing ecosystem across all their entertainment platforms."

I could not agree more. Before Shark jumps in here and starts labeling me, let me just say this.

If anyone can do this its Microsoft. They have the money and talent. This is a software issue.

It simply should be Microsoft Live, email, calendering, contacts, pictures, movie maker, mesh, Xbox, Zune, Windows Mobile. Dump all of that other confusing naming (hotmail, msn, passport, etc) Just "Microsoft Live". Make all of your products tie in to that that make sense. Vista, Home server media center, whatever.

Once that is done then pour 300 million into adds showcasing that seamless world. That will WOW people. That will make it very hard for Apple to compete with it.

Right now Google and Apple are trying to do the same thing and in lots of areas they are better at MS, in some places they dont even compete, like gaming.

Its like they have the will but not the resources and MS has the resources but not the will???? They would rather worry about pushing junk like Silver Light that we dont need.

Come on MS seize the moment!!!