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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[BioWare CEO is confident in the state of PC gaming]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/20/bioware-ceo-is-confident-in-the-state-of-pc-gaming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/20/bioware-ceo-is-confident-in-the-state-of-pc-gaming/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/20/bioware-ceo-is-confident-in-the-state-of-pc-gaming/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/business-models/" rel="tag">Business models</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=206103"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/01/steamscreenshot.jpg"  alt="" /></a><br /></div>
BioWare CEO Ray Muzyka is <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=206103">standing behind PC games</a>, directly opposing all of the naysayers that shout <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/02/20/molyneux-laments-the-state-of-pc-gaming-blames-wow-and-the-sims/">the doom of PC gaming</a> from on high.<br /><br />A recent article over at <a href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/">Computer And Video Games.com</a> pointed to Muzyka's confident stance as well as his expression of changing the definition of PC gaming, such as counting in the large growth of MMOs, flash games, and other casual experiences that any PC user can easily access.<br /><br /> "MMOs are one way that's occurring... And there are more people playing flash-based games and casual games, even core games that are played in a casual way, so maybe [they have] a more core experience and you only play them for short bursts or for half an hour or something," Muzyka was quoted as saying.<br /><br />One only needs to look at the success of games such as <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com"><em>World of Warcraft</em></a> or <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/06/17/mmos-thought-to-account-for-health-of-pc-gaming/">any other MMO</a>, as well as the very healthy <a href="http://store.steampowered.com/">Steam distribution service</a> to note that PC gaming is <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/29/rob-pardos-insight-on-wows-development-and-why-pc-gaming-isnt/">far from dead</a>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/20/bioware-ceo-is-confident-in-the-state-of-pc-gaming/">BioWare CEO is confident in the state of PC gaming</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=206103>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/20/bioware-ceo-is-confident-in-the-state-of-pc-gaming/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1434486/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/01/20/bioware-ceo-is-confident-in-the-state-of-pc-gaming/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>bioware</category><category>casual-games</category><category>ceo</category><category>computer-and-video-games</category><category>flash-games</category><category>mmos</category><category>pc-games</category><category>pc-gaming</category><category>ray-muzyka</category><category>steam</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphina Brennan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
