Hi Tom.
I certainly agree with you that Pc games, like games for tablets and phones
have largely gone online these days, however it is not true either that
major coorporations are keeping their hands off the Pc, or that the vast
majority of games are smaller, atari style ones. While there are! plenty of
action and arcade titles around, especially on tablets and phones where they
serve as a quick game for people on the go, equally there are major
proportions of first person shooters, rpgs, detailed stratogy games etc.
Several of my friends who I do tabletop rp with are fans of games like red
alert, x com and other such stratogy titles, which are produced by some
major companies and sold through heavy online updates. Indeed in the world
of rpgs and mmorpgs, Pc is about equal with the consoles since now consoles
can download content. The only major difference is where say the playstation
version of Dark souls is bought on cd and then updated via the playstation
network, the Pc version is simply downloaded.
I have even heard steem described as a virtual console on a part with
Playstation or Xbox in it's own right, particularly true since Steam
concentrates heavily on games like First person shooters or flashy flight
sims with heavy use of 3D accellerated graphics that often appeal to a
younger and less gamer intensive audience, (one reason why the Niels bauer
attempt to get a mostly trextual stratogy game onto steam was not
successful).
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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