Mar 9, 2011 08:15 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has once again promised to PC gamers that its special Games for Windows Live service will continue to improve and is going to be supported through a variety of great games.

Microsoft pledged to help PC gaming many times before, but, almost every time, its efforts were misdirected or didn't really end up helping the PC platform stay relevant to games developers.

Despite a "rocky start," Microsoft's interactive entertainment business Senior Producer, Kevin Unangst, has promised that the company will continue to improve the Games For Windows Live system.

"The service started with the right intent, which was to bring Achievements, friends, multiplayer gaming and matchmaking in a really great way to PC. I think because it was designed originally as a partner to the console service more than the PC service, we had a rocky start."

Unangst also emphasized that the great games that could have made the service popular were missing or delayed, something that is inexcusable in today's games market.

"We also didn't back it up with the most important thing, which is doing fantastic games to take advantage of the service. A network by itself isn't valuable - there needs to be great games to take advantage."

This will change in the near future, as Lionhead will deliver Fable 3 on the PC soon, while Gas Powered Games is busy working on Age of Empires Online, and both studios have shared feedback with Microsoft to enhance the Games For Windows Live infrastructure.

With this feedback, as well as the new Live Marketplace, the service will continue to get better over time.

"I think the underpinnings are great, I think it's going to continue to get better. We launched a new Marketplace which was great, we're selling Live and non-Live enabled games. We're also seeing developers get back to development. Epic did a great job of promoting Live with Bulletstorm. They're pleased with the platform and the service is going to continue to get better over time," Unangst added.

This isn't the first time Microsoft promised to take care of PC gaming, but, based on previous events, don't get your hopes too high that anything worthwhile will happen.