14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft is keen to reinvigorate the PC platform once more, in terms of gaming, as it has realized that it hasn't been really supporting the Windows platform as a viable gaming one, and favored the Xbox 360 console in front of the PC.
Microsoft, as the developer of the main software for the PC, the Windows operating system, hasn't exactly been doing its part to support gaming on that platform, as it preferred to focus on its own console, the Xbox 360, instead of bringing some of its games to the ailing PC platform.
That will change, according to Microsoft Game Studios boss Dave Luehmann, who revealed that the criticism the Redmond company received was fair in some regards.
“There’s been a fair bit of criticism aimed at Microsoft that we were spending a lot of our focus on console, and we need to be putting resources behind PC as well,” said Luehmann.
“Other companies should look to Microsoft for leadership, but I’m not sure they do. It is our job to lead the way on PC. And in some ways we are doing that and in other ways we are not. So we need to step up."
As such, Luehmann began highlighting some of the titles that will soon make their way onto the PC from Microsoft's Game Studios, including Fable III, the new Age of Empires Online and Microsoft's Flight simulator.
“We are putting some real investment and big IPs behind the Windows platform. We’ve spoken of the first three, Fable III, Age of Empires Online and Microsoft Flight. However we are not going to stop there.”
Don't expect the company to drop its controversial Games for Windows Live service, as it will continue to support it in front of other services like Steam, which offer a better functionality, and are much more popular with the average users.
Seeing as how piracy will always be a serious issue for the PC platform, and is still driving developers and publishers away from it, Microsoft's new stand is a breath of fresh air.