14 DAY TRIAL // PC games may be developed and released by various companies, but the branch of the industry itself is supported and encouraged by what is known as the PC Gaming Alliance, coalition which, apparently, just lost two major members.
Over the past few years, consumers have, no doubt, noticed a rapid improvement in the quality of PC games, at least according to some criteria.
Among other things, graphics have improved substantially, as have the AI and, by extension, interactivity and immersion.
The PC Gaming Alliance (PCGA) is one of the major factors behind this phenomenon, but it seems that some things have changed.
Apparently, Microsoft and NVIDIA are no longer being listed as part of the industrial organization and, as confirmed by Big Download, they truly have backed out.
Needless to say, one would surely start to wonder just how the quality of PC games will keep improving.
After all, PCGA practically lost the contribution of the world's primary PC operating system and API (applications programming interface) designer, not to mention that of the leading graphics and multimedia technology developer.
Either way, of the better known world-class IT players, only AMD (advanced Micro Devices), Corsair, Dell, Intel, Logitech and Razer are still holding together.
Nevertheless, it would seem that this is not the end of the collaborative efforts, as PCGA is said to be moving away from just issuing reports and doing research.
Basically, the alliance intends to more actively assist hardware companies, publishers and game developers, by recommending PC configurations, giving performance guidelines, addressing system piracy and other things.
“The PCGA is now heading into a second phase in our life cycle. What I also call taking us from ‘crawl’ to ‘walk’. For 2011 I expect there to be quite a few changes as we update our mission, and goals. Over the next three years I’m going to do my best to keep things relatively simple,” stated Mr. Ployhar in a blog post.