14 DAY TRIAL // Even if consoles and other platforms are rapidly stealing the thunder of the old PC platform, Valve, the company behind franchises like Half Life or Left 4 Dead, has once again affirmed its support for the PC, saying that it is the "center of innovation."
The PC platform is slowly getting overtaken by consoles in terms of exclusive games, but that won't stop a company like Valve from continuing to support it.
The company, besides owning some popular franchises, is also responsible for the Steam digital distribution service, which is currently one of the biggest outlets of digital content out there.
Now, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell has once again pledged his company's support for the PC and that Valve is "tremendously excited about the future of PC gaming."
“We see [the PC] as the centre of innovation of everything that’s going on, whether it’s microtransactions, MMOs, free-to-play, or something like CityVille which – after its first month – has 84 million people playing,” he said.
“To us, this is just an indication of why open platforms are where innovations are going to occur,” he added.
This statement will certainly please PC owners, who were worried because Valve was expanding on platforms like the PlayStation 3, with the future Portal 2, or the Mac, through the expansion of its Steam service.
Newell also said, at the release of Intel's new Sandy Bridge series of processors, that the devices will allow for a "console-like experience of the PC."
He was most likely talking about the fact that CPU/GPU hybrid will aim at providing a universal baseline for game developers that won't need to worry about different PC configurations when creating a new title.
Valve isn't the only company praising the PC, as even Crytek said that the PC is one generation ahead of consoles like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.