Good news for PC Gamers (really)

Some folks would have you believe that PC Gaming has been on a decline, especially with the increasing share commanded by console games.

Well, at least one pretty important person doesn’t think so. He’s Mike Morhaime, Chief Executive of Blizzard Entertainment, publisher of all those massive million-copies sold games like Diablo, Starcraft, Warcraft, World of Warcraft etc. Article’s source is right here, with the relevant excerpt below:

Eurogamer: Many people thought, if there was to be a Diablo III, it might appear on consoles too. What is it that’s keeping you on PC and off consoles?

Mike Morhaime: Well, PC is the gaming platform with the largest installed base around the world. It’s also the platform with the best margins. I think it’s a great gaming platform.

Eurogamer: Valve’s Gabe Newell said much the same things to us recently.

Mike Morhaime: Yeah, and I agree with a lot of Gabe’s comments. I think that it is just completely dead wrong to think about the PC gaming market and conclude that it’s a declining market. It is far from declining. If you look at the numbers, there are probably more people playing games on the PC than any other platform. More than there ever have been before. If you look at the revenue, it’s also growing. It’s only not growing if all you’re looking at is PC retail, and even then, I think it’s just flat, I don’t think it’s declining very much.