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PC Gaming is dead! That's what the console industry and its fans have been saying for years. Every new wave of consoles, or generations I suppose they're calling them, make this bold declaration stating that PC gaming can't possibly contend with what the console market has to offer. I've never believed it. I've been primarily a PC guy my whole life. I prefer keyboard and mouse over controller and the gameplay feels more my style on a PC. I've always felt that the PC gaming market and more so the developers of PC games have always responded well. Over the past few years when faced with their prophesied impending doom the PC market has cranked out some amazing titles in more variety than console gaming. FPS games like TF2 and CoD4, RTS games like SSE, BFME2, and C&C 3: MMOs like WoW, LotRO, WAR. Are these games released on a dying platform? I would argue that these games have breathed new life into the PC.

Now for the twist. With all the success that the PC has had over the past few years why would anyone working on a PC title cross over to the other side? I pointed out the article in GFW where DICE revealed all the information about Battlefield Heroes and how they want it to appeal to everyone. They called it "Dropping the entry barriers". The failure of Crysis was mentioned and Editor Jeff Green talked about the winds of change. DICE isn't alone. There are many other developers and investors suddenly wanting more. I can understand the interest in trying something new. Test the waters. The popularity of these free to play kiddy games has to be appetizing to the money moguls investing millions into game development. But why would you shoot yourself in the foot? I'm baffled why suddenly the PC market wants to cannibalize itself?! Look at PC gaming now vs. 5 years ago. I can't imagine for a second that anyone would deny it's getting better and better.

It's ironic. PC gaming isn't going to die in a war with consoles. It's going to die because people can't leave well enough alone. The idea of 'Hello Kitty Battlefield Adventures' where I can meet with my school chums down at the tank yard and talk about how Billy's Penguin looks neater in camo than my Puppy does is not the least bit interesting to me. Unless I'm totally out of touch with reality I'm fairly certain that a large portion of the PC gaming community (the portion that is holding this industry together) agrees.

Convert one of the greatest series of FPS games into a money machine. Eliminate the model that has worked for PC gaming from the beginning. Gone are the days of the 60 dollars box and the need to upgrade your rig to meet the requirements. Dumb down the gameplay so that your games appeal to little Billy because you know his mom wants to drop 40 dollars to buy his penguin a jacket. Knock out the "hardcore" gamer mentality.

Do all those things and let the winds of change bring in a new era of PC gaming. Then watch as you kill PC gaming for good.