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If the PCGA’s having an in-office Opposite Day celebration, well, someone took it a little too seriously.
Over the weekend, eagle-eyed, bloodhound-nosed chimera readers of the PCGA website noticed that Activision’s name disappeared from the organization’s member list. As it turns out, Activision – as well as “a few others” – could no longer afford the decadent lifestyle a PCGA membership entails, so they quit.
"A few members have decided they cannot justify the budget (membership and staff) required to maintain an active role in the PC Gaming Alliance at this time," the PCGA told Kotaku.
Activision’s departure, of course, means that recent spouse Blizzard is also packing its bags. For those not in the know, Blizzard may very well be the biggest PC game developer in existence, and filling its cavernous cleats will likely prove impossible.
But here’s where things just get weird. The same list that lost Activision to miserly thrift recently gained a new member known as Sony DADC. Long story short, Sony DADC is the parent company of SecuROM, creator of the restrictive DRM that appeared in titles like Spore and Far Cry 2.
Yes, that’s right. An organization that claims to defend PC gamers’ interests has apparently taken a shine to public enemy number one. Um, what?
We’re hoping to learn the why’s and how’s of this strange turn of events from the PCGA soon. In the meantime, though, we’re off to coax the pigs down from the rooftop. Ever since they grew wings, they’ve been completely inconsolable.
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Righteous Fury
April 14, 2009 at 3:05pm
It's just like what happened to D&D... people no longer wanted to have to think for themselves, so they dumbed down the game... damn shame, too.
Hey PC Gaming Alliance... keep this up and all you'll be hearing from us gamers is "Go F**K yourselves!"
I Jedi
April 14, 2009 at 12:17pm
Its dying because most gamers can't comprehend how to build a good rig for their PC, so they go to other means, like the Xbox, Wii, PS3, etc... Its dying because gaming industries REFUSE to go to a standard for the PC, so they make their games so incredibly advanced that even the enthusiast PCs out there have trouble with them after awhile... Without standards for the PC, its a massacre.
bjtalbot
August 13, 2009 at 8:34am
If you standardize PC hardware much more than it is... then you stifle inovation and progress.
