Peter Molyneux, Lionhead boss and man behind the curtain of games like Black & White and Fable, has delivered his unofficial state of PC gaming address. His verdict? Take a gander at the headline. (Or the following quote.)
"If you look at the gamer market on PC, I'll be quite honest with you, it's in tatters," he told Videogamer. "There aren't that many releases on PC. There are some high points like Crysis and what Blizzard is doing, but other than that you are restricted to The Sims and World of Warcraft, they seem to be dominating the PC side."
As for PC gaming's favorite hotter-than-the-core-of-the-sun's-core button topic, Molyneux was of two minds.
"I would say while me as a player hates any restrictions, I can understand that publishers need to do something to give them the confidence to make games for the PC, to spend the huge amounts of money necessary to spend on development and to get their return," he said. "Anything that may give them more confidence on the PC means that ultimately we as gamers will come out better off because they will invest more in the game."
"I don't think three (Spore PC authorisations per game) sounds that bad. I'd prefer it not to be there but if it is going to be there then I think three is OK, but I can understand people being very upset. Personally I hate any copy protection. I hate typing in that number. I loathe it as a gamer. It just makes me feel insulted. And I always lose the blasted manual anyway."
Agree? Disagree? Think keeping track of manuals isn't all that difficult if you just keep your games in their cases? C'mon, it can't just be us.
Well known game developer Peter Molyneux is leaving Lionhead Studios, which he founded 15 years ago in 1997, and is also walking away from his position as Creative Director of Microsoft Game Studios, Europe. He plans to walk away from both companies as soon as Fable: The Journey for the Kinect is finished in order to found a new company called 22 Cans.
