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The Windows PC is the largest gaming platform in the world

Steven Parker CEO - Neowin.net Neowin @aSteveParker · Jun 26, 2008 05:58 EDT · Hot! with 24 comments

If you believe Microsoft...

Prior to Microsoft's "Big Picture" gaming showcase held today in San Francisco, corporate vice president John Schappert reminded us that, despite what you may have heard, the Windows PC is the world's dominant gaming platform. Expect another big push from Microsoft to defend the Windows PC against game consoles.

We have to be realistic about the fact that PC gaming is threatened by hugely popular game consoles. And if you look at media coverage alone, it sometimes appears that high-end PC gaming is already being reduced to benchmarking CPUs and GPUs. Subjectively, the lion's share of gaming talk these days appears to be focused on consoles.

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