Gamasutra has posted an interview with Brad Wardell about Impulse: Phase 3 and what it means to the PC gaming market.

"We're lowering the risk of purchasing a game," he said. "Right now, if I pay $50 for a PC game and play it for a few weeks, I'm out $50. As a result of that, people don't tend to buy as many PC games, because they have to be really, really sure they're going to like it. On a console, you don't have nearly that issue because you can trade games back and forth with your friends.”

"Everyone's always talking about how the PCs 'died,'" he added. "Well, it's not dying, but being a PC gamer has some disadvantages, and what we're trying to do is rectify those disadvantages."

Read the full interview at Gamasutra.com.


Comments
on Apr 08, 2009

Very cool, nothing but good news here!

on Apr 09, 2009

I like that comment about Stardock going out of business.  Lets see.. they started as a garage business making OS/2 software, survived the tech-crash by not having venture capital, and barely survived switching to a windows platform, not to mention having significant income from non-gaming related sectors.  I think I know who to bet on as for going out of business.

on Apr 09, 2009

I wouldn't bet on either company going out of business, and it's fairly ridiculous to even suggest it.  The doomsday thinkers can just yap all they like.