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Article: Computer vs. the console ; Direct downloads give PC games a boost in battle for buyers
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 17, 2008
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It took just 10 days for video game maker Funcom Inc. to sell
400,000 copies of its newest title, Age of Conan, last month, making
it one of the year's most successful debuts.
But for now, you can't play it on popular living-room consoles
like Sony's PlayStation 3, Microsoft's Xbox 360, or Nintendo Wii.
Age of Conan is available only on desktop computers that use
Microsoft's Windows operating system. PC gamers say its success
helps debunk a popular belief: That console games have crushed the
PC platform.
"PC gaming is not only not in decline, it's alive and well and
growing," said Roy Taylor, chief technical officer of the PC Gaming
Alliance, a nonprofit trade group.
Taylor's confidence may ...