The days of pc-games as we know them are probably numbered anyway. People are going to make shit that has some kind of smartphone/tablet functionality, or console accessibility at the very least. Hell, even a blockbuster pc release like Skyrim felt like a console port-- with a controller-navigatable menu that jut felt like a big wheelchair ramp for my mouse/keys.
You don't have to look long on the internet to hear a chorus of very loud, very dedicated pc players demanding the same kinds of things out of a game, the same shit we've read a thousand times before every time somebody bashes WoW or any of its clones. The fact that publishers and developers haven't responded to this... I think that indicates they just don't feel like it makes market sense. Meanwhile people like Notch shit out a game like Minecraft in their spare time and we gobble it up because we're desperate for something fun that hasn't been bent over and raped, sterilized, and ported to consoles by a boardroom full of MBA's.
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