2009. Godina PC-ja
Derrik J. Lang je napisao artikl o gamingu i budućnosti u 2009. Priča sa DigitalTrend publisherom Scott Steinbergom i takođe citira gigante u industriji, kao i diskusija o konzolnim vs PC igrama, i kada se već dotakao te teme, po Nielsen Mediji, igrači provode 24 sati nedeljno manje za PC-jem u 2008. nego u prošloj godini. Ali igre poput StarCraft II i Diabla III se očekuju za 2009. godinu, i igrači će najverovatnije početi da igraju još neke PC igre osim WoW-a ponovo.
"Video games are poised to eclipse all other forms of entertainment in the decade ahead," Activision president and CEO Mike Griffith proclaimed during his CES keynote speech. He cited market statistics which stated that between 2003 and 2007, the cumulative number of movie ticket sales and hours of television watched fell by 6 percent, music sales slumped 12 percent and DVD purchases remained flat. Over the same four-year period, Griffith said the gaming business grew by 40 percent.
With long-awaited exclusive PC sequels like "Diablo III," "The Sims 3" and "StarCraft II" also expected in 2009, this could be the year when gamers pay attention to something other than "World of Warcraft" on their computers. According to Nielsen Media Research, gamers spent 24 fewer hours a week playing PC games in 2008 than they did the previous year.
Dok je StarCraft 2 u 2009 siguran, samo nam ostaje da vidimo Diablo 3 da li dolazi iste godine. Blizzard je uvek releaseovao Diablo ranije nego StarCraft od kada se igre najave, i pitanje je da li zaista je moguće da Diablo 3 ugleda svetlost dana pre kraja 2009.
