Microsoft committed to PC gaming

It's "a source of huge revenue" for the company.
Text: Mike Holmes
Published 2014-02-12

Microsoft has reiterated its commitment to PC gaming, just hours after it was confirmed that Jason Holtman - the man hired to push the company forward within the PC space - left his position at the company.

"So we love PC," Microsoft Studios partner creative director Ken Lobb told RPS in a recent interview. "It's obviously a source of huge revenue for Microsoft."

Lobb then added: "The reality is that in years past we were the Xbox division. Although many of us love playing on PC, we can only make so many games. We can only do so much. Now we're one [unified] Microsoft. I don't see this as pressure. I see it as an opportunity.

"We have more support internally to support PC more. That's great! My only expectation would be, please let us continue to do that over a five-year period so we can have real impact. That's how it feels right now. We're getting very strong support internally. So we're really going after PC."

Interestingly Lobb suggested that we might one day see a situation where a major game was released on PC, and was supported by a smaller title on Xbox Live. He later said: "I can't make any announcements. But we are very dedicated to that space."

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