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EA giving up retail PC Games altogether?
DarthCaeser @ 2:17 pm EST

More news from Daily Radar. Major Gaming company representitives gathered for a discussion called "Consoles Vs. PCs: Is the PC Really Dead?" at the Game Developers Conference, including Bing Gordon, executive vice president and chief creative officer of Electronic Arts.

"Bing Gordon said that EA believes that the future of PC games is in subscription-based, Internet-delivered games. Gordon's words seem to indicate that EA is considering dropping game boxes altogether in favor of allowing players to download games from the Internet. This is the main idea behind EA.com, Electronic Art's upcoming subscription gaming service, where players will be able to sign up for games like Majestic for a monthly fee." [More]