You are seeing a lot less of the "PC gaming is dead" pronouncements lately from the so-called pundits. In fact a case is being made that games on the PC platform are experiencing a boom. That's the view of Gas Powered Games' head man Chris Taylor. In a chat with Eurogamer, he predicts that the upcoming PC release of the action-RPG sequel Dungeon Siege III will sell as well as the console ports.

Taylor says the popularity of Valve's Steam PC game download service is part of the reason behind his optimism, stating, "I would say put down even money that we'll see the PC version competing against the console version when it comes out next year." Further down the road, Taylor says we will see more high end browser-based games coming in the next decade, saying, "It's a matter of time before you're playing a game of the quality of a triple-A game that we know and love, like a Supreme Commander 2 or a StarCraft II, in a browser experience."