http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=260220Microsoft needs to invest in PC gaming after a short hiatus from the platform, says Microsoft Games Studios GM, Dave Luehmann.
Speaking to CVG at Microsoft's GamesCom showcase this afternoon, Luehmann argued that the Windows house can't expect third-party developers to support the platform if it's not willing to itself.
"I think we need to invest in this space," he told CVG. "Windows is an important space for us so we need to invest our first-party IP in it as much as anybody else. We cant really ask other companies to step up if the first party isn't stepping up."
On why Microsoft's appeared to snub the PC for the last few years, Luehmann said it was an issue of "focus".
"I think it was a focus thing. We started to focus on one area and now we're saying let's start to spread that focus.
"I think the whole company has been focused on console work for a long time and it's time for us to come back and bring one of our best IPs [Age of Empires] back and to a market that can really use it," he said.
Microsoft announced Age of Empires Online this morning. "I think when fans of Age get a chance to play it they're going to love it," Luehmann told us.
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