The PC Gaming Alliance, a non-profit organization focused on making PC gaming more streamlined, has lost two of its founding members today. The PCGA confirmed to Big Download that Microsoft and Nvidia have decided to withdraw from the group. PCGA president Matt Ployhar remained quiet on the reasons behind both companies’ departure.
Ployhar downplays any effect the departures may have, saying the group is already committed to shifting away from market research and moving towards more activism for PC gaming. In a post on his official Intel blog, Ployhar outlined the future for the PCGA.
“The PCGA has some amazing resources and sub-committees to participate in; but we don’t currently publish or release much. So moving forward we’ll start seeing the PCGA being more transparent. Another key thing we’ll be doing is creating a more technical based advisory board that you’ll all be hearing more about very soon,” he wrote.
“We’re doing this to flesh out the PCGA’s technical expertise while simultaneously addressing perceived gaps in membership,” he continued. “Moving forward this will enable the PCGA to have not only world class research and analysis on its side; but also provides additional technical expertise by adding additional key industry leaders and veterans.”
Ployhar also noted last week that PC piracy is actually declining, despite the PC platform being shunned by publishers as a hive of scum and villainy.
