Moody Gamer

There has been a lot of talk lately with the advent of current generation consoles like XBox 360, PS3 and Wii about PC gaming being in decline. Most of the flak being shot because of the ongoing trend of PC developers are either going cross-platform, console first PC later or console exclusive development. Add to that the rampant piracy on the PC platform coupled with possible difficulty in developing for various hardware configurations versus a single platform configuration that is available on the consoles.

Yet what is being reported by the PC Gaming Alliance shows otherwise and that PC gaming is far from dieing thanks to online gaming power on the PC (MMOs anyone) and ability to directly download games to your PC (Steam everyone!) are some of the dominant yet few of the reasons why PC gaming will continue to breathe.

Check out the full report on PC Gaming Alliance website.

Probably the only one too that focuses on PC Games here in Oman. It is Al-Emad Computer Shop. These guys were in Oman since the days of pirated software was rampant in the area. Even now that PC software piracy has been almost squished in Oman, this shop has been doing well with their original PC Games sales. Considering that the demography of PC Gamers is low here in the country compared to the console gamers. Of course, nowadays you got other places to get PC Games such as Emax and Carrefour. But they are always extremely late in getting new titles and their prices are questionable.

Unlike Al-Emad who, as of writing this article, already have a copy of Devil May Cry 4 for the PC which was only released a few days ago. That is considered an achievement within Oman. I still remember the day they had Warcraft 3 on the same world wide release day. Their prices are also very quite reasonable too that makes you think how the hell do they do it.

If you are new in Oman or never thought of such a place existed, then you can check it out by going to Jawharat Al-Shati in Shatti Al Qurum (Next to DQ restaurant). This is in Muscat the capital of Oman. You can even call them on +968 24695964.

I will keep you updated of any new stores that retail PC Games in a serious manner (No thanks to Carrefour or Emax). As for the question of why I am not covering consoles and handheld stores is simple, they are everywhere thanks to piracy, partially. Though everyday that is becoming less and less due to the ministry trying to fight it in addition to the counter measures that developers use to stop it. Maybe that will increase the sales of PC games in the country and eventually someone will think of opening another PC Games Store.