"The majority of our developers are console or PC developers developing for the TV.
My best pick was touch interface maker Synaptics (SYNA, 20), down 5%; my worst was Phoenix Technologies (PTEC, 4), a pc software developer that fell 76%.
In other words, PC developers may have to start thinking more like smartphone developers, specifically developing and then exploiting a small group of higher-spending fans.
Furthermore, the Xbox Wire news site confirmed that PC developers can get full access to the Xbox LIve API so they will be able to create their own console-vs-PC titles.
Does Microsoft really think that independent PC developers and publishers, who cherish their freedom and their direct customer relationships, are going to sign up for this current UWP fiasco?
But while Nintendo and other console makers remain fixed on their past successes, the desktop computer world is at least moving forward slowly, largely pushed by the sheer diversity of PC developers who guarantee that something new is always percolating to the surface.
After all, the company behind Warcraft, World of Warcraft and Overwatch has been one of the most beloved PC developers of all time, and its loyal fanbase tends to play on PC or, in a pinch, consoles.
Id Software, one of the most influential PC developers, has shifted its focus from "PC first" to multiplatform simultaneous releases for its recently announced titles, "Rage" and "Doom 4".
PC developers should fell much more at home in the environment verse the Mac-centric's iPhone development tools.
