The PC is still the center of innovation in gaming, according to Hilmar Veigar Pétursson, CEO of CCP Games, which is known for long-running, esoteric space MMO EVE Online.

"I think most of the innovation in gaming has happened on PC, to some extent on mobile, just because of sheer volume," Pétursson told me at EVE Fanfest earlier this year. "But I don't think we're observing a lot of innovation in mobile right now. I think we're observing a lot of refinement and execution and formula, kind of hardening. On PC, we still see a lot of experimentation."

While Pétursson allowed that discoverability is a major issue facing PC developers in particular, he appreciates how the general lack of gatekeeping on the platform⁠—a $100 fee on Steam, or just uploading a project to itch.io or elsewhere⁠—me

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