PCGA Refutes Reports Of Sony DADC Leaving Group

Following web reports this week that DRM firm Sony DADC has left the PC Gaming Alliance, the organization told Gamasutra that the reports are incorrect, and that the firm is still a member. The reports emerged after the logo for Sony DADC disappeared from PCGA's website, following the confirmed departures of Microsoft and Nvidia from the non-profit group. PCGA president Matt Ployhar said in an email that logos on the group's web page are not 100 percent representative of all PCGA members. He added that there are various reasons that some of the members would rather remain anonymous. Ployhar said that even with companies that have left the PCGA, several former members still work closely with the group, which works to advocate the PC as a gaming platform. He said at the time of Microsoft and Nvida's departures that the changes would not drastically affect the current operations or objectives of the PCGA. Ployar, who works for Intel and took the reins of the PCGA late last year, recently told Gamasutra that he plans to make the organization more vocal about PC gaming issues. PCGA released research last month that said revenue for the global PC gaming market grew 20 percent in 2010 to $16.2 billion.