With the recent integration of Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) with the larger Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. (SCEI) branch, SOE President John Smedley was once again making headlines as he talked about the recent state of PC gaming and how he believed that things aren't as dismal as it seems.

Despite the many forecasts about the decline of PC gaming, Smedley begged to differ against the various "doom and gloom" opinions regarding the matter. He believed that PC gaming was "at its brightest point ever". His case in point were the vast number of subscribers playing games on MMORPG titles for the PC.

He also backed this up with how the NPD's positive numbers keep an optimistic track of all the digital and regular sales for the titles appearing on the PC platform. He recognized the efforts of Blizzard's World of Warcraft as the leader in PC software sales for three years running now and how other online games have been keeping the business on top of its game throughout the years.

Smedley even argued against the point raised by Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney on how the PC is "good for anything, not just games". He mentioned that the current business model for PC gaming has changed throughout the years and that people shouldn't judge it solely on the hard numbers of software sales.

He ended his statement with this final explanation regarding the matter: "It's not that dollar sales are down; it's just that retail PC sales are the narrow focus that ignorant people are looking at".