Windows 8 and gaming: critique from game developers
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 5:30 pm
Well, I think many people have already read about Gabe Newell calling Windows 8 a "catastrophe". Now it looks like some people at Blizzard have similar feelings:
https://twitter.com/Rob_Pardo/status/228235190705729536 And I'm sure there will be more of similar responses from similar companies... Is Microsoft intentionally trying to slowly "kill off" PC gaming in its traditional form (using keyboard + mouse)? Or are they simply went "too far" with all the "touch" BS for PCs because of blinding desire to "out-Apple" the Apple and/or arrogance ("we know more about our user's desires than the users themselves") or simple stupidity? You decide!
P.S: Before you mention that "Valve are afraid of Windows Store competition" - please realize that http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/PC/ has existed for a long enough time already (under different names) and Gabe didn't criticize it or the Windows 7, the OS which allows people to currently use this service
https://twitter.com/Rob_Pardo/status/228235190705729536 And I'm sure there will be more of similar responses from similar companies... Is Microsoft intentionally trying to slowly "kill off" PC gaming in its traditional form (using keyboard + mouse)? Or are they simply went "too far" with all the "touch" BS for PCs because of blinding desire to "out-Apple" the Apple and/or arrogance ("we know more about our user's desires than the users themselves") or simple stupidity? You decide!
P.S: Before you mention that "Valve are afraid of Windows Store competition" - please realize that http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/PC/ has existed for a long enough time already (under different names) and Gabe didn't criticize it or the Windows 7, the OS which allows people to currently use this service