I agree with him. Windows 8 is optimized to run on smartphones, which means it will be dumbed down and difficult to customize to the extent 7 or xp was. It's probably great on a tablet, but I'm staying as far away from it as possible on my desktop.
...All I had to do was check some boxes, and it worked fine. Many things work on windows 7 with a little tweaking.Wayneguard said:I'm wishing that I had stuck with XP like you have. At the time, I lambasted it for its failings... how little did I realize the horror that was to come. I dare anyone to try and get kotor 2 to work on windows 7.WoW Killer said:I'm still using XP. And I'm still waiting for a valid reason to use anything else. Will there be any point to 8? Like does do anything XP doesn't that would justify the massive system hogging that would accompany it?
No, they're everywhere. I have no doubt more probably hate it now than like it. At least I see it everywhere.Sober Thal said:CoD has a popular fanbase. The hate people are actually a rather small VOCAL MINORITY, fyi.zehydra said:Nah, I don't think COD is ruining the gaming industry when the game itself has a "hatebase" (like a negative fanbase), kinda like Rebecca Black.allinwonder said:Everyone is following Apple's suit: be as closed as possible.
Basically Apple is ruining / has ruined the PC industry, just like COD is ruining / has ruined the gaming industry.
Exactly the same here. XP just works with everything and has given me the least grief out of all the operating systems. I've used nearly all the others (including Mac and Linux) and for some reason I keep finding stupid designs and new problems that need to be quickly fixed.WoW Killer said:That's my fear; at some point I'll be forced to switch :/evilneko said:Well, DX10+. Eventually, more games will require it.
It might just be all the years I spent with shitty systems like 98 and ME (spit), but I'm reluctant to give up XP because I've used it for ages and it's always... worked, y'know?
Captcha: higgs boson. Maybe. In fact, quite probably.
As someone who didn't want to leave XP, let me tell you, make the jump to 7 while you can. I don't know how difficult it is to get older OSs (never tried), but I'm going to assume that Windows 8 is going to try very hard to replace their current iteration of perfection[footnote]yes, 7 does have flaws that still bug me, but it's good enough that I don't see myself leaving anytime soon. Not for 8 anyway, and not back to XP for sure.[/footnote].WoW Killer said:That's my fear; at some point I'll be forced to switch :/evilneko said:Well, DX10+. Eventually, more games will require it.
It might just be all the years I spent with shitty systems like 98 and ME (spit), but I'm reluctant to give up XP because I've used it for ages and it's always... worked, y'know?
Captcha: higgs boson. Maybe. In fact, quite probably.
Ho ho ho! Good one, love a good joke.evilneko said:From some quick googling, I get the impression Newell is simply afraid of competition from Microsoft.
As a user of XP64, I don't really see that as the case. There is some security software that supports 64 bit Vista and 7, but not XP64 (firewalls, mainly--your choices are limited to Outpost Free and Comodo, which is a no-brainer given how shitty a company Comodo is), however this kind of incompatibility is the minority case. Pretty much everything else is fine.Owyn_Merrilin said:It's pretty terrible from what I've heard, though. The 64 bit version was less a fully supported operating system and more like a 64 bit experiment using XP as a platform.sanquin said:Oh right, it does. x.xevilneko said:Psst. There's a 64 bit version of XP too.![]()
What he said, really. Dunno why, but that's the case. The only people who ever managed to have a good and working ME system are people like Yours Truly, who are truly blessed.Vegosiux said:Well it fits the pattern.
Windows releases go like this: Good (3.11), shit (95), good (98), shit (Me), good (XP), shit (Vista), good (7)...
Challenge accepted.Wayneguard said:I dare anyone to try and get kotor 2 to work on windows 7.
Except that it's not entirely accurate, and leaves out a few things. A more accurate descriptor would be first-release Windows operating systems tend to suck and generally get significant improvements later.FalloutJack said:What he said, really. Dunno why, but that's the case. The only people who ever managed to have a good and working ME system are people like Yours Truly, who are truly blessed.Vegosiux said:Well it fits the pattern.
Windows releases go like this: Good (3.11), shit (95), good (98), shit (Me), good (XP), shit (Vista), good (7)...
Well, I am running Steam and Origin on Windows 8.matrix3509 said:So, link first, then my two cents:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/...8-catastrophe-driving-valve-to-embrace-linux/
The TL;DR version:
Basically Newell is saying that the way Microsoft is closing off the operating system will be disastrous for many OEMs, as well as for services like Steam. Also, this is a main reason why Valve has started embracing Linux.
Anyways, while Newell's remarks sound much like his ignorant words regarding the PS3 a few years ago, and I think he is exaggerating regarding what the OS's effect on the industry will be, I think he does have somewhat of a point. Microsoft has demonstrated that they have no fucking clue how to effectively compete in the digital distribution market. Their incompetence with XBLA, Games on Demand, and GFWL serve as proof of this. I don't think its beneath Microsoft to just close off the system completely and force everyone to use some sort of integrated GFWL in their next operating system. And before anyone accuses me of hating on Microsoft, I'm not saying it will definitely happen, I'm saying that it isn't an impossibility. Microsoft has fully demonstrated in the past (multiple times I might add) just how anti-consumer it can be, and once you get stung by those practices, it hard to forget it.
I don't know what you think my stance is one the games but it's besides the point.Sober Thal said:Sorry, but you're just wrong on this one. That doesn't mean any of your feelings are off or misplaced, it just means that the numbers speak decibels louder than your opinions. AKA the opinions of the masses mean more than the opinions of the minorities.
It's fine that you select few hate a game, it won't stop the rest of us from loving it.