Minecraft Creator Won't Support Windows 8
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Still, you have to agree that, looking at the success of iOS and Android, Windows 8 is an operating system for the new millennium. Then again, the lukewarm reception of the Zune and Windows Phone 7 may indicate that Microsoft just doesn't have the right kind of XP to tackle the mobile market.DVS BSTrD said:
$50/Individual & $100/Company(per year) with game revenues on the Microsoft system under $25,000. After $25,000 Microsoft gets in touch with your company and works out finer details, which can get complicated. Microsoft has the option to waive fees under certain conditions, I know this because our fee got waived for the first year(It helped we won the Microsoft Imagine Cup Game Dev Competition)Crono1973 said:
That was for a recertification of a game with revenue over $25,000. I don't know if his developer license had past or there are penalties for recertification, we haven't run into that issue yet. But any game I know of as long as you have the license can certify a game for free.Rainboq said:
Every tablet and phone out there already does this. Apple, android, you name it.Mygaffer said:
The PC version will not be restricted to the store. You can still add regular, non-store windows applications and games to the metro interface. There is also a version of the Surface that will have full Windows functionality.
Not many bring it up because most running the release preview will tell you that there really is no change in functionality aside from a learning curve with the new UI.
Yup. And that's why I decided not to [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/538.389036-Designing-Computer-Parts-Advice] when I designed my new rig. Who needs to wait for 8 to come out when 7 is delicious on its own? Heck, even XP still rocks.RandV80 said:
Well, according to the alternating rule of Windows releases (every other Windows version is crap) Windows 8 was going to suck anyway.
Do people ever grow tired of posting this?Johnson McGee said:
It's like this, the alternating rule can be viewed in different ways depending on if you include NT OS's prior to XP. It really is tiring to see someone let something silly like this make up their mind for them.
Maybe Win 8 is a bad OS and guess what, maybe Win 9 will be too. I mean, if you just refuse to give Win 8 a chance because of this alternating BS, doesn't that mean that you will be buying Win 9 on Day 1, no questions asked?
See how ridiculous it is?
Just the very fact that Notch would have to work with Microsoft to make sure that Minecraft is certified to run on Windows 8 speaks to how it won't be a very open system. We might be getting a distorted one-sided view of things, but if being certified on an OS only meant buying a license, then they would not be needing to call people in to work on certification.
It might just be that Microsoft is just adding it's own program store, but they'd be silly not to close off their system in tandem. Steam is already running strong, and there are even other ways to buy digital games. Unless Microsoft's store is really innovative, then it'll just be redundant and not used unless they close the OS.
But then, they'd get sued, I guess. Apple's been doing this, but has always been. Microsoft turning into a closed OS would be removing a large...
...oh wait, I still use XP. Thppppt
It might just be that Microsoft is just adding it's own program store, but they'd be silly not to close off their system in tandem. Steam is already running strong, and there are even other ways to buy digital games. Unless Microsoft's store is really innovative, then it'll just be redundant and not used unless they close the OS.
But then, they'd get sued, I guess. Apple's been doing this, but has always been. Microsoft turning into a closed OS would be removing a large...
...oh wait, I still use XP. Thppppt
The license also allows developers to certify and release games on Win Phone and XBLA. There is no real reason to certify a game for Win8 unless your going to release it on Win8 app store, or you already have the license and want to make sure it works with Win8.Crono1973 said:
Gods, Windows 8. My problem with Windows 8 starts years ago, actually. Mid-XP era I think. A friend of mine was telling me about Microsoft's new initiative to make you pay for your Microsoft software monthly or yearly, like your Internet or cable.
You know Office 365? They were pitching that to IT people before "the cloud" became a marketing meme. How to make a room full of IT people extremely angry: Sell them something like proto-365 was pitched. They sold it to the IT guys like they sold it to the CIOs, and the IT guys saw all the problems. They realized software-as-a-service would make make licensing issues worse, backups uncontrollable, downtime an even bigger emergency because you can't even make Powerpoint presentations or print a file while waiting for the Internet to come up, offer several fewer nines than Microsoft's current product, remove ability to control when upgrades and UI changes happen, cost more over the life of a PC, and so on.
But then someone invented "the cloud" and Microsoft jumped on it with SkyDrive and 365 as fast as Ballmer's behemoth can do anything.
And now we get to Windows 8. Make a Microsoft login! Your apps and data will follow you between machines! Your desktop looks like your laptop looks like your phone looks like your tablet! Get on Microsoft's bad side and maybe it ALL GOES AWAY! Ain't it grand?
Office 365 was the opening salvo in their attempts to make software a service charge like your Internet connection is, with the same punishment if you miss a payment. Windows 8 is the next one.
You know Office 365? They were pitching that to IT people before "the cloud" became a marketing meme. How to make a room full of IT people extremely angry: Sell them something like proto-365 was pitched. They sold it to the IT guys like they sold it to the CIOs, and the IT guys saw all the problems. They realized software-as-a-service would make make licensing issues worse, backups uncontrollable, downtime an even bigger emergency because you can't even make Powerpoint presentations or print a file while waiting for the Internet to come up, offer several fewer nines than Microsoft's current product, remove ability to control when upgrades and UI changes happen, cost more over the life of a PC, and so on.
But then someone invented "the cloud" and Microsoft jumped on it with SkyDrive and 365 as fast as Ballmer's behemoth can do anything.
And now we get to Windows 8. Make a Microsoft login! Your apps and data will follow you between machines! Your desktop looks like your laptop looks like your phone looks like your tablet! Get on Microsoft's bad side and maybe it ALL GOES AWAY! Ain't it grand?
Office 365 was the opening salvo in their attempts to make software a service charge like your Internet connection is, with the same punishment if you miss a payment. Windows 8 is the next one.
As I said; not an expert. And I wouldn't call Vista anywhere above 'decent enough' with or without Service Pack.Matthew94 said: