Opinions on games dropping Windows XP support.

[ethaninja]

Well they did with 95/98, so I kind of figured they would need to move on eventually. And it won't be that bad because 3rd party people would figure out ways to make it support. Unless the devs make it so badly incompatible with XP out of spite.

 

[Pingieking]

Focus on the game more than making it adaptable to ancient OS.

 

[ethaninja]

And your before your parents are willing, go get a job you bum, iv worked since I was 14 to pay for my gaming, everything in life is about tradeing effort for something you want

Kukdos ;D

But I spend my hard earned money on more (living expenses?) and get my folks to buy my PC games because I'm their tech guy So it's like earning money, but instead the currency is fun

 

[IkeGreil29]

Not everyone lives in a first-world country and has the capabilities to update their computer every four years. I know I must seem like a whiny *****, but it's true; I personally am going to have to wait two years before my parents are willing to buy me a new computer. So I'd definitely be pissed about losing XP support.

dude xps been around for more than four years.
its been around since 2001 in one form or another. 9 years is old technology, despite the fact microsoft will be dropping support for it at somepoint (iv seen suggestions that that will be the next 4-5 years to allows companies to adopt new O.S)
but 9 year old technology for personal use is pretty old, especially since u dont need to upgrade anything but the software if your speaking technically.

And your before your parents are willing, go get a job you bum, iv worked since I was 14 to pay for my gaming, everything in life is about tradeing effort for something you want

Hahaha, good point, mate. I just haven't had time to set my priorities straight what with school and stuff. And I also pay for my gaming; I usually pay 1/3 for the consoles (my brother pays another third and my parents the last bit), pay all my games, and always wait for prices to drop. Thing is, computers are usually much more expensive, especially gaming computers.

 

[Nunny]

Microsoft already dropped support for the XP OS, it would be logical to games to do the same.

they haven't fully stopped support yet, theres gonna be no more giant patches for it true, but minor patching still gets done, and most of their products can be made to work with it still.

Its still at a point were one should either upgrade or expect to be ignored.

 

[octafish]

XP is now 9 years old.

2004 - They weren't making games that support Win 95
2007 - They weren't making games that support Win 98

It is time to move beyond XP, beyond 32-bit and beyond DX9.

Amen brother. 9 years is a pretty good run. It is time to embrace 64-bit all these mobos with dual and triple channel RAM slots going to waste on all but a few games. That said I still dual boot XP 32bit for my legacy applications, ok, ok, games.

 

[Worgen]

its annoying but its understandable since MS wont let xp use anything over direct X 9

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

It depends, on the reason that someone is using XP. If it is for stability, or just because they are too lazy or whatever, or if it still does what they want it to, so what. But for the longest time, and the reason people didn't want to go to Vista is because it was broken (security, compatibility, interface, whatever people had against it). If 7 has in fact fixed all that, then it shouldn't be a problem. of course, if games and technology are heading forwards, then keeping backwards compatibility can be a hindrance to newer possibilities.

But the largest factor is the game itself. For developers heading for cutting-edge, just go for it, and dont let XP hold you back. But it's always refreshing to find a well programmed engine that runs on older platforms, and still looks decent on newer machines. Like borderlands, and earlier unreal-engined games. And Torchlight was a breath of fresh air for me. "Netbook mode"?? Nice!!

 

[thiosk]

Windows XP was from two generations ago.

Run legacy games on your legacy windows XP computer. But, you simply cannot keep developing new software that continues to function on operating systems from two generations ago. If it works as a matter of luck, great! Its also great when games are supporting windows Vista, as that was last generation. But vista support will end when next-microsoft-os comes out, and if 7 lasts a while, it will be a while.

 

[Serenegoose]

I'm not overly concerned about it. I find the idea that I should have somehow already upgraded my OS a little odd, however. There's nothing about Windows 7 that's going to make my current games run faster (though obviously as tech goes on that'll change, since they'll start demanding more than 3gb RAM and DX11) and for the cost, I could actually buy a reasonable hardware upgrade that actually would make my gaming noticeably faster/prettier. Beyond making sure my games run, I have no need for any windows OS.

 

[dickseverywhere]

Supporting XP means games have to operate on the assumption that the player can't use more than 3GB of RAM. With games getting bigger, eventually they're gonna have to move to being full 64-bit applications just because the system requirements have begun to outgrow what the old OS can do.

Yeah, it's a shame to lose out on those old legacy apps (although nothing's stopping someone from writing an XP version of a program like DOSBox as computers get more powerful), but c'mon. XP is a limiting factor on game design progress right now.

32bit versions of vista/win7 still can't address more than ~3gb ram

 

[SimuLord]

32bit versions of vista/win7 still can't address more than ~3gb ram

Which is why the sysreqs for gaming need to specify 64-bit. If you're a PC gamer, you should already have this kind of hardware so the OS to support it ought to be mandatory by now. Vista came out almost four years ago and 7's been out for long enough that a growing segment of PCs come preloaded with it.

 

[RobfromtheGulag]

It'll stink because people will have to start tacking together fixes like the ones for the PC versions of FF7 and FF8.

 

[Signa]

Wouldn't be so bad if Windows Vista/7 didn't have such terrible legacy support when it came games (amongst other applications, but that's another argument for another thread). Lack of legacy support just turns the PC into another console.

edit: Sorry let me recant that last statement. The Wii, with its virtual console, has better legacy support than a Windows 7 PC.

Terrible legacy Support? I've run every game I've ever wanted to on Win7, with the exception of Worms World Party, but it only failed to run on my laptop and not my desktop. Both are running 7, so I don't know why one wouldn't run and the other wouldn't. What games have you had problems with?