Valve declares WIndows 8 "a catastrophe for PC", talks about migrating games to Linux

[Iroquois Pliskin 0]

Steam's "Big Picture" interface showcase,

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Only thing missing is a derp platform - is M$ going to let Valve on the XBOX 720?

[krycek 349]

I wouldn't be so sure, imagine a situation where (decent) games are being developed for the new XBOX 720, but a prerequisite for playing them on the PC is Win 8 itself.

Yeah they tried that before with their so called exclusives,Halo 2 sold how many copies on pc?30-50??100 if I'm generous.M$ could afford these experiments but if some dev wants to play smartass and making their games Win8 exclusive then they have better chances to make a profit by selling limonades.This could work only with a very-very high profile game like GTA V or something like that.For most other devs would be like they press the gun trigger and they're in front of it.

[Tonci87 163]

Yeah they tried that before with their so called exclusives,Halo 2 sold how many copies on pc?30-50??100 if I'm generous.M$ could afford these experiments but if some dev wants to play smartass and making their games Win8 exclusive then they have better chances to make a profit by selling limonades.This could work only with a very-very high profile game like GTA V or something like that.For most other devs would be like they press the gun trigger and they're in front of it.

Well WIndows Games Department isn´t known for smart decisions. Otherwise they would have ported the whole Halo series to the PC and they would have made a second Freelancer.

[orcinus 121]

I wouldn't be so sure, imagine a situation where (decent) games are being developed for the new XBOX 720, but a prerequisite for playing them on the PC is Win 8 itself. Eh. :)

And as I posted a while ago, doubtless any game company would have to get 'certification' before W8 would allow the game to be installed.

For certification, on the basis of M$'s general monopolistic approach, one could reasonably predict them demanding a fat fee for the process, and probably a cut for every installed copy.

Bleagh...

[onlyrazor 11]

And as I posted a while ago, doubtless any game company would have to get 'certification' before W8 would allow the game to be installed.

For certification, on the basis of M$'s general monopolistic approach, one could reasonably predict them demanding a fat fee for the process, and probably a cut for every installed copy.

Bleagh...

What about the updates? Microsoft demands a fee for that, too. And it has to be paid DLC.