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Re: Evening Consolidation |
Aug 6, 2012, 22:37 |
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bhcompy wrote on Aug 6, 2012, 21:56:
Beamer wrote on Aug 6, 2012, 21:49:
ASeven wrote on Aug 6, 2012, 21:27:
Further proof that Win8 is trying to be the Xbox Live for all platforms with all the locking and restrictions that come with it?
No. Why would it be proof of locking/restrictions?
Yes, I'm sure it's going to apply for some games, I mean, GFWL has locking and restrictions. But PC gaming has always been about options, right? Some publishers go for the locking and restrictions. Some do not. Some offer through one store. Some offer through many. Some offer only in DRM-free methods.
Why would you ever think that's changing? Because of a common OS? Phones are getting that OS, too, do you think the PC and the phone will have much in common?
Depends on how far they take it. Windows 8 for ARM (aka WinRT) is going Windows Store only for games and applications. Windows 8 x86 may have that in its future, depending on how it goes for ARM.
Just like Apple did with MacOS... wait a minute, that's not what happened at all!
Anyone that thinks Microsoft would do this is about as idiotic as they think Microsoft needs to be to do this. Do you think Adobe would stand for this? How about antivirus companies like Norton? Or maybe companies like SAP. Do you think they'd appreciate being told that their wares are only able to be sold via a Microsoft App Store with Microsoft taking a cut?
This is what Apple, Linux and ChromeOS fans dream of happening, and no one at Microsoft is dumb enough to make it a reality, despite the conspiracy theories people see. |
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