Slick wrote on Jan 18, 2015, 00:48:You must be confusing fear with utter loathing and hate.
a superior experience because having the start menu look more colorful scares you.
[VG]Reagle wrote on Jan 17, 2015, 15:51:Ozmodan wrote on Jan 17, 2015, 09:48:
I was one of those windows 7 holdouts, but I actually tried out the new windows when 8.1 came out and I like it much better than 7 now. It boots faster than 7, gives me better tools to work with the OS. It is a much more refined OS. I expect that once they get the bugs out of windows 10 it will be even better.
Get off your knees it's embarrassing.
Ozmodan wrote on Jan 17, 2015, 09:48:
I was one of those windows 7 holdouts, but I actually tried out the new windows when 8.1 came out and I like it much better than 7 now. It boots faster than 7, gives me better tools to work with the OS. It is a much more refined OS. I expect that once they get the bugs out of windows 10 it will be even better.
Bundy wrote on Jan 17, 2015, 01:11:
The embarrassing decade was with different management
NKD wrote on Jan 16, 2015, 19:02:
Best OS for gamers doesn't really say much. There's no competition.
The importance of Windows itself for gaming is minimal. The only reason it matters at all is because of DirectX. When I'm playing a game I don't even interact with Windows. I'm playing a game with its own interface, its own input scheme, etc.
Windows involvement in my gaming experience is twofold:
1) DirectX
2) Have an icon or something I can click to start the game somewhere.
Does it have those two things? Do they work properly? Good job.
Lorcin wrote on Jan 16, 2015, 20:50:Bundy wrote on Jan 16, 2015, 20:45:
None have survived it b/c their revenue depended on a console success. Microsoft can afford to fail more than twice and still be fine, they still have 80bn in revenue every year from their other departments.
That said, I really wish they'd throw way more resources into PC game development. Hopefully next week is the beginning of something.
Oh they can afford to fail twice just not in a row - and 3 times out of 4. Xbox was never a big profit earner. 360 did well. XBone is tanking. Next one sucks and it won't just be a huge management overhaul. They'll shut it down.
Bundy wrote on Jan 16, 2015, 20:45:
None have survived it b/c their revenue depended on a console success. Microsoft can afford to fail more than twice and still be fine, they still have 80bn in revenue every year from their other departments.
That said, I really wish they'd throw way more resources into PC game development. Hopefully next week is the beginning of something.
Lorcin wrote on Jan 16, 2015, 20:36:
It's a long way off but I really hope Sony win the NEXT console war. They've won this one hands down and if MS fuck it again next time that will probably be the end of Xbox - no console manufacturer has survived two shitty consoles in a row.
Once they are forced to shut down the Xbox division I think Microsoft will throw all their resources and game studios behind PCs just to try and stop Sony monopolizing the market.
Weird to think the best thing I can do to help PC gaming is to subscribe to PS+ on my PS3 (give sony money to build a better next gen).
Gib007 wrote on Jan 16, 2015, 17:10:
I always thought Windows 8 was utter crap but ever since my new UEFI motherboard decided to force me to buy Windows, and Microsoft forced 8.1 on me, I'm actually quite happy with it. I of course bought Start8 for $4. I personally will be happy to upgrade to Windows 10, even if I have to pay for the upgrade from 8.1