Newell: Vista-Only DX10 "A Mistake" [Aug 28, 2007, 10:32 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Gabe Newell: DirectX
10 for Vista was a mistake quotes Valve's Gabe Newell decrying Microsoft's
decision to make DirectX 10 exclusive to Windows Vista as a mistake that's
harming the PC gaming industry (thanks
Slashdot):
In an interview with heise online, Gabe Newell, president of Valve Software, said that Microsoft made a terrible mistake releasing DirectX 10 for Vista only and excluding Windows XP. He said this decision affected the whole industry as so far only a very small percentage of players can use DirectX 10.
When developing cross-platform games which are also released fo Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, developers look for the smallest common denominator. And since neither Microsoft's nor Sony's new consoles support Shader Model 4.0 for DirectX 10, only few games use it, he said.
In addition, Newell bemoaned the increasing lack of input device diversity in PC gaming culture. He would like to see controllers like the Wiimote or the Guitar Hero guitar, but since DirectX support for devices like these had increasingly been reduced over the last few years, developers didn't dare implement these expensive innovations.
Why won't DX10 drivers run under XP? Again--it's because the driver model Vista requires is incompatible with XP.
Quit drinking the Kool-Aid, WaltC. They could easily port DX10, or some compatible variant, over to XP. They made giant leaps between DX7 and DX9 on XP. DX9 to DX10 is no different.
The fact is, 100% of my games run worse in Vista, even the DX10 ones. And this is coming from someone who has both installed on his system. Thank God I got Vista for free- I'd shoot myself in the foot if I paid for it. Aesthetically, I love it- but for games, it's horrible.
This brings back up the old question- why won't developers start to support Linux? PC Gamers were hardcore enough to embrace DOS, and the most recent releases of Ubuntu have been extremely user friendly, fast, and still free. I guess we run into the classic "chicken and the egg" scenario here.
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