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.
Microsoft elected to restrict DX10 and beyond support to the driver model required by Vista. That's not an opinion, it is a fact.
Exactly. Microsoft ELECTED to make DX10 Vista only. Do you think it was for the benefit of performance? Again, put down the Kool-aid man. You're ridiculous.
(And don't send me to links about DX10, especially ones from 2006... before websites actually got a chance to use it. Find us a single month-old positive review of DX10. A single one.)
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