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"Windows 8 will represent a real new push into PC gaming," an anonymous source told TechRadar. "Gaming will be a key component for the whole OS."
Of course, we've heard things like this before: PC gaming was supposed to get a boost with the launch of Windows Vista, and there were definitely improvements, but none were particularly noteworthy. Meanwhile, multiple games from Microsoft did not receive PC versions, including Gears of War 2 and every Halo game released after Halo 2.
Two months ago, Microsoft said that it was "doubling down" on PC games. The company launched a browser-based Windows store for PC games called Games for Windows Marketplace, but it hardly made a big splash.
The fact of the matter is that Valve's Steam dominates the PC gaming market already, and it's thus difficult for Microsoft to do anything revolutionary. Including features directly in Windows, while making sure to avoid anti-trust issues, is the only way the software giant could really make a difference. The company of course currently refuses to talk about Windows 8, so as with most rumors, we'll just have to wait and see till the time is right, or till something leaks out.
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Take a gander at the armchair industry experts here. If PC gaming is dead, how is Valve making a killing with Steam? This Microsoft vaporware announcement is their way of saying they want a piece of that pie. One of many segments Microsoft has yet to figure out.
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Yeah, I was excited when the push for DX10 and Vista came about. If I remember correctly that was around the same time MS said they were going to phase out support for XP. I thought we were entering a new age of pc gaming. But look at us now, XP users are still clinging to it like white on rice. Developers have to design for those as well. MS should just give up and let valve and others keep doing there thing. A new xbox variation is more likely to come about then Windows 8 being a huge deal for gaming. We'll still have xp, vista and windows 7 users out there for years to come.
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I think their were significant improvements for gaming with win7.You have dx11 which was originally supposed to be in vista.I personally am impressed with the features dx11 has brought us.The only thing I am not impressed with is how many resources win7 uses to run,yes it is better than vista was in that dept but the memory and graphic power needed to run the os take away from power that could be used for gaming.What I do think is stupid is that they are allready coming out with another os.Yes they messed up with vista,but what they need to do is work on improving win7,instead of coming out with a new os allready.
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Piracy killed PC gaming not MS
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PC gaming killed itself. They found the suicide note, it just hasn't been made public out of respect for the family.
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