Valve Says Choice to Make DX10 Vista-Only Hurt PC Gaming 463
Erris writes "Valve's President Gabe Newell is calling Microsoft's choice to make DirectX 10 Vista-only a 'terrible mistake' that has harmed gaming. His company's latest hardware study shows the strategy has not moved gamers onto Vista. The result is that almost no one is using the newest version of DirectX, and companies are shying away from creating new input devices that support it. Nine months after release, after Christmas, after graduation, and with school mostly back in session, still only 8% of gamers are using it." Update: 08/27 21:09 GMT by Z : An AC points out that these numbers may be framed poorly given uptake numbers for XP's release.
Re:XP unable to support dx10 or what? (Score:4, Funny)
You won't have to buy it. It'll be abandonware by then.
Re:Gaming the system for fun and profit (Score:2, Funny)
Re:It's not 8%! (Score:5, Funny)
Wine: A better Windows than Vista!
Re:Huh? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Actual experiences vs. FUDdy the boogeyman (Score:3, Funny)
* Two machines that use XP
* A TabletPC with XP
* A Dell XPSII laptop that was running Vista RC1, then Vista RC2, and as of a week ago is running the release version of Vista
* A smaller Dell laptop that followed a similar upgrade path to the machine above
* A new Dell 9200 Desktop with a quad-core Q6600 CPU and a DX10-capable GTS8600 video card
OK, my dick's hard now, too. What's next, buddy?
Part of being a good advocate for a cause like free software is having the maturity to be intellectually honest.
I want to have your babies.
Re:XP unable to support dx10 or what? (Score:1, Funny)
Apparently they've suppressed it completely. Or are you equating Vista to ME?