heise.de — Gabe Newell, (Half Life and Valve), says the consoles don't support DX10 and by locking out XP the install base is so low that developers don't use it. This decision affected the whole industry. Games for Windows initiative -- pushing devs to make all their games for Xbox, where MS collects the licensing fee.
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kungfujesusAug 26, 2007
SDL
lacronicusAug 27, 2007
link for that? besides, its not as though you NEED dx10. you can just as well run dx9. same with any other feature in any OS, if you want the feature, you pay for it. if you don't think dx10 and the rest of the improvements arent worth the cost of vista, then don't buy it. To complain is to admit you don't understand economics. MS is a company, and they developed dx10. it probably took them some time to develop it, and they want their money out of it. they stand to make no money by putting it onto XP. It's the same reason apple only allows osx on macs, or why halo isn't multiplatform. its business, thats all. and you cant say MS hasnt been successful in that respect.
mrbitchAug 27, 2007
OWNED !
rumorSep 6, 2007
yeah because the 8800's are trash and totally aren't leaps and bounds beyond the x1950 pros...get a clue.
rumorSep 6, 2007
if that was true, nobody would give a s**t about this issue.
kokueiSep 13, 2007
what country?