shacknews.com— What does Valve think of the PC Gaming Alliance? Are they as tired of the PC gaming "problem" as we are? What is at the root of the issue, anyway? Read on for some answers.
May 22, 2008View in Crawl 4
Most developers don't bother with Linux because of its insignificant market share (in their eyes at least), and also because they don't have access to DirectX. The importance of DirectX to developers cannot be underestimated; Microsoft has made some bad decisions over the years, but DirectX isn't one of them.And no, OpenGL is *not* a DirectX alternative.
You have posted many comments about how the 360 bests your "dual card" system, but fail to elaborate on what that system is. You DO realize that two 8500GTs in SLI are still crap, right?
And you should post whether you were playing a pirated version of Crysis. The majority of the reports of crashes on Crysis were found to be pirated copies, whereas the legal ones were quite stable...
They've been saying the same s**t for the last 10 years.... Blah blah blah, PC's are dead. STFU and play wow you whiny ****s. The PC is here to stay. How are you gentlemen enjoying playing your PS3/360's based on computer hardware?
Dear Mr. Lombardi. Denial is just a river in Egypt.Seriously, as a straight up PC gamer...I must admit that I'm having to finally ditch my years of PC gaming and purchase a PS3. I miss how great PC games were, but now we're seeing companies like EA shut down development of major sports titles for the PC (Madden 2009 will not be developed for the PC)...and because of things like this...I just don't see where the PC gaming market is going to come alive again.
prezzyMay 23, 2008
Yeah im aware Bioshock was on PC also. Even if we add that, the ratio of new quality games still goes to consoles.
butrosMay 23, 2008
PC Gaming is already dead. Piracy killed it, sorry.
masterthiefsterMay 24, 2008
Most developers don't bother with Linux because of its insignificant market share (in their eyes at least), and also because they don't have access to DirectX. The importance of DirectX to developers cannot be underestimated; Microsoft has made some bad decisions over the years, but DirectX isn't one of them.And no, OpenGL is *not* a DirectX alternative.
slacoMay 25, 2008
You have posted many comments about how the 360 bests your "dual card" system, but fail to elaborate on what that system is. You DO realize that two 8500GTs in SLI are still crap, right?
buckweat420May 27, 2008
Correction. PC gaming is already dead.
zyphronMay 27, 2008
And you should post whether you were playing a pirated version of Crysis. The majority of the reports of crashes on Crysis were found to be pirated copies, whereas the legal ones were quite stable...
cockslapMay 28, 2008
They've been saying the same s**t for the last 10 years.... Blah blah blah, PC's are dead. STFU and play wow you whiny ****s. The PC is here to stay. How are you gentlemen enjoying playing your PS3/360's based on computer hardware?
robertallenMay 30, 2008
Dear Mr. Lombardi. Denial is just a river in Egypt.Seriously, as a straight up PC gamer...I must admit that I'm having to finally ditch my years of PC gaming and purchase a PS3. I miss how great PC games were, but now we're seeing companies like EA shut down development of major sports titles for the PC (Madden 2009 will not be developed for the PC)...and because of things like this...I just don't see where the PC gaming market is going to come alive again.