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The Future of PC Games, According to Microsoft

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the looking-to-the-future dept.

Geaty writes "Gamespot has an article up about Microsoft's big PC plans. Topics covered include why DirectX 9 will be the last DX for a while, the increased game support in Longhorn, and a 'standard' PC controller. Looks to this ignorant reader like Microsoft is trying to tackle the games market (again?), cornering matchmaking and patching. The controller issue seems like an attempt to bring to the PC platform some of the uniformity that consoles have."

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  1. If there's one thing certain... by Trogre · · Score: 1, Troll

    ... about the future of the PC, it's that it won't include Microsoft.

    Perhaps they'll still be around for the next 5 years or so, while the last few people still gulp down their proprietary wares.

    Honestly, there's no longer any reason to take these jokers seriously.

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