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Game Over's E3 Preview
CNN's Game Over column has a preview of what you're likely to see at this year's E3, and what's probably not going to make a showing. From the article: "For the first time in years, Microsoft will shine some of its gaming PR spotlight on the PC as it prepares for the launch of Windows Vista. While we'll almost certainly see a couple of games that take advantage of the system's improvements, we'll probably also hear a fair bit about how Vista gamers will be able to interact with Xbox 360 players."
I'd be more interested if the following wasn't true ...
Electronic Entertainment Expo - is closed to the general public
Still no mention of Visual Concepts (Take Two) releasing it's non-NFL-banded "Legends of Football 2K7". :(
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Ever since EA got their exclusivity deals on anything that smells like football, the genre has sucked horribly. There have been rumors flying high that we'd see something from VC/T2, but so far nothing.
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Microsoft is pushing for games to be developed exclusively on Vista to force consumers on Windows XP to upgrade. This is no different when Microsoft encouraged developers to develop for Windows XP instead of Windows 98 to get consumers to upgrade. Microsoft's bread and gravy comes from upgrades. No upgrades, no money.
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It looks to be such an awesome game.
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It'll magically shit out something, that's for sure.
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Microsoft learned long ago that people will upgrade for games. I'm guessing that, outside the business world, it's the main reason early adopters upgrade their home OS.
I laugh when I see people on gaming forums bitch that their not going to upgrade to Vista (because of DRM, bugs, slow code, etc.). They may hold out for a while but, unless Microsoft changes its mind and releases DX-10 for XP, they'll have to upgrade when game developers stop supporting DX9.
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It'll still take a while for DX-10 only games to start appearing outside of M$ labeled games, and unless a new super-must-have MMO comes out with DX10 only support, I'll happily play what games I do have on my non-DX10 laptop :) (A assorted variety & Auto Assault, Matrix Online and World Of Warcraft.)
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And on my god, the laptop users!! how many will make the switch to Vista do you think
Games are about the only thing "outside the business world" keeping people on windows at all. I guarantee that if Linux had the same level of support from game publishers that windows has it would very quickly become the leading desktop operating system. Two years, tops.
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I've not sure which god you want me to swear on but, unless something major happens (e.g. Apple or Linux finally figures out how to get the gamer market), all Windows gamers will make the switch to Vista *in time*.
You're right however in that this will not happen overnight. Last word I got was that the first Vista machine will probably not even have the hardware to run DX10. But Microsoft is playing the long game here and, in three to five years, the smart money says that if you're a PC gamer, you'll be running Vista.
Let me be clear, I'm not happy about this. But it's how things are moving right now.
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I'm WAY out of my element here (I'm a Code Monkey, not a Market Researcher), but I think Microsoft would crush Linux with marketing, PR, and FUD ("Did you know Linux might rape your dog? It's true!" - Bill).
I think Linux may beat Microsoft yet, and game support would take them a lot of the way there, but it's going to take lots of other elements as well.
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