Americans Trust Microsoft

[F0X]

Mr Puggsly said:

F0X said:

You essentially detail one of the major reasons why I dislike Microsoft and will support SteamOS like no other: MS has a stranglehold on the gaming OS scene.

Perhaps I'd be a happier customer if Microsoft developed more PC games, but apparently Xbox and Windows Phones are more important.

I'm fine with MS's stranglehold on PC gaming because its open. You can buy any hardware you want and developers don't need approval from MS. Most PC gamers don't even buy their games or the OS. Its the wild west of gaming!

Fuck yeah Xbox is more important. PC gamers aren't buying $60 games in droves.

MS occassionally puts some decent games on PC. Go play State of Decay, Mark of the Ninja, Toy Soldiers, or maybe Halo Spartan Assault!

It is, but it also has its fair share of problems. And by that, I mean Windows 8 sucks. Given a choice, I would rather game on SteamOS, which is free to download and free for hardware manufacturers to license. Not given a choice, I would continue to game on Windows (yes I know that Mac OS exists, but I dislike it and Apple even more). How much support it gets from developers is irrelevant to me, because I will end up supporting it as much as possible for as long as it exists.

Oh, and color me unimpressed by the XBLA brigade. Bring back Age of Empires (no, not Age of Empires Online) and maybe we're getting somewhere. There are, after all, big franchises and genres that PC gamers will shell out $60 for, and not even for a physical copy. But even then, we're talking about the possibility of Windows 8 exclusive titles, like what Project Spark is supposed to be, so it's quite possible that I can't be pleased at all.