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Scoobes on 23 August 2012

The more I hear about Windows 8, the more sure I am that I'll be sticking to Windows 7 for the foreseeable future. It sounds like a nightmare for desktop users.




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Argh_College on 23 August 2012

No problem, i dont use Pc for gaming.



selnor on 23 August 2012

No probs here. Windows 8 is amazing for what I use a computer for.

Games I play on Console. Heres looking to 2013 Xmas for my gaming tech update. :)



twesterm on 24 August 2012

I read this a few days ago and I only made my way through maybe half of it because it was just your typical Kotaku/Gawker bitchfest lazy article.

He had legitimate gripes but they weren't really specific to gaming, the article appeared to be just about UI and organization. He might have gotten to why it was bad later for gamers specifically, but that didn't seem to be what the article was about. He mainly just wanted an attention grabbing headline.

And these two things stood out to me--
1) He's talking about things not made for Windows 8 and not optimized for it. Of course there's going to be some funnyness.
2) OMG I CANT JOIN A 360 GAME FROM MY PC! KILL WINDOWS 8 KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!!11!!!1



 

HappySqurriel on 24 August 2012

It sounds more like Microsoft's (long standing) insistence that the UI has to be heavily integrated with the operating system is now causing a lot of problems ...

If Windows followed a design more like a *nix system, they could have had several different front ends for different platforms; and even have different user interfaces for differen kinds of users.



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thranx on 24 August 2012
kowenicki said:
pezus said:
twesterm said:
I read this a few days ago and I only made my way through maybe half of it because it was just your typical Kotaku/Gawker bitchfest lazy article.

He had legitimate gripes but they weren't really specific to gaming, the article appeared to be just about UI and organization. He might have gotten to why it was bad later for gamers specifically, but that didn't seem to be what the article was about. He mainly just wanted an attention grabbing headline.

And these two things stood out to me--
1) He's talking about things not made for Windows 8 and not optimized for it. Of course there's going to be some funnyness.
2) OMG I CANT JOIN A 360 GAME FROM MY PC! KILL WINDOWS 8 KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!!11!!!1

He talks about how this is bad for gamers, like the split nature and that you have to go through loops to run most gaming programs but Microsoft's own.

1) When will they be made for it and optimized? Pretty much everything worked on 7 right out of the gate

2) "The thing about the Xbox Live setup, though, is that it's designed for use primarily with a controller, and mainly from across the room. Xbox games are, by nature, full screen and don't have window functions on them. The dashboard is also very horizontally oriented. The end result?" and "The thing about the Xbox Live setup, though, is that it's designed for use primarily with a controller, and mainly from across the room. Xbox games are, by nature, full screen and don't have window functions on them. The dashboard is also very horizontally oriented. The end result?"

He said it was confusing to see Live friends playing Xbox games when really he had no benefit in knowing that.

no benefit?  I see a mate of mine has just loged on Forza and I decide I wouldnt mind a race with him.... no benefit?

Some might not want to see the benefit in that, but to desribe it as a negative is nit picking in the exreme... finding fault becuase she wanted to find fault if you like

isn't it currently like that on live for pc? when i play a pc game that is windows live my friends can see me too. or is it something different?



Euphoria14 on 24 August 2012

Gaming on tablet styled closed interface isn't good anymore?

Holy shit, start pointing me to the "iPhone/iPad no longer going to take over gaming" articles!



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Imaginedvl on 24 August 2012

So... In short Windows 8 is bad for gaming because it takes few more seconds to launch?

Also ironically, Steam may actually be a very good solution for those who find this "unacceptable". Just pin your Steam app on the front page and use it to launch your games.



Imaginedvl on 24 August 2012
kowenicki said:
twesterm said:
I read this a few days ago and I only made my way through maybe half of it because it was just your typical Kotaku/Gawker bitchfest lazy article.

He had legitimate gripes but they weren't really specific to gaming, the article appeared to be just about UI and organization. He might have gotten to why it was bad later for gamers specifically, but that didn't seem to be what the article was about. He mainly just wanted an attention grabbing headline.

And these two things stood out to me--
1) He's talking about things not made for Windows 8 and not optimized for it. Of course there's going to be some funnyness.
2) OMG I CANT JOIN A 360 GAME FROM MY PC! KILL WINDOWS 8 KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!!11!!!1

exactly. 

100% agree



twesterm on 24 August 2012
pezus said:
twesterm said:
I read this a few days ago and I only made my way through maybe half of it because it was just your typical Kotaku/Gawker bitchfest lazy article.

He had legitimate gripes but they weren't really specific to gaming, the article appeared to be just about UI and organization. He might have gotten to why it was bad later for gamers specifically, but that didn't seem to be what the article was about. He mainly just wanted an attention grabbing headline.

And these two things stood out to me--
1) He's talking about things not made for Windows 8 and not optimized for it. Of course there's going to be some funnyness.
2) OMG I CANT JOIN A 360 GAME FROM MY PC! KILL WINDOWS 8 KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!!!11!!!1

He talks about how this is bad for gamers, like the split nature and that you have to go through loops to run most gaming programs but Microsoft's own.

1) When will they be made for it and optimized? Pretty much everything worked on 7 right out of the gate

2) "The thing about the Xbox Live setup, though, is that it's designed for use primarily with a controller, and mainly from across the room. Xbox games are, by nature, full screen and don't have window functions on them. The dashboard is also very horizontally oriented. The end result?" and "The thing about the Xbox Live setup, though, is that it's designed for use primarily with a controller, and mainly from across the room. Xbox games are, by nature, full screen and don't have window functions on them. The dashboard is also very horizontally oriented. The end result?"

He said it was confusing to see Live friends playing Xbox games when really he had no benefit in knowing that.

Windows 8 is a completely different operating system than Windows 7.  It's not just the next step up, it's an entirely different thing.  They're similar enough so that they can at least work, but different enough so there are going to be quirks.  That is simply what you get when you make a huge step like that.  I'm not trying to say their UI and the way it's organized is perfect, it's not, just that it's new.  It's going to take time to get really good.

And I still don't see what's so confusing about seeing that someone is in fact playing on Xbox Live and knowing you can't join them.  You're just seeing what your friends are doing.  Being confused by that is the same as sitting at home browsing Facebook, seeing someone post they're having a nice cup of cofee at a cafe, and then saying "well why can't I have a nice cup of cofee right now too!?  Facebook is horrible!"