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Squilliam on 05 August 2008
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Million said:
Squilliam said:

 

 Except that the most important company never leaves the industry, only the LEAST important company.

Compare this, Microsoft drops everything game related, so that means:

  • Tools
  • The Direct X standard
  • The Xbox360

All gone, and the result?

  1. PC gaming dies and with it GPU development grinds to a halt. (The biggest game platform btw) and all three consoles use PC derived GPUs
  2. No bridging ports to get the industry up to speed quickly in a new generation
  3. Linux/OSX would take YEARS to bridge the gap between where Windows is now and where they are currently in relation to games.

Microsoft is THE monopoly in the PC gaming market. Its the only platform and there aren't any other players to quickly step in and fill the breach.

You're forgetting the important PC aspect, remember Microsoft has both the 2nd best selling console in this generation AND the biggest single game market wrapped up in its little finger.

If Sony drops dead tomorrow the industry will blink and move on. Their studios? Bought by third parties, Microsoft and Nintendo. What can you do on a PS3 that you can't do on an Xbox360? The PSP? Its Apples next target anyway, they'd just accelerate their plans at moving into the industry.  

 

 

Nuh uh , the void that microsoft would leave would be quickly filled  with already existing ( and superior ) alternatives , it would hinder the proggresion of development short-term but be much better for long term as competition = Quality with good value , Monopoloy = Microsoft  = Bloatware , with a crazy price tag.

I don't understand all the technical stuff all that well but isn't OpenGL the less popular but superior alternative to Direct X , Isn't Firefox the less popular but superior alternative to Internet explorer ? I know that VLC media player is the less popular but superior alternative to Windows Media Player , Open Office may not be superior but it is a free alternative to Microsoft Office (which in my eyes makes it superior).

Sony = Bloatware, the PS3 OS uses far more ram than the Xbox360 and yet the Xbox360 seems to give you more features you can use ingame/online. I wonder why that is!

It doesn't matter what you think of Microsoft, they contribute to gaming from the Hardware to the development tools, and this venture is far greater than their involvement with consoles.

They've also been involved in gaming for far longer than Sony has.

Most developers use Direct3d to develop, only Sony (Not sure what nintendo use) and a few hold out pc developers use openGL. Furthermore the OpenGL 3.0 standard is wayyy overdue.

 

 

 



Tease.