Microsoft GDC - Forza Horizon, Fable Heroes, Halo 4!

[Rainbird]

pezus said:

Rainbird said:

If you don't have an Xbox Live account (not necessarily gold) or a Windows Live account, you can just uninstall it and not use it. It's not being integrated into Windows 8 any more than you can use any other service to play online.

Oh okay, that's certainly good to know. But do you know if there are any advantages in OS speed, gaming performance etc. over Windows 7 for someone who won't use the touch interface and very few of the apps?

Depends. If your PC can keep up with modern games, I don't think you're likely to feel much of a difference with Windows 8, but if your PC is having a hard time just playing on lower settings, Windows 8 might give a small boost. I doubt it will make much of a difference if you're playing stuff like Skyrim or Batman: Arkham City though...