| Chazore said: Thing is, Steam pushed those boxes and no one wanted them, same with the OS (though they still need to work on it more, but still). MS for years has offered an OS every few years that ends up being adopted by the majority of PC users out there, mostly because it's more convienint and universal to use than the various distros of Linux or the differences with Mac OS, you cannot really pin that all on MS as a bad thing, not when the other two aren't trying nearly as hard to make their OS's appealing to both the major populace and gamers alike. Imagine if all gaming was tied to one of the other big 3, it'd be the same dance and story, like it or not, when you give one of those 3 absolute power, it would only corrupt them and allow them to further clamp down on their hold all the more. I find it somewhat odd though that you wouldn't mind if everything ended up on PC, just not on another OS besides the other one you chose. |
You see, this is a slippery topic.
I don't hate windows or MS. I just hate what I believe MS (or anyone for that matter) will do with too much power. And if windows has a total 100% control of the gaming market (at least gaming outside mobile) then I fear for what MS will do with that kinda power.
And I don't even blame MS, I would probably do the same if i were in there shoes, the whole point of these companies is to make money and secure their assets after all. And yes, its not really their fault that they are the default OS when Linux remains fragmented, Steam (which could have been the linux trump card) not getting their ducks in a row and apple not caring about gaming......
But as a consumer, I can still choose. I know not everyone that doesnt support MS gaming platforms are thinking like me, but thats fine by me. Mind you, I don't want everything to end up on any one platform. That was the basis of everything I started saying here. It just happens to be that if it does end that way, I trust MS the least to weild that kinda power. Don't think there is anything odd about that.
