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Post by Dan @ 02:06pm 26/07/12 | 36 Comments
 According to a report on allthingsd -- who have published a few choice cuts of the presentation between Newell and former Microsoft game publishing VP Ed Fries -- Newell isn't a fan of Microsoft's plans for Windows 8, indicating concern that it could cause the departure of top PC manufacturers to other pastures, and that Steam's Linux ambitions hope to perhaps help prevent that. “The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People don’t realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior.The report also features comments from Newell on the evolution of user inputs and wearable computing, as well as thoughts on community monetisation and closed versus open platforms, which are also worth a read. However, it is the implication that elements of Windows 8 (which we presume are primarily the nature of Microsoft's new Apple-like Metro app store) have spurred Valve into action, is a significant consideration for the future of PC gaming, and a huge boon for Linux fans. A release date has yet to be confirmed for Steam's arrival on Linux, but Linux versions of at least two games have been announced: Valve's Left 4 Dead 2 and Croteam's Serious Sam 3: BFE. 
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Posted 02:20pm 26/7/12
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Posted 02:31pm 26/7/12
Means making a second bet that if your main platform fails, you've taken a risk on another, opposing risk that should go well if yours fails.
Posted 02:33pm 26/7/12
Microsoft is looking like it wants to be Apple so much these days, but they keep misstepping.
They've come guns blazing from behind before, but can they do it again?
Gabe wants Valve Software and Steam to still exist in the event that Windows becomes irrelevant.
Looking at the Windows 8 mess there's a small but non-zero possibility that it could happen.
Posted 02:34pm 26/7/12
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Posted 03:42pm 26/7/12
I have Windows 7 but I made the uninformed choice of wasting $300 on the Home "Premium" version which doesn't support the XP emulation. So I can't play all my awesome old games with it, like Powerslide and Homeworld.
Posted 03:56pm 26/7/12
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Posted 04:52pm 26/7/12
On the upside alot of testing has shown DAWs (audio recording setups) run alot better....
Posted 04:53pm 26/7/12
It's a big redesign of the Windows UI for touch based devices & the desktop as we currently know it today is relegated to the background. That's a gamble in itself, though Gabe is also referring to Microsoft entering into the traditional OEM market space and releasing a tablet of their own (Surface), potentially undercutting their hardware partners.
Posted 05:55pm 26/7/12
It might take a while, and a bit of convincing, but i think win8 will be more popular than win7. but it still needs some work before release.
Posted 05:58pm 26/7/12
Posted 06:00pm 26/7/12
Where are you from? An episode of Happy Days?
Posted 06:03pm 26/7/12
Sounds gay, I don't want a full screen start menu, I just want a start menu. The only time I'm ever looking at my desktop is when my PC has just started up, and when its shutting down, so I don't really want a UI built around everything being on my desktop =\
Posted 06:11pm 26/7/12
I havent used it but it looks pretty good to me.
It makes sense that they would start developing it for tablets. The new desktop buttons will also make it slightly easier to use with a laptop touchpad too.
Posted 06:25pm 26/7/12
Is is pretty good, few things i don't like about it is that its very claustrophobic. to much full screen going on, and metro and the desktop needs to be more integrated with each other and metro apps need more "desktop" functionality.
I just think steam is not happy about ms having a games store, they know that windows 8 will ship with new comps and it will be big, and people may just buy games on the win8 store instead of steam.
Posted 06:30pm 26/7/12
First thing I do when I turn the comp on is check qgl, so chrome is the first app so press power button, count to ten, hit enter it goes to the desktop and chrome is open full screen on qql.
I right click where the start menu used to be open and it brings up:
Which I find heaps more useful to me than the old start menu. Everything else I open with Metro which is nicely organised and easy to find/read.
Windows + r still brings up run.
Hit Windows key and start typing the app and it will be there (a little quicker than old start menu)
Hit Windows + q and it brings up all apps (including ones you have unpinned from Metro, for example on Metro I have VLC and thats it, if I want to run VLC skinned or whatever else I hit Windows +q).
Each to their own though, I didn't like it for awhile, but after using it because I was too lazy to reinstall I'm used to it.
Should also add, most games I play are through Steam so after masturbating to qgl threads steam is right there next to the clock, ready to go.
Posted 06:34pm 26/7/12
Is it possible to remove the IE icon from the desktop?
Posted 06:38pm 26/7/12
Posted 06:41pm 26/7/12
Yep, ie is unpinned from the taskbar.
What about direct x 11.1 which will probably be Windows 8 exclusive and tied into a lot of future games because of the next xbox and windows mobiles being tied into the Windows 8 core?
Posted 06:52pm 26/7/12
Also games works even better on win8, battlefield 3 is noticeably smoother on win8 and win7. I really do like the new start screen, its is alot better than the old one. The only time i used the start screen was when i wanted to get to my docs, computer and stuff like that, and pinned programs. Never used the all program thing, that was horrible. I just dont like how the new start screen in in your face i wish the task bar was still there in the new start screen.
Posted 07:49pm 26/7/12
you can already do that in current windows versions...
Posted 08:22pm 26/7/12
Games have only in the past 6 months or so really started using DX11 though, and even then most can still fall back to DX9, so I don't imagine theres going to be any games that require Windows 8 or higher for a while.
Posted 11:16pm 26/7/12
They way I see it, microsoft know windows 8 won't be that popular to begin with, they are having enough trouble getting people from xp to 7. So they can test the waters with 8, introduce new ways of doing things so when windows 9 comes along people will be more open to it through the spread of windows 8 on tablets/phones/new computers/etc. Get a hook in the tablet market, strengthen their mobile market, make money through apps and get people used to doing things differently.
Posted 11:42pm 26/7/12
yeah, but some tabs doesnt allow you to uninstalled preinstalled apps. Im just saying that im happy that ms isnt forcing you to use their apps.
Posted 11:35pm 26/7/12
Posted 11:44pm 26/7/12
Also interesting is that two of the founders (one of whom is Gabe Newell) are ex-Microsoft employees, who you would think would be sticking to Direct3D no matter what.
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