Comments on: Windows 8 and the Future of PC Gaming http://www.pcmech.com/article/windows-8-and-the-future-of-pc-gaming/ Tech Powered Life... Simplified Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Davidhttp://www.pcmech.com/article/windows-8-and-the-future-of-pc-gaming/comment-page-1/#comment-78566 David Tue, 13 Nov 2012 23:57:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=16909#comment-78566 This seems a lot of hysteria over nothing. Who says Windows 8 will be closed? Maybe MS is setting it up so that Windows 9 (or whatever) will be closed, but Windows 8 will already be backwards compatible, which means it has to be open. Unless you're referring to the RT version...And on the other note...why would Microsoft shoot itself in the foot? It needs games, and won't be running them off. A good bit of the success of iOS and Android have been as a gaming platform (if different from the hardcore PC games). This seems a lot of hysteria over nothing. Who says Windows 8 will be closed? Maybe MS is setting it up so that Windows 9 (or whatever) will be closed, but Windows 8 will already be backwards compatible, which means it has to be open. Unless you’re referring to the RT version…

And on the other note…why would Microsoft shoot itself in the foot? It needs games, and won’t be running them off. A good bit of the success of iOS and Android have been as a gaming platform (if different from the hardcore PC games).

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