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DirectX10 coming to XP?
Posted on Sunday, 22 July 2007 by Speed, source: GameInformer
GameInformer has had an interview with Microsoft's Shane Kim where he stated something quite remarkable:
Since Live and DirectX10 are already on Vista, you think he means to say that both will be coming to Windows XP? I sure hope so!
GI: I’m all set [with a DX10 card], I’m just a little scared of Vista.
Kim: We will win your support on Vista.
GI: How?
Kim: Because, at the end of the day, it’s all about content to me. We’re delivering the platform, Live is coming to Windows, DX10 is coming to Windows. At the end of the day, it’s going to be about great content, that you go, “OK, for the stuff I want to play on Windows on my PC, OK, we did a good job.” All of the stuff that we’re doing for that is foundational stuff. The marketing efforts, the better merchandising in the stores and things like that. At the end of the day, it’s going to be about the content. If we don’t deliver that—I don’t mean just Microsoft—but if the industry doesn’t deliver that, then we’re not going to win your hearts and minds, because all of these publishers that are out there, they want—they need—Windows to be a successful gaming platform.
Kim: We will win your support on Vista.
GI: How?
Kim: Because, at the end of the day, it’s all about content to me. We’re delivering the platform, Live is coming to Windows, DX10 is coming to Windows. At the end of the day, it’s going to be about great content, that you go, “OK, for the stuff I want to play on Windows on my PC, OK, we did a good job.” All of the stuff that we’re doing for that is foundational stuff. The marketing efforts, the better merchandising in the stores and things like that. At the end of the day, it’s going to be about the content. If we don’t deliver that—I don’t mean just Microsoft—but if the industry doesn’t deliver that, then we’re not going to win your hearts and minds, because all of these publishers that are out there, they want—they need—Windows to be a successful gaming platform.
Since Live and DirectX10 are already on Vista, you think he means to say that both will be coming to Windows XP? I sure hope so!
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DX10---> XP is the only way
Anonymous
He saying that it's that kind of content they are bringing to 'deliver the platform' of Vista that will ultimately win your support.
Though as we all know what they will really do is stop supporting XP and pay huge wads of cash to make developers go Vista/DX10 only and force us all across.
Though by the time that happens the h/w and s/w will finally be there to make it worth while. hopefully.
derf26 (old)
He saying that it's that kind of content they are bringing to 'deliver the platform' of Vista that will ultimately win your support.
Though as we all know what they will really do is stop supporting XP and pay huge wads of cash to make developers go Vista/DX10 only and force us all across.
Though by the time that happens the h/w and s/w will finally be there to make it worth while. hopefully.
Nothing can make a 500 euro OS worthwhile. That is of course if you're going for the full featured Vista, and imo anything under it just isn't worth upgrading to.
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