Valve boss Gabe Newell calls Windows 8 a 'catastrophe'

[SafetyMoose]

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[Cyril]

If I may add :

- Blizzard's Rob Pardo: Windows 8 is "not awesome" for the company. Pardo was the lead game designer for Blizzard's World of Warcraft when it launched in 2004 and that game went on to grab over 10 million monthly subscribers; Rob is now the executive vice-president of game design for all of Blizzard's games. (Source)

- The man behind the PC (and Xbox 360) hit Minecraft and head of Mojang, Notch, recently held an AMA (Ask Me Anything) thread on Reddit a few days ago.  One user asked about what he sees for the future of the (indie) gaming industry over the next 10 years.  His response? "I hope we can keep a lot of open and free platforms around. If Microsoft decides to lock down Windows 8, it would be very very bad for Indie games and competition in general. If we can keep open platforms around, there's going to be a lot of very interesting games in ten years, mixed in with the huge AAA games that we all love." (Source)

- Carmack (ID Software): Nothing exciting about Windows 8. Speaking at QuakeCon 2012, Carmack told the audience during his keynote that there is nothing exciting about Windows 8. "Windows XP did everything we needed for quite awhile," he said, "Hardly anyone at id used Vista." When Windows 7 came out, Carmack added, it was a bit more attractive because it did some things better and faster, so there is no reason for him to consider switching to Windows 8. (Source)

[Gimli]

I don't know about you, but I love Windows 8. It took a while to get used to, but now I prefer it over Windows 7.

I use a beta version of it, so it is a bit buggy. The UI completely crashes sometimes (once a week) and I have to restart my computer. In addition to that, there are compatibility problems with some programs (such as some niche Daemon Tools plugins). Perhaps these problems would go away if I upgraded to the release preview instead of the developer preview..

As usual people are already spreading shit because they downloaded a buggy beta version from a pirate source.

Microsoft is not a pirate source :razz:

[Roske.]

I don't know about you, but I love Windows 8. It took a while to get used to, but now I prefer it over Windows 7.

I use a beta version of it, so it is a bit buggy. The UI completely crashes sometimes (once a week) and I have to restart my computer. In addition to that, there are compatibility problems with some programs (such as some niche Daemon Tools plugins). Perhaps these problems would go away if I upgraded to the release preview instead of the developer preview..
Microsoft is not a pirate source :razz:

The dwarf has spoken!
Ill try.
But still I really like Windows 7, alot.

[duffman]

He should have a look on his "amazing" Steam platform before to moan about W8..

Are you trying to compare Steam with W8? Glasses or a gun, choose one.

[Matthew_Green]

Sorry for this almost 1-month bump, but this bit of news is so damn interesting. But all I have to say about Windows 8 is this:


Think about the Past + Current Windows OS friendlyness towards PC games. As in does it crash/BSOD often?

Lets see....

Windows 95 = Good
Windows 98 = Good
Windows ME = Source of All Evil
Windows XP = The best Windows OS of all time
Windows Vista = Horrible
Windows 7 = Very good


Is just me, or does anyone else see the pattern going on here from Windows 98 on?  :trust:

[Kirgiz]

Windows 95 = Good

LMAO no.

[Wolfe]

Sorry for this almost 1-month bump, but this bit of news is so damn interesting. But all I have to say about Windows 8 is this:


Think about the Past + Current Windows OS friendlyness towards PC games. As in does it crash/BSOD often?

Lets see....

Windows 95 = Good
Windows 98 = Good
Windows ME = Source of All Evil
Windows XP = The best Windows OS of all time
Windows Vista = Horrible
Windows 7 = Very good


Is just me, or does anyone else see the pattern going on here from Windows 98 on?  :trust:

It's a bad/good pattern.

Windows 95 = Bad
Windows 98=Good
Windows ME= Bad
Windows XP=Good
Windows Vista = Bad
Windows 7 = Good
Windows 8 = bad
....

[[WS]Jacob]

From what i've seen of Windows 8, i'm not impressed. I dont know if it's just me, but i really dont like the new layout and will most likely not use it unless i'm forced to.

It's not just you. From what I've seen the 'tiles' there are only a few, that means you would have to go through the whole tile shop before you get to the file location you want.

[Gird3r]

Microsoft = Apple wannabe.

NO one beats Apple when it comes to locking down a OS and sucking the money dry from it's customers with overpriced computers.

However, if it's one thing Microsoft does good, is that they manage to make each new version even dumber and more fit for hopeless people who know just as much about computers as your avarage redneck knows about being Civilized.
In a bad way of course, because with each version they lock down their shitty OS even more and unnecessarily move important options even further into the bloatware like enviroment.

Really, When Photoshop, some games I like and FL studio works native under linux, I will leave Windows behind completely in a heartbeat.
And hopefully it will happen faster now with the big players in the markets are making their moves after realising that Windows 8 is the start of a new era of stupidity and unproductive work environments.

I want a OS that works, not a OS that thinks of itself as a telephone.

[Taylor_P]

Value,Blizzard, Mahjong, all on the same page about this Well I think this is a big big thing we should worry about I mean I already ditched xbox/PS gaming as its gotten to pricy and stupid but if Win 8 is going to be like every MAC then I believe I will stay in the 2000's tech era and let the world evolve around me.

[Dark/Light]

Value,Blizzard, Mahjong, all on the same page about this Well I think this is a big big thing we should worry about I mean I already ditched xbox/PS gaming as its gotten to pricy and stupid but if Win 8 is going to be like every MAC then I believe I will stay in the 2000's tech era and let the world evolve around me.

There will be nothing wrong with it. He said the same thing about the PS3, and then changed his mind.

[Caltson]

Windows 8 is purely intended to focus on the consumer market of this very moment (read: people that buy overpriced phones, tablets you can't put in your pocket and using instagram to call yourself a professional photographer).

For me, it ruins the entire workflow and never, ever, I will move to Windows 8 unless I'm forced to work with it. A computer should stay a computer. Touchscreen ain't needed for that at all. It's stupid and slow. To my idea, this entire technology being based on the 'mindless' consumer is really getting on my nerves. Windows 7 will at least last me another 5 years before I even consider moving on.

[Dark/Light]

Caltson: Argonath's chief Luddite.

[Alan.Wake]

He is not against technology but rather against substandard and unessential ones.