@bunchanumbers @Gamerhomer Instead of arguing about 3 games with the guy, 2 of which are coming to PC, there are a myriad of games that consoles have never seen, and will never see that you could talk about. Dota 2, LoL and other action-RTSs. Every RTS you can think of. The 4X genre is completely missing from consoles. People who only play console games think that all games are developed for consoles, which is far from the truth. Consoles do enjoy much more elaborate marketing than the PC genre, but that doesn't mean PC doesn't have great games.
@Daemoroth @saucex4 @hitomo derp...Windows is what we call "Proprietary Commercial Software" the definition of a closed system.
Xbox is Microsoft's answer to PC Gaming. A closed system, that is notorious for how it handles things like patching. Show me the last time Microsoft has engaged gamers regarding PC Gaming. Microsoft presentations are always about Xbox. Don't get me wrong. Windows is an all purpose operating system. It's competent at a lot of things. But it's not the ideal platform for gaming. Things like input latency are never really addressed to the degree that have to be for gaming in an operating system like Windows, which is why companies like Valve, and people like John Carmack are working so hard in that area with various devices.
I have not seen one morsel of gaming innovation for PC from Microsoft for a LONG time. Windows hasn't been promoted for gaming since DX9 came out.
The only reason I have a Windows partition left on this computer is for games. Everything else is on my ubuntu partition, which has made great progress over the last 5 years. Now with SteamOS, slowly but surely my games will find a new home, and the Windows partition will be history.
@Daemoroth @saucex4 @hitomo Of course I can provide you an example. All versions of windows since inception are what we call Proprietary Commericial Software. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Windows . The definition of a closed system. Linux on the other hand is a free and open source software.
How is Windows moving away from PC gaming? Well let me ask you this. What was the last innovation from Microsoft you've seen in PC gaming? DX11? Another piece of magic proprietary pixie dust? GfWL obviously went down the toilet as it's shutting down next year. Did you see Microsoft present anything at at PAX, Gamescom, E3, TGS regarding PC gaming? Of course not, it's all about their purpose built XBONE. Windows is a general purpose operating system. It is competent at a lot of things, but not good at everything. Microsoft have chosen to go the closed system route (XBox), which is indeed a logical choice. But it's a short sighted, and lazy choice.
Valve more than 10 years ago set a new standard for digital distribution. They essentially pioneered it for the PC when no one else was willing to take a chance. And look at all the digital distros that followed. Now they are doing it again. Valve is not only thinking about themselves, but also the consumer, hardware and software developers and bridging them together. And don't forget modders too. Steam is the only platform where modders actually make money off of their work.
I would much rather have an open gaming ecosystem that Valve is looking to create rather than Microsoft's closed and short sighted system.
The only reason I have a Windows partition right now is for games, I primarily use Ubuntu in the office.
@hitomo How is this dumbing down PC gaming? You think you're smart by having an operating system from Microsoft? An operating system that is moving further and further away from PC gaming. M$ wants you to buy an XBone. SteamOS will be an operating system purpose built for gaming. You can boot it up just like windows on your PC. This will bring moddable gaming into the mainstream. Also this will be an open platform so innovation will be much faster than a closed system like Xbox, and Windows.
@forbiddenmow Remember the reasons behind this. SteamOS is for the living room mainly, so that is definitely tailored to the mainstream. HOWEVER, as a core PC gamer I'm excited about the implications of 1) throwing away M$ Windows, and of course 2) the performance increases ^______^
@baral-o The definition of RPG is very blurry these days. On steam, Payday 2 is defining itself as an RPG...which baffled me at first, but the game does indeed have RPG elements even though it's an action-based shooter.
XV does seem action-game like but there are games like zelda, which are considered "action"-RPGs, so who knows perhaps XV is an action-RPG instead of the more active-turn based stuff we've been getting in the past.
@Crouteru The story in XIII-2 continues right after the ending of XIII. Also the ending of XIII-2 was left open, which is why there is a third one. I was pissed off at the XIII-2 ending at first, but hopefully Lightning Returns will redeem the story for me.
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