Comments on: Microsoft Will Not Release DirectX 10 for Windows XP

By: elmlish

elmlish — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:45:54 +0000

While I do develop games for a living, the ethical core of my being despises much of microsoft and vista are doing. I’ve been able to witness first hand, the nagging, dragging, customer hating horror that is vista. I see a good crop of apple converts being made by microsoft’s latest effort. Maybe not nearly as many as should actually switch, but far more than microsoft would hope.

By: zppz

zppz — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:27:04 +0000

> “If MS doesnâ€™t releaase an XP version i think weâ€™ll be swapping over quicker than expected.”

I believe that is exactly what they intended :)

By: PkyNZ

PkyNZ — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 05:39:46 +0000

To play Crysis properly you’ll need a DX10 PC. If MS doesn’t releaase an XP version i think we’ll be swapping over quicker than expected.

By: Juuso Hietalahti

Juuso Hietalahti — Wed, 31 May 2006 08:11:53 +0000

@Dark Angel: Ah, thanks for pointing it out. It’s just simply because majority of indie games companies build their games using DX7 or DX8. In fact, I know only one independent studio (which actually has over 20 guys working there – so it’s hard to say if that’s considered ‘indie’ studio…) which uses DX9 in their games. All indies I’ve met use DX7/8.

Of course there are indies who mod (like your team) or make freeware games. They are in different situation, but in terms of sales: it won’t have effect for them either.

By: DarkAngel

DarkAngel — Wed, 31 May 2006 02:25:18 +0000

How do u reach the assumption that “us indies” use dx 7/8.

DX9 is much cleaner, easier to use, and powerful that 8, which is why many of my fellow indies and I use dx9 (and openGL…)

Anyway, the fact is that major new games will be built on 10, so if I want to play commercial games ill have to *buy* vista.

By: Serkan Ensoner

Serkan Ensoner — Tue, 30 May 2006 21:58:57 +0000

I am thankful to Microsoft for their decision. Because, transition to Vista will require decent hardware upgrades, probably very few percent of gamer community instantly do that (upgrade). So DX10 will be available for that percent of gamer community for the next two years. Since, these gamers don’t represent the majority, our (indiegamers) main target platform won’t change. (For dx developers)

But If it was supported in WinXP, DX10 would be a concern of us. That’s why I’m thankful to MS…

By: elderly gamer

elderly gamer — Tue, 30 May 2006 18:07:43 +0000

Well reasoned, and indeed it makes you wonder how many big guns will release DX10 games when the potential market is intially going to be very small. I’ll be sticking with XP for the next two years at least, (darn i’ve only just gotten used to it)

thanks for the visit

By: Paul Mendoza

Paul Mendoza — Tue, 30 May 2006 05:48:43 +0000

I totally agree. Another point is that anyone that really wants that extra boost that DX10 is going to give them is probably going to have a pretty expensive computer anyways so they’re likely to get Vista pretty quick. I don’t think that it will make too much of an impact even among the hardcore gamers.