Windows 8 a Catastrophe, Want Linux to Thrive: Gabe Newell

[Ravenas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxmIsv88xO4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[naoan]

People on here just want the same thing but faster. Anything they might have to learn new is deemed "bad". The mob mentality on this forum should be a study in humanity. Very few free thinkers on here.

So you mean to say that anything as long as it's new, no matter how slow it made you be and halt productivity to a crawl (this is a hyperbole if anyone missed it btw) even after you master it, is the way of humanity?

If that's not what people call mob mentality, I dunno what is (oh the irony).

 

[Frick]

So you mean to say that anything as long as it's new, no matter how slow it made you be and halt productivity to a crawl (this is a hyperbole if anyone missed it btw) even after you master it, is the way of humanity?

If that's not what people call mob mentality, I dunno what is (oh the irony).

What he's saying is that it's the same with Vista: people hate on it for the sake of hate, because it's the "right" thing to do.

 

[naoan]

What he's saying is that it's the same with Vista: people hate on it for the sake of hate, because it's the "right" thing to do.

Right, forget all those valid use case complaint numerous users expressed, ranging from your illiterate grandpa to IT admins and just call them haters, easy enough.

Also, as much as I like Vista (I used it until 7 came), it does have a very bad start and that leaves bitter taste for many. Of course if you use it today with latest hardware and update you're not gonna see why it was hated back then.

 

[Nordic]

What he's saying is that it's the same with Vista: people hate on it for the sake of hate, because it's the "right" thing to do.

I never hated vista ever. That was me. Windows 8 adds some cool stuff under the hood, adds some uber annoying things, and adds cloud integration I really don't want.

 

[Xzibit]

I feel like I read a totaly different article then 99% of you.

He was addressing the fact that user input device is headed for a change and thus will be a Catastrophe since users will move towards the new input devices and not be compatible with his games. The whole hitting on margins and OEMs dropping is a referance to that.

He just seams bitter. Technology is ever evolving and he points it out that he has to diversify to stay with the times and in the same paraghraph complains about doing just that because it hurts margins.

Simple solution. Develope games to be played with the evolving inputs like touchscreen and such.

There going to be doing it anyways on a small scale with mobile but hes just throwing a hissy fit that Windows 8 users might adapt a new input device and there game wont be used by that user since hes not using a KB & Mouse.

All about money.

 

[Nordic]

I feel like I read a totaly different article then 99% of you.

He was addressing the fact that user input device is headed for a change and thus will be a Catastrophe since users will move towards the new input devices and not be compatible with his games. The whole hitting on margins and OEMs dropping is a referance to that.

He just seams bitter. Technology is ever evolving and he points it out that he has to diversify to stay with the times and in the same paraghraph complains about doing just that because it hurts margins.

Simple solution. Develope games to be played with the evolving inputs like touchscreen and such.

There going to be doing it anyways on a small scale with mobile but hes just throwing a hissy fit that Windows 8 users might adapt a new input device and there game wont be used by that user since hes not using a KB & Mouse.

All about money.

Lets play an fps. You use a touch screen, I will use my mouse and keyboard. Touchscreens are great for some things but not everything. You are right in that a lot of the griping here, even my own, has nothing to do with gaming.

 

[Xzibit]

Lets play an fps. You use a touch screen, I will use my mouse and keyboard. Touchscreens are great for some things but not everything. You are right in that a lot of the griping here, even my own, has nothing to do with gaming.

Thats the thing I found so funny when he referance Linux above it. How things need to be open and such for inovation to thrive.

New inputs to interact with and now he either think people will be too dumb to know which inputs work best with what game or he just want to make Kb & Mouse games and have a closed OS on those two inputs alone. The Irony..

 

[Nordic]

Thats the thing I found so funny when he referance Linux above it. How things need to be open and such for inovation to thrive.

New inputs to interact with and now he either think people will be too dumb to know which inputs work best with what game or he just want to make Kb & Mouse games and have a closed OS on those two inputs alone. The Irony..

No matter the reasoning, I am happy steam is going to linux. Even if the results are lack luster.

 

[Frick]

Right, forget all those valid use case complaint numerous users expressed, ranging from your illiterate grandpa to IT admins and just call them haters, easy enough.

There were problems, but most of them were not related to Vista as such, it had more to do with hardware and drivers and the like. And you cannot ignore that it was hated for the sake of hate. I didn't say everyone hated it, but a lot of people did for no real reason.

It's like Windows 8. People look at it and go "uuuugggghhhhh were's my start button i'm blind". Some people actually use it and find it does cramp their style, those complaints are very fair. But it feels like a lot of people that try it have decided they don't like it before they try it.

 

[Prima.Vera]

Man you have a short memory.
I used to run Win XP on 32MB of RAM without an issue. When Vista came, I had to buy 4GB of RAM just to run the same as XP on 256MB. So?