A couple of days ago, Gabe Newell said that Windows 8 was a bit of a mess. He’s trying to get Valve to push Linux a bit more, which some have suggested was a response to how awkward Windows 8 would be. We spotted the story but Gabe has said similar things about systems before and even with the fantastic opportunity for a headline when he used the word “catastrophe”, it didn’t feel like a particularly interesting story.
Well, now a top Blizzard executive has agreed with Gabe and it’s all starting to look like a bit more than just Newell’s usual uncompromising openness of opinion.
Rob Pardo is an executive VP of game design at Blizzard, creators of several of the PC’s biggest hits in recent years. World of Warcraft, Starcraft II, Diablo III are all taking a big part in keeping PC gaming unique and interesting and tremendously popular. If Windows isn’t good for those guys, and Valve’s boss is also concerned about it, there are problems.
Of course, this might all be a reaction to having to dedicate man hours to making sure that back catalogues work on the new system but if Microsoft has somehow managed to annoy the largest PC games distributor (by a huge margin) and the largest PC exclusive games developer then I would expect them to back-peddle quickly on whatever it is that’s getting studio bosses in a bad mood.
colmshan1990
I quite like Windows 8.
The beta ran fantastically on my laptop (the only reason I deleted it was my Vista started messing up).
I’ve used Windows 7 regularly this year in college too- Windows 8 is simply put, a better experience. The only problem is getting used to the new layout, but that was always going to happen sometime.
At this stage, it’s inevitable touch is going to become a big part of PC experience, a major overhaul was needed to make that really work, hence Metro. Other than that, this is basically Windows 7.5, a better version of 7.
enigma_flex
Microsoft continue to disappoint with their new software, not surprised.
sparkyscrum
Have you actually used it?