Let's face it we should all be used to this by now, Microsoft have once again ignored PC gaming during their hugely significant keynote at CES. During a two hour presentation plagued by technical difficulties, there was barely any attention paid to the world's most widely used platform.
How about 3D gaming? Well they did show off Dirt 2 in Direct X11 enhanced 3D and a selection of gaming laptops with impressive amounts of power. However again this was nothing we hadn't seem demoed before in much greater detail.
Microsoft were more than happy to trot out gaming's best when it came to the 360, but for the PC they only payed lip service with a few mediocre announcements. This CES has seen new information about Halo Reach, Fable 3, Alan Wake, Project Natal and Xbox Live. So what do we get? Another way to watch TV on our PC...
If the big M really are serious about empowering PC development they must be willing to evangelise the platform at every opportunity, and frankly yesterday's showing at CES was nowhere near good enough.
Wow, people will bitch about anything. I don't find this significant, and I'm sick of the "sky is falling" attitude people have toward PC gaming lately. Get over it - PC gaming is in great shape. I don't need a MS executive to comfort me on that front.
So you're not the least bit concerned that the company who makes the platform you use to play games doesn't really care about PC gaming? I don't think the sky is falling either but i'm also not going to just stick my head in the sand.
I expect to see you on the national news standing outside Microsoft's Seattle location with a picket sign then?
LOL. and no, I"m not surprised
"..presentation plagued with difficulties..."
Microsoft isn't out there to appease the PC gaming community, they are out their to appease the shareholders and make them rich. Pretty simple.
There's worse things then Microsoft ignoring and snubbing PC Gaming. They could actually have actually given a shit! If they actually tried competing they might have been successful and then we'd really be screwed.
I wonder why the shareholders never encouraged them to exit the console business and cut their losses. The Xbox 1 and Xbox 360 have cost Microsoft billions.they are out their to appease the shareholders and make them rich. Pretty simple.
I wonder why the shareholders never encouraged them to exit the console business and cut their losses. The Xbox 1 and Xbox 360 have cost Microsoft billions.
Microsoft should spin off their hardware division and focus on games for all platforms. Hell, with the billions they lost on the Xbox franchise, they could have purchased countless start-up companies and sold $60 games on all platforms or even took over a sizable publishers / developer or two.
A circuit breaker popped. Not their fault.
Haven't licensing fees helped make a profit?
How is MS actually getting money if what you're saying is true (unless you're just counting the production/distribution/sales costs of solely the Xbox)?
The Xbox division in particular has lost Microsoft $4 billion in four years according to Forbes.
$1.9 billion loss attributed to poor software sales, new warranty.
A LOT of people are being misled by Microsoft’s PR, which makes it seem like XBox 360 is actually succeeding. In reality — truth be told — several years after the launch Microsoft is still losing money
A year or so ago, Information Week revealed that Microsoft had lost about $7 billion in its XBox business alone. It seems to be one of the best-guarded secrets of Microsoft.
posted a $130 million loss
Yeah pc gaming sucks today, got myself a 5850 and im using it to play 2007 games... theres nothing new + good on the pc that isnt a port, i.e. better on the console. Lucky im not pc game exclusive
Looking forward to SCII and supcom 2 though, should give this 5850 somthing more recent to chew on.
I don't understand this type of pessimism. I have more games than I can play at the moment, and almost all of them are excellent, including many games that were released in the last 12 months. I think you're just looking for things to bitch about, which is typical of PC gamers lately.
I wonder why the shareholders never encouraged them to exit the console business and cut their losses. The Xbox 1 and Xbox 360 have cost Microsoft billions.
Microsoft should have spun off their hardware division (or never entered it in the first place) and focused on games for all platforms. Hell, with the billions they lost on the Xbox franchise, they could have purchased countless start-up companies and sold $60 games on all platforms or even took over a sizable publishers / developer or two.