I think the Windows release must have been an afterthought. The purchase of Bungie was to get a good XBOX title. At this point Vista is Microsofts new big thing, so of course that’s where they are focusing their marketing. ![]() At least not for a few years.Īnd the cajoling is for the Windows platform, not Vista specifically. From a game company standpoint does it make good business sense to go Vista only? I don’t beleive it does. MS definately wants to bring everybody into the fold. Microsoft is definately pushing their branding big. Of course Microsoft is pushing DX10 big with developers, but even they recognize that they cannot ignore the portion of the market that won’t be using Vista until their next PC purchase (in which case Vista will be pre-installed). They will continue to support DX9 as much of the market will remain on XP for quite a while. ![]() Vista adoption will take a long time and because of that game companies (Microsfot included) will move slowly on requiring DX10 as a minimum. DX10 isn’t a requirement because you kill your market. Though I’m thinking that the minimum requirement will become DX8 class hardware instead of DX7. I see a lot of games on the horizon pushing the graphics envelope however DX10 isn’t a requirement. Shader model 3.0 hardware support is a big plus as well. DX8 hardware is required for additional graphical features and DX9 is icing on the cake. Some of my favorite games actually only require a minimum of DX7 class hardware. That’s not to say they don’t requre DX9, just all of the features available. ![]() Several of the games I play use DX (and many that use OpenGL but wei’ll ignore them for now) however none of those games require full DX9 to run. ![]() I’m not sure where the strong arm tactics are regarding MS and game companies.
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