Hi Dark, Well, like I said before its a classic catch 22. If a gamer waits for developers to develop games for say Windows 7 and Windows 8 using 5.1 surround sound using XAudio2, SFML tags for SAPI, and so on it will never happen because that developer is not going to add features if the majority of his or her potential customers can't use it. He or she is largely waisting there time on a feature that only a handful of customers can even use. So by waiting you are depriving yourself of the very thing you want developers to add, because there is no certainty if developer x adds all these new features to a game a huge number of gamers will upgrade to play said game. Chances are they won't so its an endless cycle much like a dog endlessly chasing its tail. Round and round we go where we stop nobody knows.
Reminds me of this conversation, because we are getting nowhere. We are circling around and around the same points and neither side is making any progress. So maybe I need to be the first to break it. Maybe I'll start developing games exclusively for Windows 7, Windows 8, and tell all the XP users like you to upgrade or get lost. Muhahaha! Cheers! On 9/11/13, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > However again tom, you say "a newer and better computer" > > Suppose say winamp's next version won't work on xp, ---- well is it's next > version any better than the previous one? Heck, I don't have the latest > version of winamp now, mostly because what I do with winamp is quite okay > anyway, indeed winamp only usually gets upgraded when I can be bothered. > > This is basically the problem with this philoosophy of "you must have the > latest upgrade" my question is "well why?" > > I still own a snes, it still works, I still play games on it. Yes, there are > > plenty of other consoles with far better hardware and software, but none of > > them have as many playable games for me so why should I upgrade? > > yes, in a few years I might be forced to upgrade if my computer breaks, but > > if I'm going to spend a lot of money on a new machine, and learn a new > interface I want some actual return on my investment. > > This is indeed why I waited myself back in 2008, in the hope that developers > > would make it worth my while to upgrade, but as yet nobody has, heck, if my > > computer died I'd be very tempted to get another xp machine just because I > just don't see any bennifit in all the sshenanigans with a new os, all it > would mean is losing outlook express, getting an inconvenient interface, and > > bad compatibility with several programs. > > I freely admit this situation may change, indeed I'd be very happy if it did > > and someone used these supposedly wondrous new features to create better > games and software, but that just plane hasn't happened. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
