Hi Charles, Smile. I was only joking. I wouldn't actually do that precisely for that reason. USA Games needs to make money, and unfortunately we are held hostage to a user base that will not upgrade to a newer OS for whatever reason. The only thing we can do as developers is try to support both as for as long as we can , and when that is no longer possible then we have to make a judgment based on what will be best for the product long term rather than the short term.
I can tell you right now selecting XP because it has the most customers right now is not good in the long term, because in five to ten years that situation will likely change. People will be running something a lot newer than XP, and they will thank me for supporting the new platform rather than developing for XP and not taking in account any thought about tomorrow. Let's give you an example, and I am truly interested to get your point of view on this. I know you bought Raceway and Montezuma's Revenge through preorder sales. You'll be getting copies of them when it is released. However, imagine that PC you have breaks down and you decide to go out and buy a new computer with Windows 8 on it. How would you feel if I said, "sorry, it doesn't run on Windows 8? You said you wanted me to develop it for XP so I didn't take any consideration for Windows 8 users." Now, how would you feel? Would you have to eat your words about XP support once the shoe is firmly on the other foot? Cheers! On 9/12/13, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: > If you support 64 bit systems only, wiping out all XP users entirely, you've > > just wiped out your income from would-be customers. Kill your business in > order to keep up with current technology? Not smart at all. > > --- > Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second. --- 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.
