Hi
you need to do what you have to do, it's not your fault if people won't
upgrade. We've been trying to convince people on our internet site to try
to upgrade, if not for anything else, but for the security.
Amanda
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From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 12:00 AM
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] mac versus windows sales plus iOS question
Hi Josh,
I definitely agree with your points. As far as USA Games is concerned
we aren't going out of our way to drop support for XP, but neither are
we going to go out of our way to support it. At some point when we
begin adopting newer Windows components and if it isn't XP compatible
too bad. As I stated I am already running Windows 8.1 and as lead
developer I can take advantage of various new components, modern
hardware, and I see no need to cripple my software because x number of
gamers won't upgrade. I may take a loss initially, but I am also
looking at supporting Mac and perhaps Linux in time which will recoup
the losses in sales to XP users. So I am not as concerned about XP
support as I might be if I were only looking at the Windows market
specifically.
Cheers!
On 12/19/13, Draconis <i...@dracoent.com> wrote:
Hi Tom,
Your discussion of VB6 was one of the best explanations of the situation
I’ve seen on this list.
We’re in the process of rewriting old titles to use the new Engine. The
old
ESP Softworks titles were all VB6. This is going to be an arduous
transition, but we’ll get there, and the games will be better than ever
when
we do.
It is unlikely we will continue supporting XP, though. As you stated, we
have a Mexican stand off, and we can take this opportunity to move
forward
since Mac sales are so robust and Windows sales are definitely weaker.
Sales
of our new Windows titles have not warranted the effort we put into
supporting XP.
For future titles, if we can support it with minimal effort, we will.
When
the effort required to maintain support for XP exceeds a certain
threshold
though, we just can’t justify it.
If Windows sales pick up and a lot of users are still using XP down the
road, we may revisit the topic.
As for those who blame Microsoft for incompatibilities with VB6, it is
common for people with these types of views of the world to want to
vilify
any company once it reaches a certain size for absolutely everything,
whether based on facts or not. I have no love for big corporations,
either,
but I’m also not naive enough to think that every one of them is the
equivalent of Lord Voldemort. Remember, Apple is doomed because they use
DRM
on the music they sell in iTunes. They aren’t, and they don’t, and in
fact
haven’t had DRM in just about seven years now, but those kinds of knee
jerk
reactions lead to everything being someone else’s fault. Apple didn’t
even
have a choice with the DRM situation. The record labels dictated that
situation. It’s unfortunate, because for the most part, people who take
these kinds of views are hurting themselves more than anyone else. At
least
until they start spewing misinformation across the Internet.
Microsoft surely hasn’t done developers, or themselves for that matter,
any
favors with a lot of idiotic decisions they’ve made over the last 15
years
or so, but not everything is their fault, either.
As I have said so often, the world is comprised of shades of gray. It is
rarely, if ever, black and white.
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