Is the fat lady singing for Windows PC Gaming?

I don't think we'll see the end of Windows gaming for a while yet.

 

No.

SteamOS is Linux and Linux lacks the same level of driver support, the same level of framework support, and support for many gaming peripherals. Not to mention software incompatibilities. One of the reasons PC gamers prefer PC is the fact that once you're done gaming it's still a productivity tool. There's software that many people need for their jobs that is not available on Linux. Gamers aren't going to switch to SteamOS unless there's performance gains or there's a convenient enough reason and neither of those things are going to happen without the industry doing a 180 on its approach to Linux. Yes, you could dual boot, but there would need to be something that outweighs the inconvenience.

People need to remember that Valve didn't make SteamOS with the intention of competing against Windows. They made it so they could introduce gaming-based HTPCs and make a profit off the console-using demographic.

 

Still bugs me why Linux.

Maybe just because of final retailer price...........

A good PCBox or Laptop plugged to the TV, Steam big Picture and a Xbox
controller is such a joy.........

They could just go with a Embedded Windows and have the SteamBox out of the door in almost no time /controller stuff apart/

Edit / that fancy controller is to enable PC traditional games to console style
gaming , so it's not just console - using demographic but also for moving
tradditional pc gamers to the couch (that I did, long ago) /

 

I say no because Windows still holds the majority of the OS market share. And Steam OS is still a beta and not all users can run Steam Os due to the fact that some users do not have a UEFI BIOS or Users are running AMD graphics cards. Also not everyone wants to purchase a Steambox.

 

Lol. That would be the end of it :eyes:

 

The face of gaming has drastically changed over the past 5yrs. ...So many android tablets are out there with people playing their touch-games, that they don't use their PC for much anymore.

I don't think M$ will ever invest in a method to make PC-gaming more friendly, because they want people to buy into their Xbox brand. ...Windows is so widely used in the business world, that M$ won't have to worry about their stronghold for a long time.

If Mantle can deliver the expected 2xCPU performance, then that will represent a drastic shift in PC gaming. ...People won't need to upgrade from their first generation i5-quadcores for at least 4 more years. And that means I can sit on my i7 for at least 6yrs!

The coming months will reveal weather or not the PC can perform as efficiently as a console. It will basically be a boost to M$, but a stick in the eye to both AMD and Intel's CPU factories.

 

I have plenty of friends that are ditching their outdated desktop PC's for a lappy or a tablet but they don't game, or never really did. So I can see why but to me the enthusiast side of the market seems more vibrant now than a few years back.

So I say no, that fat lady isn't even warming up in the wings yet. She's still in the dressing room imo!

 

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/09/so-then-why-should-you-buy-a-steam-machine/

 

This article may be of interest to some.

http://www.maximumpc.com/ces_2014_gaming_12k_nvidia_video

 

I ditched the desktop too, like your friends but more as a tired enthusiast, in part for the fragmented platform system. The OS is one platform then you have these sub platforms, Origin, Steam, Uplay..etc and their exclusives, UI differences, login accounts..etc. Then there's MS that doesn't know who they want to be. I could handle Windows 8 change but they alter it again in 8.1 then say they plan to go back to a Win7 menu which is great for those that want the option but obviously MS has identity issues and lack consistency. Top it off with all the other little things.... So to go a simpler, streamlined route I got a Mac and will get a PS4 eventually.

All that fancy hardware and tweaking over the years didn't really increase the time I spent gaming, it actually decreased it along with my wallet in exchange for some slightly enhanced but still inconsistent gaming experience....just took me 10 years to realize that.

 

Gaming isn't the same on a console. I have a PS3 as well as one of those "desktop replacement" laptops, but gaming on my PC still trumps anything.

 

This, minus the mac (just not my sort of thing).
Though, i have been dying to re-play some S.T.A.L.K.E.R, lately.

You should try out a few PS3 exclusives and Wii/U games.

 

How about steam will evolve and make its own direct x with its own windows os. Like steamx 11. And steam os. That would be progress for new features!

 

No it isn't. Everyday someone new saying PC gaming dying.

 

And I'm sure graphic card manufactures will jump on that quick...

No one currently has the resources (man power, money) to compete with Directx and OpenGL. And why should they when that's what everything runs? PhysX tried branding and copyrighting it's stuff, then Nvidia copied their failed model- so now it's just a gimmick of what it could of been.

Make **** open or no one is going to use it.

 

I think about replaying it often, but takes a lot of modding to make it good. I so wish for a good do over of this game on a modern engine, maybe with some more detail and vehicles

 

I normally just install all patches, then complete mod + any little extras. I know its hassle, but well worth it.

Wish i had my pc atm.

 

PC Gaming is not dying. Microsoft is not dying, but they're shooting themselves in the foot and everybody can see that.

The tech industry is changing. It's been changing since laptops and wifi entered the scene let alone mobile devices like tablets and smartphones.

Gaming will likely be very different in 25 years, to the effect that the traditional PC and console will be irrelevant.

As for me, I have no particular loyalty to Windows. It's what I've always used so there's the familiarity aspect of it. The biggest factor for me is gaming.

 

Casual PC gaming might be dying, since the majority of so called casual games can be played on the low spec tablet hardware.

However, the PC will always be the platform of choice anytime a developer or gamer wants bleeding edge state of the art graphics, physics and game mechanics.

 

I think at some point people will just use a phone or tablet instead of a real computer, and the only people still using desktops will be enthusiasts and people who need desktop specific programs.