The sheer failure of Vista 8 (more on that in a separate post) is hurting game makers who, unlike Valve, thought it would pay off to stay with Windows. Read this:
Paul Johnson, a high level executive of UK games developer Rubicon, has criticised Microsoft for not supporting a Windows RT port of the successful mobile title, the Great Big War Game. Rubicon saw a return of just €£52 from an estimated R&D spend of €£10,000.
Shortly after Tweeting about their displeasure, the Tweet disappeared to be presented with a message of Microsoft now working with them to “iron out problems”. I wonder what sort of sweetener Microsoft offered in order to silence/change mind another critic of its platform?
Valve, as many of you already know, recently rolled Steam Big Picture Mode out of beta. For those who need a refresher, Big Picture Mode takes Steam and makes it play nice with larger screens, upping the resolution and allowing users to navigate the Steam interface using a controller. Despite the relatively simple idea, it would appear that Big Picture Mode has taken off, with Valve boss Gabe Newell telling Kotaku that the response from users has been “stronger than expected.”
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Michael
2012-12-10 20:14:26
Oops.
Your claims just fell apart. :)