While the world anticipates Windows 8, game developers don’t seem too excited about it. In a recent interview Valve president Gabe Newell called Windows 8 “kind of a catastrophe for everybody in the PC space.”
People have started to predict Windows 8 to be “the next Vista”, saying that it’s neither consumer nor developer friendly. Blizzard has now chimed in as well, with Rob Pardo, executive vice president of game design, backing Gabe’s sentiments via Twitter.
Pardo commented on Newell’s interview, saying that Windows 8 is “not awesome for Blizzard either”.
The reason these developers are concerned is the worry that Microsoft will be making Windows 8 a closed system. While Microsoft haven’t yet fully detailed the workings of their newest OS, it’s been said that Microsoft will be taking more control over applications and purchases made through Windows 8, which has people like Newell and Pardo worried.
Windows 8 will launch on October 26th this year.
Source: GamesIndustry
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When Vista was released I gave it a skip and stuck with WinXP and that worked out fine for me until Win7 was released. I think that I’ll be doing with Win 8, I’m not ready to leave Win 7 just yet.