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Windows is basically the biggest gaming platform.

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"Technically speaking" none of those industries forced digital. You can still buy, rent, loan, sell books, movies and music. Those industries let the market decide on when to move to digital. None of them forced the consumers' hand.

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It does make sense though, since PC software cannot be bought on physical media anymore.

http://www.coverdude.com/covers/metr...over-95453.jpg

Of course that could always be the last one.

http://cdn3.spong.com/pack/t/o/tomcl...riots-PC-_.jpg


(For a game that may not really exist, ever, that one has some kickass fan art:

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Which is funny because two weeks ago when it was all about DRM and digital, supporters claimed you could still buy PC games on disc.

So which is it? People need to make up their damn minds.

rotfl

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What was that, Grandpa?

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There is only one that save this sinking ship...bring back Peter Moore...:)

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:up:

I've been using Windows 8 since release. There are some issues, but its not that terrible.

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I thought Rich was being sarcastic... otherwise I don't get it, since you obviously can buy PC games on disc.

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Maybe that can be the launch slogan for the Xbox One. "It's not that terrible."

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I should change that comment to say its pretty good instead, as I really I meant it's not as terrible as people say or think, especially those who either don't actually run it or have only spent 10 minutes using it at a Best Buy and basing their comments off of that.

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But there's a change in paradigm, just like what they were trying to do here. And Microsoft was trying to go with the flow too there, in Windows 8.

In my case, being a desktop user, I don't care about Metro applications, I'm always in the Desktop.

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Maybe that can be the launch slogan for the Xbox One.

"It's not that terrible...but in case it is you can always get a 360."

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XBOX One: It Could Be Worse!

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Way back when DRM was all the fad, all the people trumpeting it's Steam-like setup pointed to it being successful even though you can't get games on discs.

Maybe I didn't read that here though.

Speaking of other places, been on CAG (more specifically the X1 thread) lately? Some crazy fuckers over there. :lol:

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Meaning....?

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Rich was saying all digital made sense because you can't buy PC games on disc. Either you can or you can't, it depends on which way the wind blows on the internet. I just found it funny.

or we say the 4th of July drinking has begun early.

Honestly?

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I think I might have been the only one to bash it, and this isn't accurate. I have a Win 8 tablet with detachable keyboard from Samsung. The tendency in this thread to attribute criticism to bias is interesting to me.

My take is that when I'm in tablet mode, Win 8 is a passable but clunky alternative to iOS, and when it's in desktop mode with the keyboard, it's a version of Win 7 where they hid everything just to fuck with me.

Odd that the thread has turned into a lukewarm defense of Win 8 which, if not an outright terrible product, is certainly the desktop answer for the question nobody asked. Win 7, from the same division, is quite good.

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Why did you post a 3 week old PS4 video in the Xbox thread? I'm confused...

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K&AJones, did you just mistakenly post in the wrong thread, or are you taking the Xbone trolling to new levels?

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Video game grundle strikes again!

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Sorry guys...my fault on posting the PS4 trailer...I hit the wrong forum buttom.

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It's not so much that you can't get PC games on disc, but that most of the disc-based PC games have online activation nowadays anyway. For example, you can buy discs of most Valve games, but you still have to activate the games on Steam.

The irony of PC games is that the majority of ones on discs are from major publishers and have DRM, while the smaller indie games are often download only, but offer a DRM-free version for downloading. So the games you have to download often don't have restrictions on how many machines you install on, occasional online checks, etc, while the ones you can buy on disc are more restricted.

A big thing about PC DRM is that it's entirely optional, the developer can implement it if they want, but they can also just leave it out. With the Xbone, the DRM appeared to have been mandatory for every game released on the platform.

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rotfl

I meant the crazy fuckers on CAG.... :)

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I was being sarcastic :lol: I threw in the PC Cover Art of a couple games for good measure.