Microsoft: †˜Weâà¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ã‚¬Ã¢â€žÃ ‚¢ve been killing PC gamingââ‚Ã⠀šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂÂ

[jamesclarke555]

http://www.mcvuk.com/newsitem.php?id=488

Microsoft has pledged to †˜put the game back into Windowsââ‚à ‚¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢, admitting that its lack of investment in PC has been †˜killingâà ƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã¢â€à …¾Ã‚¢ the platform.

With Windows Graphics Foundation and XNA we should get a barrage of x360 ports, which can only be a good thing.

This will be interesting. Nice multi format games,looks to me like microsoft are trying to out do the PS3 by offering some kinda dangled carrot. The fun would be multi format online gaming a proper test of playability between consoles and pc

Looks like interesting times ahead, based on XBox 360 and the Longhorn/Vister upcoming new op system, but looks like to get Full benefit, the PC users are going to have to shell out a fair bit of cash, details here:

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1843945,00.asp

and:

http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry360.html