Stardock Takes Aim at "Primary Threat" to Future of PC Gaming

[Crazy In Bed]

Is there anyway to change that wallpaper?? Those bubbles are doing it for me

[DhinShin]

People fear change, I didn't like Steam when it came out but it just kept getting better, Origin numbers just come from forcing registered EA titles onto a persons 'Origin' account. While Steam numbers are really customers.

But Windows 8 is a big change underneath too, there's no way to get those kind of benchmark results with a simple reskin of Windows 7.

[tinomen]

Yea i read all that, but i still don't see the significance. These are very different platforms, with very different advantages and disadvantages, i just don't see how the Apple stuff above will have the slightest affect on Desktop PC Gaming. They are two entirely different markets. So tbh, i don't think Stardock knows wtf they're talking about, just after some publicity probably.

Yeah me either, I hardly see myself making the jump to "apple gaming", and I even just laugh at the thought of "apple" and "gaming" being in the same sentence.

I'm not a 12 year old casual game player.

[Crazy In Bed]

Yea, go to settings, More PC Settings and you will see it all there. Personalize is at the top of the list and there are three tab settings you can change. The lock screen, start screen and user pic. You can use you own pic for the lock screen but the start screen is a color chooser and effects.

I'm sure we will see some really good themes and customizations come out over the next few months. I'm looking forward to seeing it all unfold.

many thanks, now if I could only find some drivers for my xfi xtreme music

[Crazy In Bed]

Run windows update. My xfi extreme came up in the list and it installed the drivers for it.

I ran it, the device manager reads my xfi as "multimedia audio controller" It doesnt see it as my xfi

also my xfi is the pci version.

[FoodStampz]

I drive right by their HQ all the time.

15090 Beck Rd.
Plymouth, MI 48170

Hmm

[tinomen]

I drive right by their HQ all the time.

15090 Beck Rd.
Plymouth, MI 48170

Hmm

Really? I used to drive through Plymouth very often, for "supplies".

[icemanchilled]

Also @iceman this is not stardock just trying to get attention they wrote this in the annual report of their company of the growing trends they are seeing in software and game development: http://www.stardock.com/press/Custom...ardock2011.pdf

Yea i know, all companies make projections of where they think their market is heading, and what they think they should be doing to keep up. That doesn't mean they get it right though, many get it completely wrong and as a result, pay the price for taking the company in the wrong direction. Stardock seem to be suggesting "put all your eggs in one basket," which is never a wise thing to do.

[Jarnis]

Windows 8 = attempt to leverage desktop OS near-monopoly to take a major chunk of the tablet market where iOS and Android rule at the moment.

Previous attempts (pen interface in Win7 and Vista) were obvious epic fails, so they are going for more radical approach. And hey, Metro may be a fine UI for tablets and phones, but it is terrible on the desktop and forcing it on the desktop will blow up on MS face.

[sadisti]

The OS has some nice features apart from the UI so I really don't know what to think about it. Will probably not upgrade though.