Bioshock Dev: Vista Will Help PC Gaming 'Grow Up'
Ken Levine, co-founder of Irrational Games and lead designer for Bioshock came forward to trumpet the longer-term effects that he believes Windows Vista and Games for Windows Live will have on the PC gaming ecosystem:
"The best thing about DX10 and Vista for me is not better graphics. It's the push Microsoft is making to make PC games easier for the user to buy, install and understand."
"The new rating system for system requirements is going to go a long way to broaden our market. PC gaming needs to grow up in this regard, and Vista is a great start."
Vista aims to simplify the way users can tell how well a game will run on their system, which has always been a bit of a tripwire for eager but not necessarily tech-savvy PC gamers, and at the very least helps bring PC gaming a bit closer to the even-ground of static console specs. Similarly, Vista's Games Explorer adds a console and/or memory card-inspired way of managing game saves and software - not to mention Games for Windows Live, the PC analog of XBL, which launches in Europe on May 18.
Tru dat? We'll see. I won't be upgrading until/unless I get a new PC, but if Microsoft can spread some of its success with the Xbox 360 infrastructure and branding to the more patchwork PC market, I'll be pleased nonetheless.
Vista will help PC gaming "grow up", says Bioshock developer [GamesIndustry.biz]
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Posted to Video Games on 16 March 2007
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Recommended system requirements of Windows XP (just the operating system alone, no games or anything):
300MHz CPU, 128MB RAM, Super VGA graphics card
Recommended system requirements of Windows Vista (just the operating system alone, no games or anything):
1GHz CPU, 512 MB or 1GB RAM (depending on the version of Windows Vista), video card with full support for Direct X 9
Installing an operating system that will require more resources and likely force you to purchase more hardware just to get a "for dummies" guide to required hardware specs: A few hundred dollars
Writing down the system specs on a piece of paper (if you can not remember them) and checking the requirements on the game's box before purchasing the game: PRICELESS
'nuff said.