Tech.co.uk - 03 Dec 2007:
The question aimed at any new release of Microsoft's DirectX is whether it's worth the upgrade. Generally the answer is yes, but with DX10 it's worth asking the question again: is it really worth the upgrade?
[ This article first appeared in PC Format magazine (issue 208) ]
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
As the article concludes, i won't update to Vista just for DX10, sorry but Vista stays OFF my system, permanently. The offered optical benefits do not outweigh the vista performance drop and DRM insanity.
"Generally the answer is yes?" Where the hell do you live? dx10 is complete fail coming from a pc gamer, and 95% of all pc gamers.
so basically.
the PC is gay
of course not direct X 10 just eats your PC's power and turns your games into slide shows. stick with DX9 until they get all this mess fixed
I'm no fan of DX10 but in the end, it will be usefull. Just not this year or this gen. There are far few full DX10 games and the tech is still too expensive. Plus, I really don't feel like upgrading to Vista.