• gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com
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    17 days ago

    No, it’s not just developing countries on older hardware

    I was talking about Counter Strike specifically, because you used it as an example.

    Microsoft doesn’t own Windows

    They literally do. Look it up. Windows is developed and maintained by Microsoft. They own all trademarks and intellectual property related to Windows.

    Valve runs steam as a gig economy app, there are very few guardrails and instead very strong algorithmic discoverability management tools. Steam has shovelware for the same reason Google Play has shovelware, Steam is just WAY better at surfacing things specifically to gamers.

    I never disputed this, but you are arguing that PC games are all shit for some reason or another unless they’re ported either from or to PS5.

    Incidentally, most of these new games support controllers because the newly standardized Xinput just works.

    Newly standardized? Xinput was created in 2005. It has “just worked” for ages, because it is officially supported by Microsoft through Windows. Because they own Xbox, Xinput, and Windows.

    Valve has a whole extra controller translation layer because everything else kinda doesn’t and they wanted full compatibility

    So that they can support other controllers that aren’t Xbox…

    You’re talking out of your ass here and not even paying attention to context which you yourself brought up. Not to mention you aren’t even aware of why Xbox had such stellar support (Microsoft is one of the largest tech companies in the world) and how that support translated to the modern rise of PC gaming.