CelticWhisper Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 You can't take a GFW branded game and put it on anything other than Windows - so the branding isn't spreading any lies, it's the truth. Interesting. If you don't mind, I need this elaborated a bit. Namely, what are you referring to by "Can't?" Is it because the game has been coded for Windows and simply won't run on the other platforms (excepting something like Wine) or is it because there's a clause in the GfW branding license that requires Windows exclusivity? Additionally, how does this quote relate to the inability you mentioned: Football Manager 2008 says Hi. It's a Games for Windows branded game, that also has the Mac logos on the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borbus Posted February 29, 2008 Author Share Posted February 29, 2008 But most titles are made with DirectX so whats your point? If a title is developed using DirectX then you might as well take advantage of any useful windows libraries. Most? If you actually read my post you would see that 2/3 of the major engines use OpenGL (UT3 and Doom3). In fact I think this is what allows them to run on the PS3 so expect this type of engine to become more popular. Such a waste of time for a thread, PC gaming is trying to move to a name, called Games for Windows, and you somehow think this is some ploy to keep everyone windows. Of course it is. How could it be anything else? What was wrong with "PC Game" apart from the fact that it left the OS ambiguous? Is putting "Compatible with PS2/3" on a DVD/Blu-ray box trying to help consumers find a common platform for their films? Of course not, it's just Sony marketing/propaganda/bull****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveoc64 Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Interesting. If you don't mind, I need this elaborated a bit. Namely, what are you referring to by "Can't?" Is it because the game has been coded for Windows and simply won't run on the other platforms (excepting something like Wine) or is it because there's a clause in the GfW branding license that requires Windows exclusivity?Additionally, how does this quote relate to the inability you mentioned: Purely from a "not coded to run on Mac/Linux" point of view. I didn't mean that there was a law/Microsoft enforced rule preventing it. Obviously, if it's designed to run on the Mac it will say that. I'm not going to continue discussing this with Borbus as they just seem to want to push some sort of open source agenda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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