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Is there any real reason to if I just use my Windows PC to play games?
by DannoHung 14y ago
Is there any real reason to if I just use my Windows PC to play games?
- Baughnie 14y agoNo.
- jiggy2011 14y agoDepends if you want to play Metro based games or not. Not sure how many there are and if the ones that exist will play well on a PC rather than tablet. There's also some performance benefits like faster bootup etc, depends if these are valuable to you or not.
- freehunter 14y agoThere are certain games that will not run on Windows 8. The only one I've personally run into was Grand Theft Auto 4. I had Windows 8 installed on my desktop, could not get the game to run, and moved back to Windows 7.
- jiggy2011 14y agoI assume this is a temporary thing and that either MS or the game vendor will patch it soon enough.
- freehunter 14y agoThe trouble with GTA seemed to be in the Securom DRM. With GTA5 on the way and knowing the business Securom operates in, I wouldn't be surprised if a patch never came. However, all of the other games I've tried have worked with Windows 8 on my laptop. It does make me wonder about the future of companies like Securom in a Windows 8 world.
- andy_boot 14y agoI'm having to upgrade my Win XP machine because the new XCom game doesn't run on less than Win Vista. I only use windows for games so I only tend to upgrade when I find a game that wont work.
- dangrossman 14y agoFaster cold boots, less power usage (and longer battery life if it's a laptop), some serious security improvements, new Explorer, faster file copies... It's a whole new OS, not just a new UI.