Valve Software's Gabe Newell has made his feelings clear regarding Microsoft's decision to make Direct X10 compatible with Windows Vista only, after an online survey from his company revealed that only one in fifty people who use Valve's videogame download service, Steam have the new operating system or a DX10 compatible graphic card. Newell believes that this move by Microsoft has and will continue to affect the whole of the gaming industry.

German website Heise, claims that Newell also complained about the 'increasing lack of input device diversity in PC gaming culture. He would like to see controllers like the Wiimote or the Guitar Hero guitar, but since DirectX support for devices like these had increasingly been reduced over the last few years, developers didn't dare implement these expensive innovations.'

From a consumer perspective, gamers will be forced to invest in Vista if they want to enjoy the full gaming experience of Crytek's first person shooter, Crysis and other DX10 compatible games.

Source :: Heise.de