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Microsoft is reportedly set to release an Xbox handheld gaming PC in 2025, but it apparently won't be the one making the device itself. (www.pcgamesn.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Lol, gamers hate on Microsoft constantly, I don't think their image is remotely white washed.

And the primary reason that Microsoft is so heavily associated with gaming (and CAD software, etc), is because they're the ones who built DirectX, which creates an abstraction layer that developers can target without worrying about the underlying hardware and graphics cards.

Nowa days we finally have OpenGL and it's successors, but Microsoft's link to gaming was established by spending decades being basically the only company willing to create a more flexible and open gaming platform than consoles. Is that as nice as having open source code and standards as the abstraction layer? No, but it's a lot nicer than Apple, Sega, Nintendo, Sony, etc who all wanted to tie the hardware directly to the games.

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Lol, gamers hate on Microsoft constantly, I don't think their image is remotely white washed.

And the primary reason that Microsoft is so heavily associated with gaming (and CAD software, etc), is because they're the ones who built DirectX, which creates an abstraction layer that developers can target without worrying about the underlying hardware and graphics cards.

Nowa days we finally have OpenGL and it's successors, but Microsoft's link to gaming was established by spending decades being basically the only company willing to create a more flexible and open gaming platform than consoles. Is that as nice as having open source code and standards as the abstraction layer? No, but it's a lot nicer than Apple, Sega, Nintendo, Sony, etc who all wanted to tie the hardware directly to the games.

OpenGL predates DirectX by several years and yet here we have someone spreading manifestly wrong information. Even Direct3D which is what should be mentioned came AFTER OpenGL. Microsoft is a trust, cheats bribes and breaks the law to maintain that trust and as a company should really be exploded into several smaller companies so that the market can have real competition again.