Submitted by enfestid 500d ago | opinion piece  Why Gabe Newell
could be both wrong and right about Windows 8  Neowin: Gabe
Newell, managing director of Valve Software, recently made
critical claims about Windows 8 being a "catastrophe" for
computer companies. Does the Valve head honcho have a point?
(Dev, Gabe Newell, Microsoft, PC, Tech, Valve)  Revvin  +   500d
ago I've said it before that Microsoft release a turkey every
other OS since Win 95 with ME and Vista being note able flops
with home users. Windows 7 was a good OS but now Microsoft try
to force gamers into Windows 8 with all this XBOX integration
just like they tried to force gamers into Vista with DirectX 10.
They deserted PC gamers for the console market after using the
PC as a testbed with their Sidewinder peripherals and the
Microsoft Gaming Zone but now want a slice of the action that
companies like Valve have developed and will try and force Steam
and Origin into submission not by fair competition but by
pushing their services into the back