Well in this thread I hope to get a few points accross. Iv been using vista
for a while now and so far i can only think of a small few improvements
which can be made upon the game handling parts of the operating system.
First off the games manager. Microsoft didnt release enough information on
this. They should have set up a site which had a list of all games fully
compatable with vista rtm. along with contact details for developers to
contact microsoft when the game becomes compatable with vista. on this list
they could also declare which of these games is compatable with the games
browser. Which games show cover art, allow parental controls. have the game
saves maped along with other such details as homepage link etc. To be honest
Im surprized that verry little, introvision darwinia so far, have relesed
patches for their games so make them compatable with the games explorer
fully. This could also be down to lack of information(official that is)
about how the new system works. This compatablility list could be added to
gamesforwindows.com along with voting on the games you want to see
compatable so that games developers can see enough people have interest in a
title being supported and support it. Now what else needs to be added or
improved. Well the live branding of microsoft sites seems to be interesting
but to my disguist the only site relatively related to microsoft for arcade
games is an msn one. So they build an operating system wit gaming in mind
more this time, borrow the live trademark the xbox video game system. Use
the trademark on the majority of sites except for the one you would expect.
A windows version of xbox 360's arcade. I dont know I was expecting
something like live arcade. I thought the windows marketplace would be
created and live arcade added. I thought it would be a simple site design
and that there would be a link or button on the games explorer. I was
mistaken. Or maybe not. I just want to clarify that all these issues could
quite possibly be in discussion at microsoft for quite some time. after all
it was the xbox360's developers that finished the project off. I wouldnt be
surprized if the live arcade feature comes to windows as live anywhere would
be a great way of distributing content on multiple platforms. as in buy an
arcade game on the pc and have the option to download it on the 360 too. And
how about a plugin for media center which adds your gamertag and all the
options from the 360, messanging etc. have the live marketplace also
accessable from media center. Well thats all im going to wright on the
subject right now but I will no doubt add to this brainstormer later as i
also would like you to add to it. What do you think of vistas game features.
For some too little for others too much. Me well I believe if you do
something you might as well do it right.