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Just Cause 2 doesn't support Windows XP?
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article published on 24 February, 2010
A look at the minimum system requirements for the upcoming blockbuster Just Cause 2 shows that the title won't work on installations of Windows XP. This would represent one of the first high profile releases not to be supported by the still-popular Microsoft operating system. The requirements specifies that an operating system newer than XP is required, and provides a hint why.
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24. February 2010 @ 06:20 |
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well people who still have xp should make the transition into win7 directly..they didnt have to go through the beta AKA vista as it was named by microsoft
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scum101
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24. February 2010 @ 07:03 |
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josepher you are a retard.. win7 is the same spyware bollocks everything else they have made this decade is ..
upgrade at once by all means.. to FOSS operating systems.. give monopolies and their apologists and fanboys the finger..
hahahaha
josipher.. win7 fanboy and M$ sheep .. bend over joe.. Bill's coming..
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xnonsuchx
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24. February 2010 @ 08:07 |
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Perhaps M$ is paying developers to support Vista/Win7 only? There's certainly no NEED for it.
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NeoandGeo
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24. February 2010 @ 08:59 |
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This is great news. This will help propel basically a console generation leap on the PC side of things by ditching DX9. I have Win7 and await more games to look like more than an upscaled 360 port with higher resolution textures. :D
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Hopium
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24. February 2010 @ 09:50 |
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scum101 linux fanboy and social inept who likes playing 10 year old games in opengl.
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24. February 2010 @ 11:00 |
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Well...no XP support?.... its not a blockbuster then.
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24. February 2010 @ 11:54 |
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 24. February 2010 @ 11:57
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pirkster
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24. February 2010 @ 13:47 |
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Originally posted by ZippyDSM:
Well...no XP support?.... its not a blockbuster then.
They likely realize this going in, therefore that's why they've chosen to develop on a limited platform. May reach fewer customers, but requires less overhead/development cost by not having to ensure the game runs on older/outdated OS.
XP dropped into a "reduced support" phase back in April of 2009 already. Full support won't drop until 2014, but you get the point. XP is on it's way out regardless how many folks it will anger/leave behind. (...just like every version of Windows at one time or another...)
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24. February 2010 @ 14:10 |
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The Just Cause devs must be really hard up for money these days. The XP base is far larger than that for Vista/W7. I tried W7 for a month and found everything to run far slower. A lot of my fav apps didn't work, or would just crash. Sometimes they would disappear from the sys tray. And I hated how they butchered windows explorer. Everything took an extra 2 clicks to navigate window panes. Not to mention, no classic taskbar, the stupid, inane search bar on the start menu, no classic explorer, bloated interface, slower game performance, and dosbox had problems.
No thanks.
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24. February 2010 @ 14:58 |
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I think this is actually good its time for people with XP to move on, Windows 7 is superior to any version of Windows. This is nothing new that Microsoft is doing they have dropped support for 95, ME, and in 6 months they are dropping 2000. And guess whats next WINDOWS XP!!
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jony218
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24. February 2010 @ 15:12 |
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Lets see get rid of XP to play a "lackluster" game? decisions decisions.
I'll move to Vista ME (aka windows seven) when I'm ready to jump the shark. Not anytime soon.
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24. February 2010 @ 15:54 |
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Originally posted by Hopium:
scum101 linux fanboy and social inept who likes playing 10 year old games in opengl.
scum ain't a gamer I don't think... How can you say she is a social inept when you don't even know her... THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK!!!
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IPRFenix
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24. February 2010 @ 15:58 |
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This would represent one of the first high profile releases not to be supported by the still-popular Microsoft operating system.
Halo2 would like to have a word with you. Almost 3 years ago too. And might I add, that IS a MUCH higher profile game release than this one.
I find it both unfortunate and silly that directx 10 was never officially added/supported by XP. Because it is perfectly capable of running it. Unfortunately, without the official support it becomes a massive hassle / pain in the ass to hack it in. Not really worth the trouble.
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pirkster
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24. February 2010 @ 16:20 |
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Originally posted by tucker001:
I think this is actually good its time for people with XP to move on, Windows 7 is superior to any version of Windows. This is nothing new that Microsoft is doing they have dropped support for 95, ME, and in 6 months they are dropping 2000. And guess whats next WINDOWS XP!!
Agree.
Windows 7 is terrific. There were plenty of upgrade deals when it came out, particularly if you were a student.
I'd wager many here who have chosen to stay XP don't have a legitimate copy of XP and are waiting for a "cracked" win7 to step up from the stone age.
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24. February 2010 @ 16:42 |
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Quote:
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This would represent one of the first high profile releases not to be supported by the still-popular Microsoft operating system.
Halo2 would like to have a word with you. Almost 3 years ago too. And might I add, that IS a MUCH higher profile game release than this one.
I find it both unfortunate and silly that directx 10 was never officially added/supported by XP. Because it is perfectly capable of running it. Unfortunately, without the official support it becomes a massive hassle / pain in the ass to hack it in. Not really worth the trouble.
Hence the expression "one of the first".
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24. February 2010 @ 16:45 |
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Originally posted by scum101:
josepher you are a retard.. win7 is the same spyware bollocks everything else they have made this decade is ..
upgrade at once by all means.. to FOSS operating systems.. give monopolies and their apologists and fanboys the finger..
hahahaha
josipher.. win7 fanboy and M$ sheep .. bend over joe.. Bill's coming..
well judging by the other comments we can see whos the real inept retard fanboy here blondie.
win7 is one of the most innovative systems microsoft has ever made. as the other posts seem to agree with me i think whats best for you is to crawl back into your little hole and play some tetris on your stupid linux
only a true retard will name people who use the windows platform retards.but i guess you already know all about that
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wibbley
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24. February 2010 @ 16:50 |
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Have a dual boot system Windows XP and Windows 7
I still have to use Windows Xp to install my 8 year old sons games
House of the Dead
Scooby Doo Glowing bug man
As examples
Do not work on Vista
Do not work on Windows 7
Even with the wonderful! compatability wizard
When Microsoft sort there act out and get older games to work on there new operating systems people might swap but until then i will stick to XP
Windows 7 (Hacked) works at the moment will wait until March 1st to see if it keeps going.
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ddp
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24. February 2010 @ 16:55 |
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knock it off everybody on the snide comments!!
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wibbley
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24. February 2010 @ 17:01 |
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Love the feel of Windows 7
Love the look of Windows 7
compatability ?
I don't know the game but don't forget XP users there are millions of us
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24. February 2010 @ 17:21 |
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lool
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KSib
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24. February 2010 @ 17:26 |
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Doesn't support XP? No big deal. Windows 7 was real cheap for a while so if you didn't pick it up then too bad. If you're a PC gamer you should probably stay on top of these things... like when an entire OS is going to be phased out =/
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wibbley
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24. February 2010 @ 17:36 |
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Yep I agree Windows 7 is cheap
but if it does not work with the games you have already paid for whats the point, and an 8 year old complaining that his favouite games do not work does not help
*plus nero 8 does not work with 7
*Acronis does not work with 7
so you update the operating system for £70ish
then you update Nero (more money)
then you update Acronis (yet again more money)
Lots of money, you can't blame windows for that but everybody jumps on the bandwagon
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flyingpen
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24. February 2010 @ 17:57 |
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I'm glad their not supporting a decade old operating system. Its time for people to move on from that sh*t OS.
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wibbley
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24. February 2010 @ 18:01 |
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backwards compatability would be nice
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24. February 2010 @ 19:24 |
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Windows 7 is awesome... But i do still dual boot, Xp... is not like u loose the Xp when u upgrade...
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