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Looking Ahead to 2008

 
By: Aaron Barnes Dec 29, 2007

Wrapping It Up

Whew! - you made it through the entire list of confirmed releases and predictions for 2008. Consider yourself a Serious Gamer (your badge and handbook are in the mail). Next year will be full of great PC games: hit titles will grace our hard drives as they always do, and we'll all enjoy the fruits of developers' labors. But like an old man who can't resist ending a happy story with a serious life lesson, I offer a few words of wisdom: be wary of the industry hype machine. We all want great games, and it's easy to get caught up in the excitement surrounding a new release. Just take everything you hear with a grain of salt, learn which sources to trust, and be an informed consumer.

OK, lesson over. The coming year is going to be a great year for PC gaming, but even the great can get better. I'll close it off with a short wish list for 2008.

A lone gamer's Wish List for 2008:

  • Microsoft, would you please ditch Games for Windows Live? No one asked for this service, and no one is happy with Games for Windows Live in its current state. Time to send this aberration to the software landfill.
  • Copy Protection: copy protection schemes which phone home over the internet for validation with a limited number of installs are an insult to customers. Please stop doing that, OK?
  • Software thieves: stop downloading games from unauthorized sources. You're the reason that publishers are increasingly wary of the PC platform.
  • If a couple of new high-end graphics cards show up on my doorstep unannounced, I'd be grateful. Thanks in advance, Crytek.





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