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How does Windows 8 kill PC gaming exactly? Games run just the same as they do on any other version of Windows.

This version of Windows is so bad, that it will drive the consumer away from the PC, eventually the large PC studios will see PC users decline in number and funding for PC games will slow and stop. Only the indie low budget games will be left.

By destroying the platform entirely, the long term result will be no development for that platform.

All users of the PC are running as fast as they can. Windows 8 has destroyed it for everyone, all of my friends and family have become so frustrated with the PC. Microsoft is really going to destroy the entire platform, they have no idea what they are doing.

What? I've been using windows 8 happily since release. Evidently this doesn't apply to "everyone". There was a little learning curve, as there was with every major windows release. I've yet to find something that doesn't work. The only thing I've experienced taking any longer is turning the computer off, which requires one additional action compared to 7... Not a big deal.

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