Blizzard ends support for Windows XP and Vista with WoW and Diablo III

#5395229

TheDeeGee

2017-02-20 11:18

RIP China :P

#5395235

fantaskarsef

2017-02-20 11:25

Or they can play Overwatch :P (not mentioned above, but I believe it will be treated the same, if it ever supported XP / Vista). Anybody still running XP and Vista will find a way to install another OS on their rigs I believe 😉

#5395315

Fox2232

2017-02-20 14:55

RIP China :P

Asian eShops have W10 Pro keys keys at 1/5th price we have it. And one transferable license here is 8x more expensive than OEM there. If they can afford to play for WoW or Diablo 3, they can afford Windows 10. (Windows 10 Pro comes at cost of 2 months of WoW.)

#5395323

DLD

2017-02-20 15:20

What "support"? If these games were running yesterday afternoon, and they run today, and will be running during next summer on XP machines, why would not they run in December 2017? Any patches made after the "supported period" technically comply with the kernel - the structures remain the same.

#5395331

PrMinisterGR

2017-02-20 15:29

Those greedy bastards should end support for wow because it's ancient game still using one cpu core and diablo 3 was fiasco too but noo they need money from population aged 7-15 years of age because that's what wow had become big kindergarten but hey money rules! :wanker:

So, your solution is to stop supporting games that people have bought? 🤓

#5395437

TheDeeGee

2017-02-20 20:15

Those greedy bastards should end support for wow because it's ancient game still using one cpu core and diablo 3 was fiasco too but noo they need money from population aged 7-15 years of age because that's what wow had become big kindergarten but hey money rules! :wanker:

So because you don't like WoW it needs to die. Oookey.

#5395442

CalculuS

2017-02-20 20:20

So because you don't like WoW it needs to die. Oookey.

As a die hard Warcraft 1-3 fan I wish they'd stop. You can only really butcher lore so far but every year they take another ridiculous step and hack it into more pieces. OT: Surprised they still supported XP and Vista after all this time. Thought they already dropped them when the new engine was released.

#5395444

Raider0001

2017-02-20 20:21

Yeah WoW looks like a Quake 2 based engine, couple of a bit sharper textures cant make for missing bump mapping, shadows, proper lightening and casting, proper quality geometry. The game play alone is broken because of the way u kill enemies - like 1 at a time. I watched a big amount of videos and they are all boring as hell and on top of that u have to pay for this nintendo 64 quality a lot. I know u do not play with just graphics but there are boundaries for my eyes.

#5395465

Mda400

2017-02-20 20:58

If these games were running yesterday afternoon, and they run today, and will be running during next summer on XP machines, why would not they run in December 2017? Any patches made after the "supported period" technically comply with the kernel - the structures remain the same.

Since the OSes those programs run on have or are soon having their support completely ended, its risky for an online service to support those end-of-life OS machines operating as vulnerability gateways to their online services. Simply put, for an online service to end support for a vulnerable operating system is justified to prevent any additional paths an exploit can take.

#5395466

schmidtbag

2017-02-20 21:02

Those greedy bastards should end support for wow because it's ancient game still using one cpu core and diablo 3 was fiasco too but noo they need money from population aged 7-15 years of age because that's what wow had become big kindergarten but hey money rules! :wanker:

So... your idea of greed a 13-year-old game still being maintained? Also, there's this thing called punctuation - use it.

#5395467

Dch48

2017-02-20 21:04

Those greedy bastards should end support for wow because it's ancient game still using one cpu core and diablo 3 was fiasco too but noo they need money from population aged 7-15 years of age because that's what wow had become big kindergarten but hey money rules! :wanker:

WoW now requires at least a dual core CPU and a quad is recommended. It's also still a very good game that has seen a resurgence in popularity. Impressive for a 12 year old game. Also, how is Blizzard any greedier than any other game maker? They're all in it to make money.

#5395470

Dch48

2017-02-20 21:07

Yeah WoW looks like a Quake 2 based engine, couple of a bit sharper textures cant make for missing bump mapping, shadows, proper lightening and casting, proper quality geometry. The game play alone is broken because of the way u kill enemies - like 1 at a time. I watched a big amount of videos and they are all boring as hell and on top of that u have to pay for this nintendo 64 quality a lot. I know u do not play with just graphics but there are boundaries for my eyes.

You do not only kill things one at a time. All the classes have AOE abilities that hit multiple targets. The graphics are fine. WoW actually puts a heavier load on my system than Forza: Horizon 3 does.

#5395473

Dch48

2017-02-20 21:10

If these games were running yesterday afternoon, and they run today, and will be running during next summer on XP machines, why would not they run in December 2017? Any patches made after the "supported period" technically comply with the kernel - the structures remain the same.

They can put OS detection routines into the game that prevent it from running on an unsupported version of Windows. That is what I expect will happen.

#5395502

KissSh0t

2017-02-20 22:42

I am guessing all this means is the games will be DX11 only? or... well.. Doesn't Vista Support DX11?

#5395894

Lavcat

2017-02-21 17:35

Yeah WoW looks like a Quake 2 based engine, couple of a bit sharper textures cant make for missing bump mapping, shadows, proper lightening and casting, proper quality geometry. The game play alone is broken because of the way u kill enemies - like 1 at a time. I watched a big amount of videos and they are all boring as hell and on top of that u have to pay for this nintendo 64 quality a lot. I know u do not play with just graphics but there are boundaries for my eyes.

Have you ever played?

#5395896

Noisiv

2017-02-21 17:45

Have you ever played?

Nope :P btw...still my favorite PvE video: [youtube]_liAy_gYn0U[/youtube]

#5395962

Raider0001

2017-02-21 20:32

Have you ever played?

Do I really have to ? http://imgur.com/download/NAe59Yr If u remove the grass which is cheap to create and blocks the image a bit, there is nothing on that screenshot which is considered as good as Doom 3 - the game created also in 2004. I really do mean, WoW is on a Quake 2 level, Quake 3 was better... My eyes bleed, shadows missing, blurry textures, horrible in every way.

#5396035

lucidus

2017-02-21 23:58

I am guessing all this means is the games will be DX11 only? or... well.. Doesn't Vista Support DX11?

Diablo 3 recently got a DX11 and 64bit update. They're planning to do it for all their games afaik. Pretty welcome change too. D3 runs so much more smoother and has decent AA.

#5396046

TheDeeGee

2017-02-22 00:34

We still on about WoW Graphics? Legion looks fantastic on Ultra, stop bitching about it already. I'm still having fun after being a Sub for 11 years in a row this month.

#5396096

sykozis

2017-02-22 02:59

Those greedy bastards should end support for wow because it's ancient game still using one cpu core and diablo 3 was fiasco too but noo they need money from population aged 7-15 years of age because that's what wow had become big kindergarten but hey money rules! :wanker:

Actually, WoW has proper multi-core support. The game engine was patched for it back in 2008 when DX10 support was added.

Diablo 3 recently got a DX11 and 64bit update. They're planning to do it for all their games afaik. Pretty welcome change too. D3 runs so much more smoother and has decent AA.

WoW has supported DX11 since the Cataclysm expansion. It also has a 64bit executable. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they're ditching the 32bit executable though. WoW supports OpenGL, DX9 and DX11. It supported DX10 during Wrath of the Lich King, but DX10 support was dropped in favor of DX11.