Chris Lewis, Europe’s Xbox Boss, has said that Windows 7 will ”be great for games, undoubtedly,” as Microsoft looks toward their next operating system.
Lewis affirmed that the corporate giant is dedicated to PC gaming and will keep on reinforcing the Games For Windows brand. The console and PC ”do co-exist very nicely”.
”It’s all good news - it’s even more robust, it’s quicker relatively, and the early testing cycles are proving very promising overall,” Chris Lewis tells GamesIndustry.biz. ”Windows 7 will be great for games, undoubtedly.”
”I think it’ll be nothing but good news for PC gamers, but we’ll have more to say on that later on this year,” he went on.
Games For Windows isn’t going bow out anytime soon with Microsoft keen to keep support bolstered high for PC gaming. ”Not all console games lend themselves to the PC - when it is appropriate we bring games to both platforms, when it’s not we don’t, and that will continue to be the case.”
”Ultimately we’re a Windows and PC company at heart, and that’s not going to change, and the development on both platforms will remain central and important.”
”The business ebbs and flows, and there will be times when we do more on one platform than the other, but they do co-exist very nicely, and as a company we’re in a pretty unique position that we have a strong legacy on PC.”
