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Rockstar Games end support for Windows 7 and 8 in their games (rockstarintel.com)
submitted 9 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The old OSs don't need to be able to run new updated versions of the game though so they didn't have to fully gate out them running of the game on an old OS.

Also even though 7 and 8 currently don't really have any nostalgia going for them, they eventually will. It's nice that I can have a secondary PC with XP and Vista to play era-relevant games on to bring me back to when I used to use them myself as a kid.

It already annoys me theres a lot of XP games that are sadly locked behind Steam that I can no longer play on that machine. I could just play them on my normal gaming pc but when im on that I'd rather just be playing something else, if you get what i mean.

[–] imecth@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

In these days of GAAS they won't let you run old versions of their games because of $. They want you tied to their launcher, advertisements and whatnot.
There's just no reason not to update your OS. Old devices run perfectly well on linux with its lower memory footprint. Running an old, unsupported OS and connecting to internet is asking for trouble.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The security issues of being connected to the internet on old OSs is wildly blown out of proportion if you just browse the internet safely and know exactly what you're downloading or just download files on another note secure device/OS

I'm not arguing that someone should have their daily driver be an old OS. This is for playing games or using software on the era relevant OS. Think like playing an actual N64 vs emulating on a Switch.

[–] imecth@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's no such thing as using the internet safely.
Packets you send can be intercepted.
Websites you browse serve ads with malware.
You can be hacked.
All of these are made easier on outdated OSes.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

I don't go on any old random website when on an old OS and I always make sure to use a modern browser designed to work with said OS to allow safe browsing. Like MyPal for XP