said by pnjunction:MS knows people won't be keen to upgrade, like they weren't with Vista, and will likely respond by making the next DirectX version exclusive to the newest windows version again.
How much of a motivator is that really, most games are going to function with an older version of DirectX
said by pnjunction:Steam can go to Linux but we still need the games. Is there a collection of APIs like DX that will facilitate games on Linux? Is it needed and is anybody working on it?
That's a tough one... if they have OpenGL or can be ported to OpenGL then Linux should be a shoe-in, the more Linux games there are, the better it is for everyone.