Ten failures in the 10 years of computer games

Although it is technically the end of the first decade of 21st century, it is now quite prevalent for the 2000-2009 review, and here is a look at 10 failures in the area of PC gaming. 10, Valve Powerplay here that Powerplay is not the AMD ATI graphics card Energy-saving technology, but the January 2000 Valve software and Cisco announced a joint PC game download platform program, claiming to "revolutionize the Internet Game", Provide a better online gaming experience.　　Despite the support of many game developers and distributors, the plan was never implemented and was canceled the following year.　　Years later, Vavle launched the steam platform, and finally a great success, become a model. Valve Powerplay 9, Intel Larrabee independent graphics to challenge Nvidia GeForce, AMD Radeon, a slice of the independent graphics market, Intel has proposed an ambitious Larrabee plan,　　And try to open up a new field with their own x86 architecture.　　But at the end of 2009, Intel reluctantly announced the failure of the program, Larrabee into a software development platform without commercial chips.　　INTEL 8, Dell XPS Gaming computer after the acquisition of high-end game brand maker Alienware, Dell's own positioning of similar XPS series did not end immediately, so many enthusiasts feel gratified, but in 2008, Dell decided to give up the XPS series to make way for Alienware.　　Today, the XPS series still exists, but no longer emphasizes high-end game positioning. Dell XPS Gaming Computer 7, the E3 exhibition has been the world's largest gaming extravaganza for most of the past year, and many manufacturers have also announced new products, but the organizers ' Entertainment Software Alliance (ESA) is worried about an excessive expansion in the 2007/2008-year period, with only an invitation to participate,　　The average player is shut out, the scale of the exhibition also reduced to thousands of people, criticism sound.　　2009, E3 restored its original appearance, but has been brilliant no longer.　　E3 Exhibition 6, E for all E3 transition, IDG company to see the opportunity to launch its own consumer game show E for all, from the name can be seen its targeted, but the effect is not good, obviously lost to Japan's Tokyo video game Show (TGS) and the United States Pax, and a serious lack of game industry giants support.　　After E3 came back, E for all also wisely quietly retired. E for all 5, CGS game, US satellite television company DirectTV announced in 2007 a major global professional game tournament, but only held two session after the cancellation, because onlyThere is a word: money.　　Other well-known events, such as CPL and Wsvg, have disappeared in recent years. CGS Game 4, Microsoft Live Anywhere E3 2006 was announced by Bill Gates, the goal is the Xbox 360, PC and even mobile phone together for the game, the following year launched the first game "shadow Run" (Shadowrun),　　But the vast majority of game vendors have not adopted this cross-platform game function, making this kind of game very few, after 2008 even no one, the project has been in a non-existent. Microsoft 3, 3dfx Now the graphics industry is nvidia, AMD (ATI) dual-male hegemony, but back in the late 20th century, it is 3dfx disdain the world, Voodoo series graphics card is an artifact, but on the occasion of entering the millennium, Nvidia rapid rise, so that closed 3dfx difficult to parry,　　Voodoo 6000 series of solemn and stirring so far is sad unceasingly. At the end of 2000, Nvidia announced the acquisition of 3dfx assets.　　2002, 3dfx officially declared bankruptcy, also ended a PC game era.　　3dfx 2, Windows Vista This set of years of hard to come out of the operating system has become a tragedy for many reasons, in the PC sector has been criticized mainly by the poor performance of the game, driving problems, and so on, especially the exclusive support DX10 but ineffective, it is difficult to buy. The famous ". X Law" again, the subsequent Windows 7 is completely another world, also exacerbated the tragedy of Vista, which is probably the vanguard of the unfortunate bar. (Poor Vista seems to be on the list in every failure category.) Windows Vista 1, phantom consoles now everyone enjoy PS3, X360, Wii when you do not know how many people remember Phantom Entertainment "phantom game." In 2004, the company, also called Infinium Labs, announced a pc-based set-top box device that allows players to download and play games on TV, immediately receiving global attention and anticipation.　　At the E3 exhibition The following year, the company exhibited a prototype, but no one expected it to be a one by one-time public appearance. The ensuing troubles continued, and the company's chief executive was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for fraud charges.　　In 2006, the set-top box plan was formally canceled, changed to a PC game keyboard "Lepboard", but this is also a disaster. Phantom game