[casual_games] If Vista is going to be such a problem...

[Audry Taylor]

>>The BEST thing Microsoft could do to make Vista a better gaming 

>>environment would be to simply delete the Game Explorer before shipping 

>>Vista, thereby making the parental control issue irrelevant.


If Vista is going to be a serious problem for casual games, maybe the best 
thing for the industry is for a large portal which has thoroughly vetted 
Vista to take Microsoft to court.  Maybe Vista's release could be blocked on 
the grounds that its release could destroy a portal's business?  Small 
portals and developers might not be able to afford taking on the big "M" but 
a joint lawsuit might do the trick.

As an alternative, could the ESRB be sued for refusing to create a workable 
model for casual games when it is about to develop a near-monopoly on game 
ratings thanks to its integration with Microsoft Vista?

That or the casual game industry is going to have to educate the public 
about how to use (or, er, work around?) Vista's game restrictions.

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