The move would make sense if Windows 8.1 gamers would benefit from DirectX 12 support as well but that is unclear at this point.Īnother reason why the decision is surprising is that Microsoft does not back port features to older versions of Windows once it made the decision to limit them artificially to new versions of Windows. It took years after support end before Windows XP usage numbers dropped significantly.
Maybe because it was not all that much of an effort to do so, or because it expects that many customers will keep on running Windows 7 for some time after support ends.Ī look back at the end of support for Windows XP suggests that history could repeat itself. Microsoft did not reveal why it caved in and ported DirectX 12 to Windows 7 for select games.
Windows 7 has a remaining lifetime of just 9 months before Microsoft ends support.
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