[KJasper]

Oh as a gamer you can better just get used to it, because of DirectX 12 games that will come in time.

[VLM]

Can't you just put Steam in the equivalent of the startup folder?

I've not used Win10 but all I do with Win7 is act as a bootloader for Steam. I don't really anticipate ever doing anything else with it, either. I assume there is something analogous to the old startup folder.

I mostly seem to spend my time running modded minecraft (FTB) on linux anyway.

[foiboitoi]

Oh as developers you better just get used to supporting DirectX 11, because a lot of people still don't want to be brute forced into these situations.

[cwyers]

It'll start as "better on DirectX 12," there'll be a Crysisesque "DirectX 12 only" game that is the prettiest thing anyone has ever seen, everyone will move and the holdouts can keep playing old games off Steam and GOG if they don't like it.

[hetman]

Except gamers will upgrade because of the performance implications of the DirectX 12 API. With an incentive like that, no one will care about the few holdouts that refuse to upgrade because they're uncomfortable with a few UI changes that don't affect what you can actually get done.