> > [Win32] Drop DirectX 8 support and add DirectX 10 (and possibly even DirectX > > 11.0/11.1) - Granted, this will require a switch from DirectInput to XInput (for > > gamepads and joysticks) and the Windows message loop (for keyboards), but it > removes > > one last vestigal reason to support Windows 9X/ME/2000, and it will allow Direct2D > > support > > I believe that Windows 9x support was dropped a long time ago. Switching to DirectX > 10 will kill support for Windows XP, which would piss off a LOT of people, so I don't > think that will happen any time soon.
To be fair, Windows XP users would still have DirectX 9 as a fallback. In addition, Xinput is available for users of Windows XP SP1 and higher, so the only people getting dropped are those who are already unsupported by M$.