Officially deprecated for Windows Message Loop and XInput
> DirectPlay
Deprecated for GFWL, not even present anymore in the DirectX SDK (I believe), some modules (voice and NAT helpers) were completely removed in Vista.
> DirectSound
Deprecated for XAudio2 (Vista and 7 implement DirectSound in software, although ALchemy will dynamically intercept DirectSound3D calls and translate them to OpenAL on the fly on Audigy and X-Fi)
> DirectInput
Officially deprecated for Windows Message Loop and XInput
> DirectPlay
Deprecated for GFWL, not even present anymore in the DirectX SDK (I believe), some modules (voice and NAT helpers) were completely removed in Vista.
> DirectSound
Deprecated for XAudio2 (Vista and 7 implement DirectSound in software, although ALchemy will dynamically intercept DirectSound3D calls and translate them to OpenAL on the fly on Audigy and X-Fi)