News Xbox Gamepass annouced for PC, Microsoft Store will support Win32 and more Xbox titles coming to Steam
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Tremendously well done OP, prudis!!
Anyway, this is absolutely massive and I can't believe it's happening. While I hope I'll be able to transfer my Xbox Game Pass to my Windows Game Pass, I don't expect I'll be able to--and I'm kind of OK with that.
Anyway, this is absolutely massive and I can't believe it's happening. While I hope I'll be able to transfer my Xbox Game Pass to my Windows Game Pass, I don't expect I'll be able to--and I'm kind of OK with that.
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bbq of doom well ... need to go afk till later in the night ... and Zhuge put it pretty well in the tweets (will probably redo it later)
And yes pretty great news overall
And yes pretty great news overall
Yeah that 20 more titles coming to Steam is apparently just gaming journalism being as professional as usual.
Today in GamesJournalism isn't real Journalism:
Eurogamer:
Actually Microsoft:
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still a progress
Funny that when I was saying 6 months ago on ERA that MS changed and will embrace Steam soon no one believed me and they were still considered as the biggest threat to PC gaming. Honestly, it's really bizarre for me how fast things changed and Epic, who actively criticized MS in the past for the restrictive nature of Windows Store, are the worst offenders now with their own shitty monopoly, while MS is being open for more stores and opportunities.
Depends if they implement regional prices in Steam
well they have so far ... check Killer Instinct
Hey, hey! Microsoft just found out that if you offer more options to consumers they actually buy more stuff and you make more money. If only more companies were able to understand such not-so-difficult concept.
So Windows Store if you want to go the subscription way and Steam if you prefer purchasing single games. It almost looks too good to be true.
So Windows Store if you want to go the subscription way and Steam if you prefer purchasing single games. It almost looks too good to be true.
I mean they converted russian MS Store to US dollars only, so it will be interesting how MS handle this situation in Steam!
yeah, i know they did .... but so far they always had proper regional pricing on their games on steam (even after they changed it on winstore ... Killer Instinct was released like a year after that happened) ... so we'll see
That's good to hear! Please release Midtown Madness on Steam, don't let it be forgotten.
Reading comprehension is hard
I'm sure being able to make Epic look even shittier is a nice bonus for the team at MS. I think they will get a nice PR bump for this with all the publishers and devs who have been going for the Epic moneyhats at the expense of consumer choice.
UWP dead, people.
Congrats all for a job well done!
Congrats all for a job well done!
If you told me 6 months ago that Epic would be fucking the PC space with Fortnite bux and MS would be on fire with their PC support I would have laughed my ass off and called you a moron.
Weird how much can change in 5 months, But I welcome MS’ new strategy. I used to be worried about MS buying Ninja Theory and Obsidian but it looks like they’ll be just fine.
Also UWP crashes so much on my PC so gimme that delicious win32 version of Forza Horizon 4, please ms.
Weird how much can change in 5 months, But I welcome MS’ new strategy. I used to be worried about MS buying Ninja Theory and Obsidian but it looks like they’ll be just fine.
Also UWP crashes so much on my PC so gimme that delicious win32 version of Forza Horizon 4, please ms.
I changed my view once Halo 3, and the rest of the Halo games, got announced for Steam.
Funny that when I was saying 6 months ago on ERA that MS changed and will embrace Steam soon no one believed me and they were still considered as the biggest threat to PC gaming. Honestly, it's really bizarre for me how fast things changed and Epic, who actively criticized MS in the past for the restrictive nature of Windows Store, are the worst offenders now with their own shitty monopoly, while MS is being open for more stores and opportunities.
I mean, better to keep doubting them in my eye. I don't think there was much to go on for where Microsoft was heading six months ago.
Funny that when I was saying 6 months ago on ERA that MS changed and will embrace Steam soon no one believed me and they were still considered as the biggest threat to PC gaming. Honestly, it's really bizarre for me how fast things changed and Epic, who actively criticized MS in the past for the restrictive nature of Windows Store, are the worst offenders now with their own shitty monopoly, while MS is being open for more stores and opportunities.
And, just to be on the safe side, there is still nothing here actually. They'll earn kudos when I can actually buy and play their stuff on steam. Until then I'm sceptical. It's ms. And words are cheap.
Of course, I'm not claiming they are saints now, and everyone should still be cautious about what they are doing. But right now we are lucky that their interests align with the interests of PC gamers, so just enjoy it while it lasts, more to come at E3.
Anyway, how will the games work on Gamepass? What version they're gonna be, Windows Store?
If that's the case, they're going to port tons of games to the store to support this Gamepass campaign?
If that's the case, they're going to port tons of games to the store to support this Gamepass campaign?
Id be down for using the ms store on pc long as the games are not uwp.
Funny that when I was saying 6 months ago on ERA that MS changed and will embrace Steam soon no one believed me and they were still considered as the biggest threat to PC gaming. Honestly, it's really bizarre for me how fast things changed and Epic, who actively criticized MS in the past for the restrictive nature of Windows Store, are the worst offenders now with their own shitty monopoly, while MS is being open for more stores and opportunities.
Indeed. I know that many Microsoft fans despised me back on NeoGAF because of my anti-Windows 8 campaign but as I've said many times before, I don't hate Microsoft. I wanted MS to do better for PC gaming and now that they are doing just that I am glad to support them any way I can.
This is excellent news. Microsoft releasing their games both on Steam and the Windows Store as win32 games, while adding extra value to the Windows Store version with play anywhere and game pass is exactly what many pc gamers are asking for.
My sincere thanks to all pc gamers voting with their wallets against uwp and the current state of the Windows Store. I hope this huge victory for the open nature of pc gaming will motivate them to vote against Epic's strategy as well.
My sincere thanks to all pc gamers voting with their wallets against uwp and the current state of the Windows Store. I hope this huge victory for the open nature of pc gaming will motivate them to vote against Epic's strategy as well.
we can only hope
I'm still processing this news. This is something I've been hoping for for years, but I never thought this would actually happen.
Also my complements to Spencer for not wanting until the E3 press conference to inform us about this great news.
Now please stop encrypting game files. Still not sure they are planning to drop the encryption.
Also my complements to Spencer for not wanting until the E3 press conference to inform us about this great news.
Now please stop encrypting game files. Still not sure they are planning to drop the encryption.
w10 appstores just another storefront, stop whining you should just be glad you got this game at all, boycotts dont work lololol
...am I doing it right?
...am I doing it right?
the thing is ill happily buy games like the outer wilds on microsoft store if it comes with the win32 version, i dont mind the windows store i just hate the fact i cant use reshade etc with those games
More games on multiple stores weakens Epic’s exclusivity gambit. If people have something else to play on the platforms they prefer, they will play them instead of being tempted by Eggsclusives.
Plus I’m happy because it finally seems MS gets it. Beloved IP like Gears and Halo coming to PC in a big way makes me a really happy. I have been skeptical of Spencer for so long, but he has finally delivered.
Plus I’m happy because it finally seems MS gets it. Beloved IP like Gears and Halo coming to PC in a big way makes me a really happy. I have been skeptical of Spencer for so long, but he has finally delivered.
About Gamepass, pretty worried about the ‘for PC’ distinction. If it means getting only a fraction of what console Gamepass offers, count me out.
But at the same time, and I’m talking out of my ass, I can imagine that the check to have a game on a middly performing console is not the same if you add all win10 PCs. I don’t know if it works like that but it makes sense.
But at the same time, and I’m talking out of my ass, I can imagine that the check to have a game on a middly performing console is not the same if you add all win10 PCs. I don’t know if it works like that but it makes sense.
So will this include any kind of previous titles from previous xboxs generations? if I can get Crimson Skies HRTR working on pc.... I'll scrapy planned xbox360/ps3 in a pc case project and just get this. If it's only new titles, well it's something.
Phil Spence has said they’re looking into/they’d like to get previous-gen Xbox games working on PC, but that there are technical and business hurdles to get over first.
I expect this will just be a curated collection of new and old PC games. The great thing about Windows Store supporting Win32 apps soon is that they can dip into old PC games going far back for the service.