We *also* know that them buying most of their games from Steam wouldn't change if MS tried to force them to buy an Xbox to get exclusives. All MS would do is ensure that fewer people buy the game because most of the PC gamers would simply not buy it (and not pay for XBL,) instead of buying it on Xbox. All it would do is decrease sales.
That's what UWPs are for. That's why the U in UWP is for Universal. You can think MS is full of crap if you want (I do) but the ...
And last gen, the primarily PC gamers they were hoping to attract mostly ignored them while fuieling the incredibly growth of Steam (and other services to a lesser extent.)
Also, Games for Windows Live was notoriously dog **** so it was avoided whenever possible. UWPs, while still terrible, are significantly less terrible (in that they actually run and don't require an always online connection) so some people (like those who don't care about modding) actually buy t...
Consoles don't make most of their money on hardware sales, they make money on software sales. This means MS makes the same amount of money by selling the game on Windows Store as they do on an Xbox.
People who game primarily on PC *aren't'* going to buy an Xbox so they can have the 4 exclusives they actually care about on the system.
People who primarily play on console either already have an xbox, already have both consoles, or are (again) ...
To be honest, it sounds like the same problem Xenoverse has with it's 2v2 and 3v3 battles. The systems work fine for 1v1s, but it quickly turns into a fuster cluck if there is more going on.
That's probably why in Xenoverse Single player the AI is artificially limited so it usually avoids attacking your target, and won't usually gang up on you, so you still get the feeling of the big fights without the mechanics falling appart like they do if it's real peop...
While I'll be the very first person to tell you that UWPs are restrictive garbage that need to be done away with, their entire point (asside from trying to force people to windows 10 and being glorified DRM) is that the same files work on all the windows devices. With that kind of setup, building it for 1 system is building it for every other (windows) system.
No. There is no benefit to locking games to the Xbox.
MS has a storefront on PC. That means it doesn't matter if the game is sold via windows store or via Xbox, MS gets the same amount of money.
The *only* benefit in keeping their games off PC is bragging rights for morons who take the console wars seriously. It doesn't benefit Xbox owners if fewer people play good games, it doesn't benefit MS if fewer people buy good games
You've missed the point.
1: It's usually *not* 4k. It's 1800p or whatever.
2: It typically involves significantly compromised visuals compared to 1080p or 1440p with that level of GPU power.
I've been saying this for like a year and a half now, but I can play games at 4k/30. I almost never play games at 4k/30. Why? Because the game actually looks *better* at 1080p or 1440p: I get better post processing, I get better l...
*max settings* Meaning MSAA, which butchers performance.
Also, haven't played since I told windows 10 to go **** itself, about the 3rd time it reverted all my privacy settings and undid my telemitry blocking software. If they've fixed it since then, I wouldn't know, but few/none of the benchmarks I came across reflect that.
You statement, if true, would *also* mean the authors information is likely out of date si I went and found more recent i...
If you did then you're consistently misrepresenting everything I've said, which is what you usually do, so I'm done talking to you.
What might also be good to know then:
forza Horizon 3, their example, is notorious for simply refusing to run at a stable 60 FPS at 1080p. The 1080 ti is still managing to drop frames at 1080p at max settings. Also, if you're on anything other than a brand new card (so gtx 1060, rx 480,) even if the older card is significantly more powerful, framerates tank for no particular reason.
Because of these blatant perfomance problems, saying "the 1050 TI can'...
@ Edmix
Yoiu didn't actually read my post did you? It wouldn't matter if Sony released a super powerful PS5, MS could *also* release a super powerful Xbox One XL or something.
Are they still going to "waste time" supporting the Xbone when the Xbone X releases? Mid range/high end Computer parts have a lifespan where they stay powerful enough to continue playing modern AAA games .That's ~7 to 10 years. The 360 released in 2005, 12 year...
To be frank, upgrades are the better way to go. They're all X86 machines at this point, there is no reason to waste a whole bunch of money creating a whole new architecture and OS when they could just stick more powerful hardware in a box and call it a day.
The "generation" would be how long the older machines can keep playing AAA games, which can actually be a long freaking time in terms of hardware. You can still do 1080p in modern games on the GTX 480 (thou...
So is not using political correctness, either because you don't care or because you're actively avoiding doing so. So is almost literally every other statement that's not purely factual. What's your point?
Political correctness =/= political statements.
Deus Ex is very much dealing with real political issues. We already have rudimentary cybernetic limbs that can recognize and respond to basic commands from a human wearer. The issues it's bringing up are things we should be talking about now, before they become major problems, because it's quite possible that they become major problems within the next 50 years.
Hell, we've *already* had problems, remember that thing with a record holding sprinter who had artific...
The definition of amusement is pleasantly diverted. The definition of enjoy is to take pleasure and satisfaction from. Thus we go back to dark souls not being fun because it's not pleasant, and not intended to be.
No, it does not. That's what fun means, and more specificially that's what *people* mean when they say games should be about fun. They're deliberately excluding things that aren't fun or aren't fun for them, including all of "politics&...
failing to address any of the points and repeating yourself isn't an argument.
No, fuck that. I BOUGHT the game, I get to do whatever the fuck I want to the game, just like I get to do whatever the fuck I want to my car or my couch or my harry potter books. If I decide I want to set them all on fire and use the ashes to make clay for a dildo, that's my right.
Respecting the developers is buying the game, and not ruining the game for other people online by cheating. That's it. They don't get to tell me how I enjoy a single player experienc...
People are trying to make "fun" and "political statements" opposing forces, and make games only about one of them. That's the point I'm addressing, and it's nonsense.
BTW I'm using the definitons of fun. Dark Souls is going out of it's way to frustrate the player, sometimes in the extreme, because that's what makes overcoming the frustration rewarding. It's not pleasant, it's not amusing, it's not playful, and it's...
Making *paying customers* deal with invasive DRM that renders games unplayable if it doesn't like you today and ***ks with any attempts to use mods to play *my* game how *I* want, while pirates wait a week and get the better version for free.
Yeah, that is *objectively* a hinderance to PC gaming (both denying me the ability to play a game I paid for and denying me the ability to mod a game I paid for.)
As a result, I don't buy games with denuvo, e...