I'm still waiting for Crash Team Racing on PC.
The point is if you have a limited budget and need a way to do some schoolwork and play games and your options are to get a slow 2nd hand desktop and an old console or get a shiny new console that can do both, it's a no-brainer. It doesn't affect me as I game and work on PC, but it reminds me that I occasionally use the web browser built into Steam when gaming if I need to look something up without Alt+Tabbing.
Surprisingly windy up there /s :)
It's reaching the point where I don't think I would mind if all serious racing games used unlicensed but recognizable car models similar to GTA V in order to avoid these licensing issues. If enough games did it they might relax their licensing terms.
The best thing about PC gaming is that we DON'T have to pay any subscription fees.
* Steam sale games are cheaper than consoles (especially Nintendo Switch)
* Online multiplayer services are free
* Most old games still just work, no need for backwards compatibility
* Owned games are not removed from player's libraries if the game is removed from the store for licensing reasons
* Many players already have huge game libraries
The main issue I have is developers being forced to use Apple's payment processor instead of the choice of multiple payment processors with varying fees. If a developer manages to convince players to give them $1 million to buy virtual currency or characters outfits, good for them. But how the heck does Apple justify earning $300,000.00 for that? What value have they provided compared to say Netflix. Forcing their own payment processing is the monopoly aspect. Forget about other app ...
I've never purchased any Nintendo products but with rumors of a Switch Pro I was considering purchasing one and some older 4-player party games + controllers to have a few friends over. If Nintendo happens to read this, I'm now put off by a) purchasing old/weak hardware and b) discovering how much even older Switch games are being sold for. I purchased ~15 Steam Summer Sale games + DLC which is seemingly worth about 3 Switch games.
For me to buy, I'm waiting t...
Check out Portal Reloaded on Steam. It's free and the closest thing to Portal 3.
It all sounds like great news... except for the name. What can't they learn from previous confusion and community reactions to poor console naming choices? Or consider NFS Most Wanted "2012", or the Nvidia Titan "XP". If you don't name your product properly, the community will name it for you. I know I will be calling it FM8.
Quick question for subscribers: when a game is pulled from the store (no longer for sale), does it remain playable to you if you've played it before? This is a common occurrence for many driving games due to licensing vehicles and music. If not, then this would be a primary benefit to purchasing games.
Remake DSF sequel where we control Jones with similar mechanics
I don't see a problem with Steam here - they may have a monopoly, but I don't feel locked in with them. When new games are released I can often choose whether or not to purchase them on Steam. I often do because games end up being cheaper there (on sale) and to keep most of my collection together (less of an issue now with the GOG Galaxy 2.0 launcher). However, if I suddenly disliked Steam, I have the choice to purchase PC games elsewhere for the most part. Windows Store, Epic Stor...
"At PlayStation, we’re constantly looking for new ways to enable players around the world to connect with one another, form new friendships and communities, and share fun experiences and lasting memories. "
Free cross-play for everyone confirmed? =)
That's not the issue (imo). Sony could have said no for those reasons and been within their right to do so. But they made weak excuses as to why it was impossible until one developer 'accidentally' enabled it and showed that there were no technical barriers. Then there's the nonsense about expensive licensing of steering wheels that aren't allowed to support both PS and XB despite costing more than the console itself.
"It would be desirable if a user could use an inexpensive... device as a video game peripheral,” the application reads." Great so Sony have changed their mind on preventing spare Dual Shock 4's from being used with PS5 games I assume.
Bring Gran Turismo to PC. I'm tied of Sony"s shonky licensing practices in relation to steering wheels. On PC I can use whatever controller I want, int for ultra wide display resolution, and free multiplayer.
So no PC version of CTR, eh?
It takes a big company with deep pockets (Epic) to sue another big company (Apple), to the benefit of all the smaller companies that you might sympathize with.
As for XCloud - where Apple's argument falls apart for me is the fact that these games are already rated by ESRB and the like - so Apple shouldn't have to review anything - it's very clearly the 30% greed game.
As for single console storefronts being the next target - this is (at least ...
Tim Sweeny is clever. Remember when Sony kept saying cross platform multiplayer was too hard and Tim 'accidentally' enabled it, proving them wrong... Now we have quite a few cross platform multiplayer games after Sony relaxed restrictions.
Instead of having a newly submitted app banned for vague reasons, if Tim has an already approved app suddenly removed for one single change regarding payment processing, it removes all doubt surrounding the anti competitive behavi...
and the PS+ subscriptions (which require players to be on a console, I guess).