Era is (rightly) sour on Microsoft right now but their own store on mobile has been the plan for quite some time. They want to be the payment gateway for all those microtransactions and this is how they plan on doing it. They'll probably use xbox.com/play for this too and let you choose between cloud and on-device apps. I think we'll likely see some phone native versions of popular xbox games (like Sea of Thieves) on it in the next year or so.
I don't exactly think it'll be successful but this is Microsoft's big swing in gaming right now. My gut says, it doesn't work out, Xbox is done done and likely sold/spun off from MS.
I don't exactly think it'll be successful but this is Microsoft's big swing in gaming right now. My gut says, it doesn't work out, Xbox is done done and likely sold/spun off from MS.
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Basically this.
I don't get the people who think they shouldnt try at least cause its a tough/almost impossible task. The alternative is then the existing duopoly of mobile app distribution, obviously you may not agree it's a duopoly or its harmful for developers.
Proud to be part of Xbox Gaming Division in the past decades. Sad that to see that is over. Hope Microsoft Gaming Division all the best but I will not be part of it. Unless they changed again the strategy (It's not impossible since they are the best doing it).
People says this is bad, but honestly this is something publishers should have done much sooner. Instead of some sort of gamepass. Play Anywhere was in my eyes a real good thing, but they didn't went further with it. Just imagine, you buy something like octopath traveler for steam, oh you want to play it on handheld, download the game on your phone. Apple did this with resi4 remake already. Mobile games like hearthstone, shadowverse etc. also gave you this possibility. same with the steam deck.
No casual will install extra app stores for candy crush or similar games, but rather switch to candy crash or whatever the fuck the copy pasta games of candy crush are named on the App Store.
Who is this exactly for? Do they actually know the audience for mobile gaming? People play mobile games on the go as a convenience, going through hoops is anything but.
Who is this exactly for? Do they actually know the audience for mobile gaming? People play mobile games on the go as a convenience, going through hoops is anything but.
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Sounds like a unnecessarily complicated way that few will actually use
They are limited to what they can do in the US currently. If (Big if) MS does stick with it, it should evolve to actual games and a native app like the altstore.
You'll probably get better rates for coins or whatever vs buying off Google Play/iTunes so they might migrate a few whales over.
We will see what happens but these kind of work around seem to go against the nature of the instant gratification mobile purchases bring. The more hoops people have to jump through, the more time they have to consider what they are actually spending their money on.
I felt gross typing out the above stuff but… Yeah.
I felt gross typing out the above stuff but… Yeah.
