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Gears 5 confirmed for Steam release
- Thread starter Lukar
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Lol what
Have you seen any Steam player count? The most played games are from Valve (DOTA, CS) and things like PUBG. Not Hades or Metro Exodus (that will be on steam for cheap anyway)
Hahaha. To each their own I guess, but there are some strange posts out here today. PC gamers getting a win drives some people crazy.
Well, the problem is that right now, you only see the landscape as it is currently. And right now, people buy their games in stores. But down the line, if Streaming through xcloud ever takes off or things like Xbox game pass for PC take off, you technically wont need a "store" to buy those games.
If your subscribed to xcloud and are playing infinite through that, then you're more than likely already subscribed to that service. And that service will undoubtedly have a "purchase now" option for those games youre currently streaming. Just like gamepass on xbox already does. That wont need a "store" per say.
The future isnt buying games in stores, its streaming. And streaming will be done via microsofts owned services, like xcloud. Not steam.
The future is a cloud streaming service, I don't disagree with you there.
They 100% won't be giving 30% to Valve. Also, they've tried for years to get people to use their Store, it just isn't happening.
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I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft's games eventually find their way to the Epic store. Microsoft cares less and less about their games being exclusive to their own platforms as time goes on. They want you playing their games wherever you want to play them. They don't seemingly care as much that you're playing them on their own service.
Cross play and Xbox Social features are fully supported in Win32/Steam ports of MGS titles.
Advantage(s) would be PC Game Pass and little else.
They made the decision to reach more consumers. It's obvious. No other storefront has the numbers Steam has; so if you want to prioritize that platform, you follow the market.
I"m certain they've got a special deal with Steam at this point for their rate so it's probably not even 30%.
Yeah, that's what the later part of the statement seems to be referring to.
Special deals aren't really Valve's style. If they are doing that now, that would be new.
Calling it now, Gears 5 will be the best selling Gears of War LTD, it Will also have the best launch for the franchise with over $200 million dollars in its opening week and pushing the franchise to $2 billion in revenue.
This
I never bought a game on the MS store. Finally the wait is over.
Would buy the Steam version day one. This is big news!
Yeah it would be new but I don't see it being lower then the current lowest it can be which is 20%?
Not so much that I don't like the windows store as not even demos seems to work after trying to install them....
Yeah, that's too high for a platform holder. I get why Microsoft is doing this and I understand that it is largely temporary; xCloud and a thing that will be announced at E3 but has not leaked yet [Post-E3 Edit: I was referring to the new Xbox app, which replaces the Windows Store for games] will rule the day long term, but I still think shipping on Steam trains the consumer that Steam is a place to buy Microsoft titles long term, and I don't think it *should be*.
Unless Valve adds a way for Microsoft to assign Xbox licenses for those titles (Play Anywhere) and for Microsoft to offer PC Game Pass via Steam. Otherwise MS is chopping off parts of their offering, making it possible to for future Xbox customers to buy the wrong SKU of a game. Blah.
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Xbox live achievements along with all other Xbox Social features are supported.
The fact that you're upset that more people have access to buy a game is telling.
Despite owning an X and being subbed to Gamepass I will buy this on Steam. This needs to be a success.
No, but it'll be top selling Windows Store/UWP titles plus all future offerings.
Will Gears end up on the Epic Store? That would be one of those funny little things if it happened.
It's referring to the 20 titles already out on Steam isn't it?
Stuff like Ori, Quantum Break and the like.
Literally the only way this is true is if the game has original Dark Souls quality keyboard and mouse support.
Ah I don't think so. Movement is maybe a bit harder to learn on M/K but in the end of the day you still just need to click on heads. For example, the sniper was pretty OP in Gears 4.
I think it's a good idea to separate the different input methods or at least make crossplay opt-in.
All future XGS games are coming to Steam. The "20" part refers to the games that already are on Steam.
Our Approach to PC Gaming - Xbox Wire
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Not exactly. Remedy (Quantum Break) has an old 360-era contract with Microsoft that has been renewed on a per-game basis with the same strange stipulations in it. The agreement allows Remedy to offer a PC port to whatever store front they want after 1 year since Xbox release has passed.
Ori was a title Microsoft decided to publish on Steam.
Going forward, I would expect to see Forza Horizon 4, Gears 4, Age of Empires 1: DE and a few other UWP titles offered on Steam. Along with all future MGS releases, of course.
Aren't they saying there's 20 games already and they're adding more, not that they're adding 20?
All future XGS games are coming to Steam. The "20" part refers to the games that already are on Steam.
Our Approach to PC Gaming - Xbox Wire
We believe the player should be at the center of their gaming experience and be able to harness the unique benefits of the devices they choose to play on. Nowhere is that belief more important than on the PC. As the creators of Windows, we have a unique responsibility to ensure we’re investing...
I wish past XGS games were as well - especially Gears of War.
If yall really wanted to play gears 4, then just go to cdkeys and purchase the windows store version for like 5 dollars. That's what my friend and I did. The game is a bit of a technical mess but it's fun enough.
All future XGS games are coming to Steam. The "20" part refers to the games that already are on Steam.
Our Approach to PC Gaming - Xbox Wire
We believe the player should be at the center of their gaming experience and be able to harness the unique benefits of the devices they choose to play on. Nowhere is that belief more important than on the PC. As the creators of Windows, we have a unique responsibility to ensure we’re investing...
Oops, my mistake.