It's an arm sleeve they've been giving out at shows like E3.
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Sea of Thieves closed beta had 30% to 35% of the players playing on PC. Scale test up to 50%
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It's an arm sleeve they've been giving out at shows like E3.
I hear this sentiment and others all the time yet I have never experienced any technical issues outside the player base for some multiplatform games. Is it perfect? No but some of you act like Satan himself designed it to steal your souls.
I have bought multiple games on it and I like the fact that it's pretty much impossible currently to mod games like COD and Gears so your not Constantly playing against modders
I forgot to put the mod post into the OP. But please refrain from derailing the thread about Windows Store.
Ge0force should be making a thread soon about the topic, where we can discuss what changes the platform needs.
The ones I know:
- ReCore DE
- Halo Wars 2
- Gears of War 4
- Zoo Tycoon
- Riptide GP Renegade
UWP will get better over time.
Wasn't too long ago that Origin launched and everyone hated it.
Now it's a Steam clone.
Wasn't too long ago that Origin launched and everyone hated it.
Now it's a Steam clone.
Is amazing how this game has 0 hype 1 month ago, now I'm curious on what SoD2 or Crackdown 3 could deliver
Gears 4 is there. Also the first Halo Wars and Zoo Tycoon
Gears 4 is there. Also the first Halo Wars and Zoo Tycoon
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This is the first time my friends are interested in a Windows 10 Store game. One even received a free Gears of War 4 code with his videocard but never used it.
I couldn't get Halo Wars '1' working. That game isn't Play Anywhere is it?
I couldn't get Halo Wars '1' working. That game isn't Play Anywhere is it?
You have always failed to properly explain why it's a bad thing, specially since there are people that like the proposition.
To quote yourself: "PC gaming is about being an open platform". That includes those that want a more console like experience, and who are you to say they shouldn't get what they want?
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Yeah. Check the whole vid in the OP. They talk about the whole PC process.
The PC version is not a port either wich is great. It got build right next to the Xbox version for about a year now.
I'd hardly call it "many people supporting the store" until we see people actually willing to pay full price for it.
There's also retention to consider... That's what I'm really looking forward to seeing, it'll be my measure of whether I'll buy the game. That and finding a good group to play with.
Well yeah, there is a large market, but I don't think the Windows Store has the kind of mindshare for something like that to happen. Like, what is the intersection of "core PC gamers who aren't hyper-aware of game news" (I.E. Not on here, or reddit, etc.) and "People who check the Windows Store every day"? What is Microsoft going to do to try and make the Windows Store become associated with getting PC games? And are they going to take any measures to make the store and ecosystem more stable before that, or risk making stories of things not working becoming more prevalent?
If people on pc wanna play the game they'll use windows store as there is no other option. It's as simple as that. I know I wouldn't want to miss out on the game just because Microsoft are trying to push their store front.
Do we have actual data though? Microsoft is always incredible ambiguous about his numbers, specially with the "MAU" thing that they always pull.
I'm sure that Steam obviously trumps the W10 store, but we don't really know how many people use the Windows store exclusively and without problems/don't care.
Just to use anecdotical evidence since I can't provide hard data, I have a friend who is your typical PC master race/Consoles are for idiots who always purchases the latest MS game, and I'm sure that he is not alone.
At least at this point I believe that Microsoft is fine with their Play Anywhere initiative, obviously their next step is trying to reach leadership on the market or an respectable spot within it, and for better or worse there is people who are fine with it
This might be the first game from MS in years that I'm actually excited for. I will wait for reviews but want to pick it up on PC to play with friends on XB1.
If you haven't tried it yet, there's like another scale test and also an open beta in the next few weeks.
Console warring is for noobs, intra-PC fights are where it's at.
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Jokes aside, it's nice there's PC interest, but even if the game fails to have a playerbase on PC it doesn't matter because it's crossplay anyway. That's a good scenario to have and should not make buying the game a risk.
Its the same lines people keep bringing up. I dont know whether its astroturfing or perpetual ignorance.
Since it was a closed beta, only accessible for people that pre-ordered the game at full price - I'm afraid we're already there. :(
I was worried for a moment there that since they had the Alpha testing going on all year and didn't allow anyone to talk about it (NDA) that maybe they were mismanaging things and were drop just going to toss there game out there to die, but holy hell am I glad to be wrong; they've also managed to play so much close to their chest that even the people that have been playing the game all year are still being surprised.
When I played the scale test this weekend on Xbox one of the randoms that joined our crew was actually playing on PC with a mic clear as day, and had been playing enough that he was a much higher level and actually helped us by teaching us stuff about the game we didn't know. Like how to count paces with the compass...lol
As someone who plays mostly PS4, the fact that happened and how it was so seemless blew my mind a little. lol I liked how I could add that person to my Xbox friends list too like it was all one big integrated platform.
As someone who plays mostly PS4, the fact that happened and how it was so seemless blew my mind a little. lol I liked how I could add that person to my Xbox friends list too like it was all one big integrated platform.
First time I played was during the closed beta and I asked how to do something and all I got back was pressing "Q." Not helpful, but definitely a cool moment.
Lol that's actually what tipped me off, he said something similar like "well you hit Q...or right bumper if you're on Xbox". I was like "wait, you're on PC right now?! Well that's neat" lol
There was some funny back and forth because he taught us about using the compass to count paces when you're following riddles and when you're using a controller, it vibrates indicating you moved 1 pace. So that led to some ribbing from the keyboard and mouse guy. lol
When you're holding the compass, if you press the right trigger/left mouse button it raises the compass up and if you hold forward you slowly walk forward one pace at a time.
With the lantern riddles where it says something about a light shining high, you equip your lantern and hold the left trigger/right mouse button to lift it high in the air.
Lot of the items have a secondary function like that, you can show the compass and pocket watch to other players just like you can with the map.
Lol well on Xbox when you equip the compass to hold the right trigger, or whatever the keyboard equivalent is, to hold it up to you. Then when you walk forward the controller vibrates indicating you moved a pace. So if you've gotta walk North West 6 paces, you basically walk along until you feel those 6 vibrations and you're there!
There might of been a visual representation on the screen or compass too but at that point I was just focused on the vibrations telling me. lol
Here it is:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-pc-gamers-shouldnt-support-the-windows-store.24363/
Please discuss uwp/windows store related stuff there from now on (and so will I ;-))
Very wrong since I didn't pre-order and played the closed beta. I just subscribed as " Insider".
My mistake then! I was told that only people who pre-ordered the game had access to the closed beta. Thanks for clearing this up!
This weekend's scale test (and presumably the next) are also open to Xbox Insiders, which is basically downloading the Insider Hub and downloading from there.
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