I believe it , I'm just shocked that someone as high up in the gaming industry actually called it as it is....
 Usually that kind of honesty / or raging is reserved for us internet nerds / keyboard warriors to say in forums.
 
 
Yet, I have no major love for the way Steam has almost totally taken over gaming either - seems like so may games are locked into a Steam account too.  ...and EA/Origin ...etc.....  
 
I wish we could all  " just get along" and choose to game how we want. 

I dislike 'always online' gaming.
 
Take me back to the "Buy a DVD, install game, play" days, thanks.
 

Sajin

transdogmifier
I dislike 'always online' gaming.
 
Take me back to the "Buy a DVD, install game, play" days, thanks.
 

+1

That is why I also have an Xbox one and a PS4! =)

Brad_Hawthorne
Microsoft is delusional with their attempts at game platform distribution on the PC. When Microsoft doesn't understand a market, they become heavy handed in order to bend it to it's will. That has never worked out for them ever.

Thank you Brad. I would agree with you fully that Microsoft doesn't have it in them to run a digital market. That's not what they are. To me attempting to crush a "competitor" by forcing bugs to cause a mass group of people bail on what they like to use, is really bad business. Microsoft should really get sued for this. It's almost like vandalism, only in a digital world, like throwing Molotov cocktails at a competitor's restaurant in the 40s because they're raking in most of the customers, creating a fire to burn it down, forcing those customers to buy their food instead. Steam has bad selling practices too, but so does Best-Buy and Walmart (don't even get me started on Walmart), but people like how the program runs. It's organized, you can disable and hide programs you don't want to see, gifting, etc. It's not steam's fault that customers like how their library is organizes compared to Microsoft. Microsoft just doesn't have it in them to run a digital gaming store. So, because of that, their plan is to ruin their competitor (vandalize) what they have, and because Microsoft is a failure in that area? That looks illegal to me. I hope Steam is standing up and will be giving a fight. Personally i hate Microsoft and how they force their practices on people. Perhaps Steam released a 64 bit...

ipkha
More fear and paranoia, like Gabe Newells rant last time at Windows, most of these have been proven false. Win32 isn't going away and UWP is still a work in progress and is moving to the XBOX as well. Epic can continue on the path of using DirectX and getting games to run on both Windows and Xbox or keep making their engine Windows Win32/64 only and limit portability, stability and potential sales. You don't need Windows store to install UWP apps. Signed binaries have been required by Windows for a long time too, they are just stepping up enforcement of valid and current certs.

Maybe everyone's just made that Steam is taking over the gaming landscape on Windows and Xbox requires UWP going forward. Between Origin, Uplay, and the other content stores locking everything down, how is Microsoft Store any different?

Because it's Microsoft........ *hissssss*
 
Steam has been terrible for PC gaming. It's only a matter of time until paid mods return and are accepted because Steam fanboys can't resist themselves. It's going to happen and when it does you'll have a choice of incomplete games(early access), season passes, paid mods, and gambling in every game. Basically the last thing game developers will consider in the future is the actual game itself.
 

You can blame mobile games for the proliferation of DLC and such. You can blame Steam for the proliferation of Origin, Ubi Play and the other game stores. Valve has no structure or oversight. They rarely fire anyone and just can't do great programs that way. Look at Half-Life 3 in that regard, also see the cruft and scummy "games" on their platform. Same reason they took so long to cut off/comment on the CS:GO gambling/trading nonsense. Microsoft don't care about that, they'll keep up their DirectX investment because they want users to use Windows and Xbox.

Buts that's the thing. It's not an exclusivity thing. They announced that Xbox games could use UWP to be available on both Xbox and PC, with an option to buy once and use on both. Games can still use UWP and sell on Steam, their own platform or retail on disc. It's an option, not a requirement. Microsoft has been working real hard to make UWP better for games. For instance you can bundle the exact libraries you need for your game, no more installing multiple copies of Visual C++ junk with your game install.

Microsoft gfwl drm then they killed gfwl now microstore it too funny all it is Microsoft wanting back in after killing gfwl which was connected pc to xbox servers

ipkha
No game maker used Games for Windows Live except Microsoft published games. This was also before they standardized Xbox on DirectX so developers would have a lot of extra work. And PC gamers already have an unfair advantage over the console players with Precision aiming via mouse and keyboard.

I have to cringe every time someone uses the cliche "unfair advantage". There are just so many things wrong with the premise in the PC gaming market. Every little difference in machines -- controller, video card, processor, display type can all be labeled "unfair advantage". IMHO, those things are what make the PC gaming platform great, not bad though.

ipkha
No game maker used Games for Windows Live except Microsoft published games. This was also before they standardized Xbox on DirectX so developers would have a lot of extra work. And PC gamers already have an unfair advantage over the console players with Precision aiming via mouse and keyboard.

Except that Batman: Arkham City (released 2011) was one title which forced users to use Games for Windows to access online services of the game, and Batman Arkham City was published by Warner Brothers, not Microsoft.

Once Unity, Source2 and Cryengine come out on native Linux, i hope we see a real push to get away from Windows...

By the time 128bit processors come out, Windows will run all the apps in virtual containers and support 32bit and 16bit for that matter. Conspiracy theories abound, but given the trend towards more storage, I welcome the new app type. I'm tired of every Gane installing duplicate libraries and other junk. Just keep it contained like the old days. I'd rather have stability and security than the old norms these lunatics want to advocate for.