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Gears 5 confirmed for Steam release
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Sorry mate, but you're the one who's confused here.
PCs outside of macs have endless hardware and software differences, the foundation of your argument is flawed from the start.
A Mac is a personal computer. It is a PC.
You have fallen hard for the marketing.
So you went from Macs arent PCs to Macs arent windows PC
So by your logic, if a PC isnt a Windows one, isnt a PC at all.
Lmao.
Macs are computers. I like Macs. I am using one right now. I only use my PC to play games.
Macs are not IBM PCs. They are not relatives of the IBM PC. They do not descend from the IBM PC. They do not comply with the rules of the road for building an open (Windows) PC. They are their own thing and just happen to use Intel processors. For the moment.
The term PC means something. It refers to what most people think of as the IBM PC. What is being left out is that Microsoft took over leadership of that thing - the IBM PC - post IBM mattering as a company.
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They're computers but they're not "personal" computers?
It doesn't matter if they're not descended directly from the first PC, they are still PCs outside of marketing spin.
This level of fan spin is fun, but it's outside of reality.
The PCs that are not Windows PCs are Chromebooks and Macs, as far as I can think of. There are some edge cases, but by and large the computers that you can buy, that you can build, that people own were built to pass Windows Logo and have embedded software designed to do just that. From your graphics card to your motherboard, the device was designed to run Windows.
A PC being a Windows PC does not mean that it actually runs Windows. Microsoft kind of took over the platform post-IBM and made changes to the platform as they felt appropriate. By sheer force of being the only operating system vendor with a real consumer operating system to run on generic X86 hardware, OEMs did as Microsoft asked. Because the hardware is designed to run Windows, because Microsoft dictates how that hardware is designed, the package is the Windows PC - hardware designed to run Windows.
It is possible to take the Intel X86 platform and make a PC that cannot run Windows. You can ignore the Microsoft guidelines and make something vastly different. And you can buy that in stores today - they are called Chromebooks.
In any case, I'm glad Microsoft gave up on the horror that was UWP and gave us the choice to not use Windows Store. Seeing that going forward they release every of their stuff on Steam and maybe other platforms is the way to go.
What a silly thing to argue about. Yeah technically PC could be used to describe a Mac but nobody does so. PC is used to reference a Windows computer.
Forza on steam tho??? I'd be all over that. This sounds kinda crazy lol. Gears 5 on Steam is an easy buy. I'd rather play it on pc than my regular xbox one.
It's not a silly thing, it's the truth. Marketing is a strong lure. PC is not exclusive to windows and never, ever has been.
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Funny when this happens in the reverse and steam gets a game EGS doesn't nobody is whining and crying about it. 🤔🤔🤔
Yet everyone claims this is all about "choice" and not some incredibly dumb allegiance to steam.
Yet everyone claims this is all about "choice" and not some incredibly dumb allegiance to steam.
If they sell things outside of the windows store why is it important to build up the windows store? Especially at the expense of more software sales and being able to boast about "consumer choice"?
Lmao. Nice try. I game on PC. Why would I give a crap about any of this stuff? It's not my job to help MS sell tablets.
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My "allegiance" to steam is not "dumb", certainly. The platform has tonnes of great features and is the most painless to use launcher of all of them.
The Steam Vs EGS debate is a valid one. EGS strong arming their way in instead of earning it via great support and features is really lame.
GOOD.
Well, you can still buy Gears 5 on the Windows Store AND Steam now. Plus, Valve didnt pay Microsoft to get Gears 5 (that we know of, but it is extremely unlikely). Microsoft is more than welcome to put Gears 5 on the EGS if they wish.
If Valve are paying Microsoft to keep the game off EGS and also subsequently come out with nonsense that they're doing it for the customer's sake, then it it will be the reverse
I didn't realize Steam was the only store to purchase Gears 5 on PC because Valve paid for a period of exclusivity for it 🤔🤔🤔
Perhaps it's because Steam is much better in a huge number of tangible, factual aspects? And therefore people enjoy using it?
Or perhaps it's because in this case no one is being paid specifically to keep the game off competing platforms?
No, surely it must be "some incredibly dumb allegiance". Users simply preferring the superior platform is impossible.
I meant partner as in publish the game there. The main idea is the same: their main reason to publish games in Steam is to improve their image with PC gamers, an audience they have failed to attract due to previous MAJOR gafes.
Sorry for not being clear enough at first.
What's so fuckin funny? What am I trying to do? You just have a fundamental misunderstanding of what UWP is.
Well damn. I'll definitely buy on Steam if this releases after my Game Pass expires, which I think it does.
Get out of here with this bullshit.
Get out of here with this bullshit.
So...why would you think that? I don't want UWP versions of games. You're the one calling me out so you are gonna have to explain.
All Microsoft games come to Xbox and PC now, the Steam part is the new one
You said "we hardly knew you", insinuating UWP is gone/dead. That's just not true.
https://www.onmsft.com/news/build-2...g-uwp-apps-and-the-windows-10-microsoft-store
I'm correcting your incorrect statement.
sorry I meant regarding death stranding lol the wording of the post I quoted made me think I missed a pc announcement of that
OH lol my bad
Nothing official on that yet, if it happens I'd say 6-12 months out
Ok...cool I guess. I think we've established that I am coming to this from the perspective of a PC player. I don't know why you are bringing up this stuff. As far as games go, UWP is pretty much over. I don't care if somebody, somewhere is technically still using the UWP format.
Surprised the put one of their flagship titles on steam. Halo collection was older games, this is the next gears.
It makes sense though if you want PC gamers to play it. Keep the multiplayer separate. Though be very hard to do the gears unique movement with the keyboard and mouse.
It makes sense though if you want PC gamers to play it. Keep the multiplayer separate. Though be very hard to do the gears unique movement with the keyboard and mouse.
As serious as anyone putting their games on Steam I guess.
You must've missed this part:
". We also know that there are other stores on PC, and we are working to enable more choice in which store you can find our Xbox Game Studios titles in the future. "
Now tell me, what else it could be than EGS? GoG doesn't accept games with DRM, so that's out.
Why would anyone cry about if they're working on it?
I think passing up some kind of "Xbox platform exclusivity" when they already have a store on PC makes it a little more than that, to be honest. Plus the fact that they're adding Win32 support to the Windows Store.
Halo Infinite surely will follow suit too. At least even MS knows that UWP is shitty and is giving us other options.
still have some lingering questions.
- does this support cross-buy across all three platforms?
- does this support cross-progression?
- will we still be able to use the Xbox App on PC with the Steam version and get the same party/invite features?
- will cross-play be enabled in the Steam version also or will it be limited to Steam only users?
- does this support cross-buy across all three platforms?
- does this support cross-progression?
- will we still be able to use the Xbox App on PC with the Steam version and get the same party/invite features?
- will cross-play be enabled in the Steam version also or will it be limited to Steam only users?