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More Microsoft titles coming to Steam (e.g. ReCore); THQ Nordic to handle retail distribution
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I just bought an Xbox One too, well this is still good.
Folks outside the Xbox ecosystem or simply only game on PC now get to experience these games.
Folks outside the Xbox ecosystem or simply only game on PC now get to experience these games.
"THQ Nordic announced that five great games of Microsoft Studios' portfolio will soon be available via Steam and THQ Nordic proudly presents the physical editions for these games."
It sounds like MS are pushing these games on Steam, they just let THQ Nordic do the retail version like Halo Wars 2.
Wow. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Anyone remember when Old THQ published some Microsoft games for Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS?
I thought there finally was going to be a sequel to this masterpiece:
Maybe next time...
It's on Steam
I feel like the thread title isnt correct. The article doesnt say THQ Nordic are going to publish them on Steam, it says they're going to be released on Steam and that THQ Nordic will distribute some physical editions, which is rather different?
They did this with Ori and Quantum Break too, and on neither of the titles are they listed as the publisher on Steam, MS will publish and THQ will make some nice stuff for people who like discs.
QB:
Amazon (THQ Nordic distributor) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quantum-Br...d=1534809116&sr=1-2&keywords=quantum+break+pc
Steam (MS Publisher) https://store.steampowered.com/app/474960/Quantum_Break/
They did this with Ori and Quantum Break too, and on neither of the titles are they listed as the publisher on Steam, MS will publish and THQ will make some nice stuff for people who like discs.
QB:
Amazon (THQ Nordic distributor) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quantum-Br...d=1534809116&sr=1-2&keywords=quantum+break+pc
Steam (MS Publisher) https://store.steampowered.com/app/474960/Quantum_Break/
Nope, still Microsoft. But they published physical editions of Quantum Break, Halo Wars 2 and Ori and the Blind Forest.
Ah. But they at least already had that publishing relationship, so this is just extending it to digital as well. (And I'm not sure if the Steam version would have even happened but for Nordic picking up EU publishing rights for PC.)
I am so curious to know how this works economically.
But Microsoft is clearly capable of publishing physical titles themselves, so why would they need a third party to publish physical editions for a platform that they own an operate?
Yo I remember seeing this game! Was it any good?I thought there finally was going to be a sequel to this masterpiece:
Maybe next time...
Good. The more games free from the MS Store sorry excuse for a store the better. Will get ReCore.
Because MS dont do that for their most recent titles. Ori, QB and HW2 all went to retail through THQ Nordic, who didnt publish those titles on anything. Maybe MS dont have the capacity to print PC stuff when they would do it so infrequently? Or dont want to have the costs associated with it idk.
It makes even less sense for THQ to actually publish the games on Steam
Not surprising. A lot of the partner studio games end up getting published elsewhere.
ReCore is fun.Good that MS will embrace steam more but those games cited in the OP....
That's a low effort drive by if i've ever seen one.
Edit: Welp, he's banned.
I would be in for ReCore. I played a bit when I had game pass for a month and thought it was pretty fun. Also, I would buy Sunset Overdrive the second it went up on Steam.
Yeah, there one title in their roster that GaaS would feel welcome in send they pretend the IP doesn't exist. Hell, they have so much underutilized IP it should be a crime.
Oh i'm aware of this classification. However, there was this Insomniac AMA on here or Reddit and a developer said something about a pc port being a tough job. Can't perfectly paraphrase him right now; Things could've changed in the meantime and for the sake of more people able to enjoy this game i hope that's the case.
Not gonna lie if they put Viva (1+2 and even this) on Steam or even the windows store i would buy 20 copies each. Some of my favorite games of all time and the modding potential would be amazing.New THQ sure is a lot like old THQ
Nothing shocking here. MS has published non internally developed titles to steam ever since every game was being prepared for the Play Anywhere initiative.
Other times the developer themselves will publish their game to steam.
No first party developed big effort has appeared on any other platform other than the Windows Store thus far for PC that I'm aware of.
Other times the developer themselves will publish their game to steam.
No first party developed big effort has appeared on any other platform other than the Windows Store thus far for PC that I'm aware of.
That's pretty cool, THQ Nordic continues to do good.
It's definitely dated but still a lot of fun, and it got a great Steam Edition.
It's definitely dated but still a lot of fun, and it got a great Steam Edition.
Ah, right. I believe you're thinking of the AMA done here on Era and this response to the question of whether there'd be an update for the X1X:
While one could say, "If Insomniac doesn't have the resources to do an X1X patch, then it's definitely not in a position to port Sunset Overdrive to the PC", the fact the PC port was rated the following month indicates it's quite far along, plus it's possible the project was outsourced.
If they're doing a late port for the PC on SO, I wouldn't be shocked to see it land on Steam even if it is timed exclusive to W10 store.
The audience on the PC store is probably not enough to justify the cost of the port. I could see it being used as advertising to try and get more people to use their store and later dumped on steam to pick up some extra revenue from it.
What? I'm confused. Some of those games already had physical releases...I would rather they did physical releases for games like Cuphead or an actual physical release of KI, not that gimped disc they put out.
This and Halo MCC.
@OT - Surprised that THQ Nordic is the one porting the MS games.
Also those disney games, are so damn random lol
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Super Lucky's Tale is a good N64/PS1 style platformer, and fans of those games should give it a chance. I have an Xbox One X with GamePass, and I'm being totally serious when I say I didn't care for Halo 5 or Gears 4 at all, but enjoyed Super Lucky's Tale a lot and played it to completion.
You and me both. Every fucking year I hope they release an updated, Windows 10 compatible .exe of just Viva Pinata but no. And now it can't authenticate due to servers being offline. Fucking absolute shame.
I thought there finally was going to be a sequel to this masterpiece:
Maybe next time...
If it helps, THQ Nordic bought that off of Microsoft a few years back, even made a Steam edition.