-
If you have been following the news, you should be aware that the people of Lebanon have been under a violent bombardment that has recently escalated. Please consider donating to help them if you can or trying to spread word of the fundraiser.
-
Asheville and Western North Carolina at large are in crisis after Helene, please consider contributing to these local organizations and helping the people whose lives have been destroyed.
Phil Spencer On PC Gaming: “At E3 this year and throughout 2019, you’ll begin to see investments in Store, in Windows and in great games”.
- Thread starter Rychu
- Start date
I really like what he is saying but man I hope this is all true. I'd really like to own an Xbox again but fuck man. Nothing appealing hopefully their new first party games in the making are great.
The store is so fucking awful and broken that I'm not even paying the 2€ for 2 months of gamepass to play Crackdown 3. And I loved Crackdown 1.
I traded in my OG for an X recently and my partner and I are totally happy to live on Gamepass and EA Access for a good long time. I think this kind of model, even on PC is pretty appealing.
My interest in a new Windows Store layout is minimal. UWP smells funny and they've done nothing to convince me that it is the future of Windows "apps" that I want.
Oh good, it's been a while since we've gotten Phil Spencer promising changes to their PC store. I was beginning to think he had forgotten about it.
I want to believe but I've been burned by MS promises about pc gaming too many times. Will believe it when I see it at this point.
This. Just show me Age of Empires 4 and I'm a happy man.
Also, I like the stuff he is saying about Obsidian and inXile and I hope it's true. I hope Obsidian keeps working on stuff like Pillars of Eternity.
Deleted member 1963
Guest
Gimme dat separate games store on PC and we can talk. Windows Store is irredeemable.
Just make an x86 launcher with an Xbox logo, MS. Shit.
Just make an x86 launcher with an Xbox logo, MS. Shit.
Well it will be an interesting pivot if they can pull it off. I've avoided the windows store since Gears 4, which just kept downloading data to no end. It was fucking crazy. Hopefully they make it worth engaging with or just go full platform agnostic in regards to pc.
This, pretty much. They say something like this every year, and its never amounted to anything.
I feel like he had been regurgitating his plans for microsoft on pc for years now with hardly anything to show for it.
Stumpkapow compiled a list but i cant seem to find it :x
While i 100% agree on that, Phil has been following on a lot of his promises, so i hope this ends up working out too. Their ports are mostly great, but holy shit the store fucking sucks
At least once or twice a year ever since becoming the head of Xbox, in 2014.
2015: Here and here.
2016: Here and here.
2017: Here.
2018: Here.
Basically, every time they tried to launch a major game in the MS Store and it crashed and burned, with no improvements for subsequent releases.
I'll believe it when we start seeing some actual changes, instead of more annual empty promises.
Great point.
For the first time ever, Microsoft gave us a date to watch for true PC news.
Are we 3+ months away from seeing Microsoft's new vision for PC gaming? New Store, more GamePass, new games, new...interest?
no see a bunch of different people are at microsoft now
and that changes things because reasons
Phil is really done a lot of great work and made a ton of great decisions for the brand. Unfortunately for me it boils down to the games and the exclusives have just not been enough to pull me over. I'd love to see the first party games get back to that place where they are those can't miss titles.
It is weird how the narrative for some is still that Microsoft hasn't delivered with regards to PC gaming recently.
Yes the store is terrible however in recent years they have started releasing all first party IPs on PC and launched play anywhere. Age of Empires is back and it looks like there might be Xbox BC on PC in the future.
What more do people want to stop this rubbish that Microsoft isn't starting to deliver on PC.
Yes the store is terrible however in recent years they have started releasing all first party IPs on PC and launched play anywhere. Age of Empires is back and it looks like there might be Xbox BC on PC in the future.
What more do people want to stop this rubbish that Microsoft isn't starting to deliver on PC.
Putting games on a store that can barely deliver them while the games themselves are UWP and mostly unable to be moded and tinkered with the way PC users want to is not delivering, it's the bare minimum.
People want a competent store with features that befit the open nature of PC gaming.
They've not done enough and they've not delivered in any meaningful way.
Agreed, the store is terrible in all ways and I think it should be their number 1 priority. I still to this day can't understand how it is that bad.
I just can't seem to understand how there can be two commonly held beliefs of 'why should I own an Xbox when I have a PC' and 'MS failing to deliver on promises for PC'. The views are slightly contradictory.
At this rate Valve is going to finish Half-Life 3 and fill Steam with their great games again before Microsoft is done fixing the store. It has been a mess since Quantum Break launched and nothing has been done.