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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:23 am
by Leisher
Exclusive means something different to game publishers.
The new Tomb Raider WILL be coming to other platforms.
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:15 pm
by Leisher
Intel on PC Gamers:
There are 711 million PC gamers in the world today. That's 1 out of every 10 people.
Upon hearing this factoid, Microsoft responded with "What's a PC?"
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:07 am
by Leisher
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 3:18 pm
by Leisher
Phil Specter discusses Microsoft's PC/X-Box problem.
I'll grant him that some games are better on PC and vice versa based on graphics/controls. However, they should have invented the Steam box before Valve.
Interesting that he mentions "our biggest titles" coming to PC. One would think a Halo collection would do very well on PC.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 3:40 pm
by Malcolm
Leisher wrote:Phil Specter discusses Microsoft's PC/X-Box problem.
I'll grant him that some games are better on PC and vice versa based on graphics/controls. However, they should have invented the Steam box before Valve.
Interesting that he mentions "our biggest titles" coming to PC. One would think a Halo collection would do very well on PC.
Phil Spencer?
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 3:46 pm
by Leisher
Meh, same difference.
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 4:02 pm
by Malcolm
Leisher wrote:Meh, same difference.
Has Spencer ever shown up to work coked out of his mind? Has he ever made a team of programmers write HELLO WORLD a few hundred times in one night at gunpoint?
EDIT: After reading the article, he probably has shown up to work after sniffing some powder. I don't think he's killed anyone ... yet.
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:52 pm
by Malcolm
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 2:36 pm
by Leisher
Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 2:39 pm
by Malcolm
Any program created with UWP essentially has to be installed through the Windows Store. (Enabling a UWP app to be installed without the store requires making technical changes in a computer's buried registry.)
Eat a dick, Microsoft.
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2016 12:22 pm
by Leisher
Re: Microsoft's Gaming Problem
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 6:09 pm
by Malcolm
MS attempts to explain wtf their gaming division is smoking.
"The new Gears of War Ultimate Edition is a DX12 disaster," wrote ExtremeTech.
"What went wrong with Quantum Break on PC?" asked Eurogamer.
On March 1st, Microsoft revealed that it would be bringing all its newest, biggest Xbox games to the Windows PC, starting with Gears of War, Quantum Break, Fable Legends and a version of the popular racing franchise, Forza Motorsport. But the PC versions of Gears of War and Quantum Break were buggy and broken from start.
Meanwhile, Fable Legends got cancelled entirely. Only the stripped-down, free-to-play Forza Motorsport 6 Apex managed to impress critics and fans at release.
This is painful to read. You know this cat drew the short straw during the office meeting. Here's the worst part.
Why push those games out at all if they weren't ready?
I think the truth is you have to start...it seems counter-intuitive and the answer seems obtuse, but you've got to learn by doing. You've got to push stuff out and you have to learn. Otherwise the problems are theoretical. Is this a problem or not a problem? We did it and it turns out it was harder than we thought, this was challenging or this other feature wasn't there, sometimes in ways you don't expect.
It's really not much more complicated than that.
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:25 pm
by GORDON
Does PC Gamer have a monetary interest in not dissing Microsoft? I've seen some pretty intense bias from them before when it comes to their major advertisers.
Re: Microsoft's Gaming Problem
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 9:31 am
by Leisher
I think the truth is you have to start...it seems counter-intuitive and the answer seems obtuse, but you've got to learn by doing. You've got to push stuff out and you have to learn.
Isn't that almost the exact reasoning they gave for Windows 8 and Metro?
Re: Microsoft's Gaming Problem
Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 1:33 pm
by Leisher
Microsoft's Gaming Problem
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 3:33 pm
by Leisher
Microsoft's Gaming Problem
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 4:13 pm
by Leisher
Microsoft's Gaming Problem
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 4:17 pm
by GORDON
Something something stop allowing any platform that isn't Steam.
Microsoft's Gaming Problem
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:01 am
by Leisher
There are some decent suggestions at that site, and some shitty ones.
I don't like the idea of a gaming only Windows or a Windows that shuts down random processes because you're gaming. For example, I'm at work, have Steam launched and I'm running Soda Dungeon and Shakes & Fidget, but those are hands off games running in the background while I work. I don't need Windows deciding what needs to be running and what doesn't.
Microsoft's Gaming Problem
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:05 am
by GORDON
I mean, MAYBE kill antivirus/firewall, if it's fucking with your packets. But what else do you need to kill? Cheating programs? Change the name of the executable... BAM security bypassed.
