Honestly, if MS creates or re-works their own Xbox client for Windows to offer cross-buy with the Xbox one, I'd be seriously tempted to leave Sony and go PC/Xbox.
Windows 10: The Next Chapter - Media Briefing Details (Phil Spencer speaking)
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Honestly, if MS creates or re-works their own Xbox client for Windows to offer cross-buy with the Xbox one, I'd be seriously tempted to leave Sony and go PC/Xbox.
Hopefully this means the Windows Store can now compete with the Mac App Store.
I was browsing the app store on my friends MacBook Pro (13in late 2013 ;p) and WOW there is a lot of good games on their store like Tomb Raider 2013, Worms, Civ 5 and even Sonic and All-Stars Tennis which is exclusive to Macintosh, well, besides the console versions, with Gamecenter support. (Xbox Live clone?)
The Windows Store currently has barely any AAA games or indie games other than Mobile games compared to the Mac App Store. It's quite a contrast.
I heard the Windows Store will now accept native desktop programs so hopefully Windows will grow into a healthy app store like Apples. The Xbox integration in Windows 8 apps is pretty good, it's behaves just like an Xbox console with cloud saves and a lot more simplified and trouble free than GFWL.
The only game currently using a modified version of XFW (Xbox for Windows, different from GFWL) is Happy Wars on Steam. I'm guessing if Microsoft continues publishing on Steam, they will be using XFW with their games.
I was browsing the app store on my friends MacBook Pro (13in late 2013 ;p) and WOW there is a lot of good games on their store like Tomb Raider 2013, Worms, Civ 5 and even Sonic and All-Stars Tennis which is exclusive to Macintosh, well, besides the console versions, with Gamecenter support. (Xbox Live clone?)
The Windows Store currently has barely any AAA games or indie games other than Mobile games compared to the Mac App Store. It's quite a contrast.
I heard the Windows Store will now accept native desktop programs so hopefully Windows will grow into a healthy app store like Apples. The Xbox integration in Windows 8 apps is pretty good, it's behaves just like an Xbox console with cloud saves and a lot more simplified and trouble free than GFWL.
The only game currently using a modified version of XFW (Xbox for Windows, different from GFWL) is Happy Wars on Steam. I'm guessing if Microsoft continues publishing on Steam, they will be using XFW with their games.
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Hey look, a train pass. Guess I'll board.
Choo choo!
After GFWL there's no where to go but up!
Choo choo!
After GFWL there's no where to go but up!
True Samurai
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Its never too late to join hop on the train! Going to stop posting updates for tonight soon though. So if you want to jump on just keep posting and I will add you to the train.
Get me in on some of this action close to the front please
Peterthumpa
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Fuck yeah, I'm in. First time, nice seat please.Its never too late to join hop on the train! Going to stop posting updates for tonight soon though. So if you want to jump on just keep posting and I will add you to the train.
I'm in. I'm really interested in this since I'm a PC gamer and used to be a big fan of Xbox. This could be some megaton-level announcement. I'm on board!
yeah, but imagine installing them straight from the store. there were rumors around that some months ago.
renegade_dewitt
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Can't wait to see GAF initial impressions from this event! Will the pessimism persist or will GAF actually even excited about the things mentioned (especially gaming related)? Only time will tell...
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I'm primarily interested in what Xbox gains from this and any Windows Phone announcements, but sure, put me on the train.
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Please add me
What's the rumor at the moment?
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Streaming, or something similar I think.
That's not hype train worthy but that's just me.
Nothing ever is hype train worthy, my friend.
Super Rookie
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A ticket for the metro! (isn't it called modern UI now?)
That's just a troll account now.
Thats not a official account and is mostly trolling.
Alx
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Its never too late to join hop on the train! Going to stop posting updates for tonight soon though. So if you want to jump on just keep posting and I will add you to the train.
I'm more curious than hyped, but let's join the fun. Stepping on the train.
JasonUresti
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So Phil Spencer is either going to do his best to erase The Microsoft List of Empty PC Gaming Promises by presenting some cool stuff and games for PC
or
He's going to carve out a place of honor on said list and deliver something completely underwhelming and useless for 99% of all PC gamers.
Either way the reactions will be entertaining and worth all the hype and build up. Let's do this.
or
He's going to carve out a place of honor on said list and deliver something completely underwhelming and useless for 99% of all PC gamers.
Either way the reactions will be entertaining and worth all the hype and build up. Let's do this.
lighthouse777
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Hype Train is in full force for the Windows 10 event! Be apart of the amazing PC MASTER RACE and grab a seat while you can!
add me please, I am more xbox than pc tho
I really am looking forward to this event
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Me and my laptop want to hop in too!
Alx
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It's a bit silly, but as long as people are happy in the end... It was already apparently the case with Vista and Seven (can't give a personal opinion of Vista, but I'm aware of its bad reputation). Maybe MS already take it into account in their roadmaps, there will be "release for people to hate", and "re-release of same product for people to like".
With Win10 the software will be downloadable from the actual Store.
LukasTaves
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There was a MS blog post about it, but it was taken down. Not sure why. Could be changes from what they were saying, or they want to keep it secret for a bit longer.
Doug Heffernan
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I have a feeling the big gaming announcement will be that all ID@Xbox indie games will now be crossbuy/crosssave between X1 and PC. That would be pretty cool.
Streaming from the box to PC is an interesting theory but would that use up more system resources on X1?
Streaming from the box to PC is an interesting theory but would that use up more system resources on X1?
cripterion
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I'm intrigued although my hype levels have stabilized after that mistweet from Nelson. I'll hop on the train and see where it leads though!
Alx
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Since the X1 is already recording the last 5 minutes of gameplay, I suppose most of the hard work of encoding is already done anyway ; of course streaming would have its own requirements about latency, so it's not as simple as redirecting an existing stream, but there's certainly some overlap.
They need to get the store to be the first stop for mundane software needs. Right now the vast majority of security problems comes from random EXEs download off the internet by the users and "free" software that comes full of malware/crapware/adware.
I really wouldn't be against the OS not being able to run unsigned Win32 EXEs out of the box, as long as there was a toggle to enable it like on OSX or something. It would be a huge hit on the spreading of botnets.
Banjo-Kazooie
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Should be good
Trogdor1123
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Fingers crossed for some surface 4 info!
No. Fuck that shit.
An option turned off by default seems like a good compromise right? Savvy folks would just sigh and have an extra step to go through when they put in a fresh install (like turning on seeing hidden folders and file extensions) while the unaware will be protected.
Absolutely not. It will basically kill independent application distribution in the long term.
My alarm bells would go off if they announced something like this. What's to stop them from enforcing it permanently later? It'd be like a sneaky first step in a mischievous plan to assume complete control of the platform.