16 Ubisoft games are available to buy on the Xbox app on Windows PC
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Kacho
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kevboard
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well, better than buying them on the Ubisoft store
CrimsonTide
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Who wants Ublislop games on their Xbox app and if so, why no cheevos? what madness is this?!
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
It gets better - play any 1 and you've played the other 15. Amazing deal.
Gamezone
Gold Member
It's not. Uplay is required, so you basically have to go trough two garbage launchers instead of one.
Magic Carpet
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This does not bode well for the hope of Steam being available on the new xbox handheld. 
No Play Anywhere support, no Achievement support, no cloud support, still requires Ubisoft Connect, and to my knowledge, the Xbox Store still offers executables that may constrain modding
So none of the pros of the ecosystem, and all the cons. Why would anyone buy these games here?
So none of the pros of the ecosystem, and all the cons. Why would anyone buy these games here?
CrimsonTide
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If Microsoft does not have Steam on their PC handheld, they may as well shelve the entire project.This does not bode well for the hope of Steam being available on the new xbox handheld.
CrimsonTide
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Genuinely baffling. Xbox has it's ecosystem with all the above mentioned and they decide "nahhh, can't be bothered this go round"
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
This does not bode well for the hope of Steam being available on the new xbox handheld.
If it's running Windows it's not gonna matter. Just install it yourself. If they are locking a device to their abysmal PC store, it would be DOA. Which I guess is on brand for modern day Xbox.
Gamezone
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Simply, you won't.
And if this is part of the "Everything is an Xbox" vision, good luck with that.
GHG
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The people who have been against PC gaming for the last 15 years but are suddenly interested in the upcoming "Xbox PC".
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kevboard
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these days the Uplay stuff is a lightweight thing that starts up before the game for a few seconds. you don't need the full launcher anymore.
still shit, but using their proper launcher is even worse imo, especially because it adds yet another thing you have to install and launch just for some of their games.
but Micsoso should have restricted this for their store for sure.
if Microsoft is serious about the PC hybrid system, they will need to turn their PC store into something that resembles the Xbox equivalent, with all the same features and limitations on publishers
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Kerotan
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But how will MS profit from Steam on it? STEAM won't give them a cut and profits on hardware only won't cut it.
Little Chicken
Banned
Perfect time to buy these titles all over again!
CrimsonTide
Member
Maybe so, but the market for a "handheld pc" which is what that is, would demand Steam. Microsoft is not Nintendo and can't sell a locked down handheld these days. Maybe 10 years ago, but since they are a 3rd party company now, no way.
Needs it's own Xbox integration of course. Gamepass. Steam app. Priced under $400. If it can't do that, shelve it.
Astray
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Requires Ubisoft Connect
Basic capabilities. No achievements, no play anywhere, no cloud saves, etc.
Like I said before, any 3P publisher with their own launcher would never do PlayAnywhere.
Also UbiConnect gives you free cloud saves through Ubi's own servers. So that part is incorrect.
Kerotan
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Like you said Shelve it. MS shareholders expect big returns on everything they do.
VolticArchangel
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Just check all 16 of the listings individually. None of them are Play Anywhere.
The only people who buy games on this store are Xbox players, who would also like a pc copy.
Why in the ever living garden of eden hellfire would anyone torment themselves to buy standalone pc digital copies on the MS store? Are you this delulu, Ubi?
The icing on the cake, is the Ubisoft Connect requirement of all of them.
The only people who buy games on this store are Xbox players, who would also like a pc copy.
Why in the ever living garden of eden hellfire would anyone torment themselves to buy standalone pc digital copies on the MS store? Are you this delulu, Ubi?
The icing on the cake, is the Ubisoft Connect requirement of all of them.
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CrimsonTide
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Just check all 16 of the listings individually. None of them are Play Anywhere.
The only people who buy games on this store are Xbox players, who would also like a pc copy.
Why in the ever living garden of eden hellfire would anyone torment themselves to buy standalone pc digital copies on the MS store? Are you this delulu, Ubi?
The icing on the cake, is the Ubisoft Connect requirement of all of them.
Personally, I feel the execs at both companies are taking the piss. Laughing. Placing bets on how many copies will sell, and the over/under is 8.
Has to be a late April Fools or something. It's more baffling than Microsoft raising it's prices when already no one was buying at the lower price.
By NOW I expected a $199.99 Series S bundle with 3 months gamepass. But no.. it's $400 instead lol
Thebonehead
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VolticArchangel
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I think they will slowly add stuff like Play Anywhere later, but the inital PR damage matters in the games industry.
It's not like it's gonna set the charts on fire, but if MS wants to even have 5% share of the pc market, they better start competing at the very least, the Epic Games Store, in content delivery and features that pc players actually WANT.
Forget competing with other stores like GOG, they won't even get half as good as them in the next decade.
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CrimsonTide
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Yeah, GOG and Steam are far and away beyond them. But you are right if they want to compete with say an Epic games.
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Nope. Ubisoft launcher doesn't restrict mods.
kevboard
Member
neither does the Xbox launcher unless devs do it deliberately
rodrigolfp
Haptic Gamepads 4 Life
Nope. Mods the need some "scripts" don't work.
sadly for me, the quick dopamine hit of increasing my gamer score is probably more fun than these games. (my gamer score was reset from 230k to 0 back in 2016)
