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[EdReedFan20]

I assume Egghead is J Allard

Its funny they all called him Egghead

I think he was referring to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egghead_Software.

There used to be one near me, but I never went in it.

 

[Salty Catfish]

Every minute of this has been great.

 

[Granjinha]

What a good interview. Jesus christ jeff rules.

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

He's doing the thing again. That feedback is still coming, Phil!

Edit: oh ho ho! Intriguing info drop!

There is difference with enforced restrictions and restrictions because the platform hasn't completely matured yet.

Microsoft isn't purposely going out of their way for you to not have g-sync but they are working on implementing it.

These posts never help MS' look like their thought they do.

 

[jett]

4K60 can absolutely happen with 6 teraflops. Remember that graphical options are a thing.

The 290X has 5.6 TFLOPS. And let's not forget that the CPU used in this benchmark will probably end up being vastly more powerful than anything Scorpio uses.

So worse graphics than what we got now at 4K then. It's a waste if they're serious about it. This 4K stuff is nothing more than marketingspeak to me.

 

[Megasoum]

I don't give a shit if Valve is hurt by it.... We're hurt by it

 

[Vire]

I wonder what Xbox would look like right now if he had stayed in charge.

I wonder what Xbox would have looked like now if Phil was in charge of Xbox during the Mattrick era.

 

[call_kotaku]

Don't normally watch this sort of stuff but this is a great interview, could never imagine anyone from Nintendo being this frank lol.

it sort of depends on whether or not you have good answers to the questions being asked, Xbox was super defensive and frustratingly vague during the XBONE launch, but they can actually answer questions now.

Sort of like how Oculus was super open and frank during their initial days, while Palmer just looks awkward and impatient now.

 

[gamz]

So honest. LOVE IT!

 

[Alucrid]

This is a long way to say "no"

 

[-griffy-]

He just referred to Gabe as Gaben completely non-ironically and I didn't even process it until someone pointed it out in chat.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

This is great, Jeff asking all the right questions.

 

[Myggen]

He just referred to Gabe as Gaben completely non-ironically and I didn't even process it until someone pointed it out in chat.

Is he part of the PC master race?

 

[Alucrid]

He just referred to Gabe as Gaben completely non-ironically and I didn't even process it until someone pointed it out in chat.

I'm pretty sure he said "gabe and"

 

[Sleeping Lesson]

Lol yeah it's safe to say Steam is fine without Quantum Break.

 

[Cptkrush]

He just referred to Gabe as Gaben completely non-ironically and I didn't even process it until someone pointed it out in chat.

I think he said Gabe n'...pause...so and so and so and so. I thought it was Gaben but then he said the second name.

 

[Granjinha]

This is a long way to say "no"

He literally said that they will ship games on Steam again.

 

[def sim]

I'm pretty sure he said "gabe and"

yeah he mentioned three people at valve

 

[Zaph]

Lol yeah it's safe to say Steam is fine without Quantum Break.

I think we're all fine without Quantum Break.

 

[TheAdmiester]

The 290X has 5.6 TFLOPS. And let's not forget that the CPU used in this benchmark will probably end up being vastly more powerful than anything Scorpio uses.

So worse graphics than what we got now at 4K then. It's a waste if they're serious about it. This 4K stuff is nothing more than marketingspeak to me.

I'm not sure if Witcher is a great example. It's an unoptimised hog that struggles to do 1080p60 for me. I used GTA 5 as an example because it's a very well-made huge open world game.

 

[Alucrid]

He literally said that they will ship games on Steam again.

jeff asked about the core first party titles like gears, halo, etc. not titles like age of empires or ori. he clearly means the latter.

 

[Adnor]

In short, the answer about puting more games on Steam is "Maybe"?. I just heard the last part of the answer.

 

[sikkinixx]

Sorry Phil I missed that. How many teraflops?

 

[FordGTGuy]

The 290X has 5.6 TFLOPS. And let's not forget that the CPU used in this benchmark will probably end up being vastly more powerful than anything Scorpio uses.

So worse graphics than what we got now at 4K then. It's a waste if they're serious about it. This 4K stuff is nothing more than marketingspeak to me.

You cannot compare what Microsoft is working on to consumer cards running games never specifically optimized for.

Look at what Forza Horizon 3 is doing on what is equivalent to what is now a $80 or something GPU?

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

Love this interview. Phil knows his stuff.

 

[Myggen]

Yeah, MS is clearly dedicated to the Win 10 store.

 

[xxracerxx]

God I love E3 After Hours stuff from GB.

My favorite interviews/fun of the year for videogames.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

I love his answer for generations and new consoles. Makes so much sense.

 

[def sim]

Skate 2 and Burnout(s?) tomorrow then

 

[HideyoshiJP]

I think they debunked that when Todd Sweeney went after them a while ago.

Yeah, I vaguely remember some sort of squabble, but must have missed that.

Also, wow. Valve is practically a Gold partner.

 

[Bsigg12]

Ooooh new BC games being announced soon.

 

[Metroidvania]

All the same, Phil, I think I'll avoid the Windows 10 store until you've absolutely proven your pc games release WAY better than Quantum Break.

 

[-griffy-]

In short, the answer about puting more games on Steam is "Maybe"?. I just heard the last part of the answer.

The answer was more or less "If our own store doesn't prove successful then we'll probably release on Steam."

 

[willbsn13]

This interview is amazing.

 

[sikkinixx]

Shit BC announcement tomorrow?

 

[Megasoum]

YESSSS Back Compat news tomorrow!


Gimme gimme RDR!

 

[Chuck]

Phil is a good dude!

 

[Adnor]

The answer was more or less "If our own store doesn't prove successful then we'll probably release on Steam."

Thanks.

 

[Archaix]

Sorry Phil I missed that. How many teraflops?

To be fair: I might have misheard.

 

[byropoint]

Man, this is a great interview so far.

 

[Volotaire]

This is a killer interview.

 

[Sou Da]

In short, the answer about puting more games on Steam is "Maybe"?. I just heard the last part of the answer.

More or less, he's saying that they need to put first party games on their store to grow it and learn how to do stuff on their own. He then added that there's no policy against ever putting the big games on steam.

 

[cb1115]

new console every 3-4 years seems reasonable

 

[Death Metalist]

Just fan-fucking tastic. I just hope they make it more flexible to mod your game on PC when it comes to buying a game from the Windows Store.

 

[StoveOven]

The answer was more or less "If our own store doesn't prove successful then we'll probably release on Steam."

I think that's a fair way to approach that. I support the idea of multiple storefronts in theory, I just think the current iteration of the Windows Store is bad

 

[Granjinha]

In short, the answer about puting more games on Steam is "Maybe"?. I just heard the last part of the answer.

Basically.

jeff asked about the core first party titles like gears, halo, etc. not titles like age of empires or ori. he clearly means the latter.

AOE and Ori sold a fuckton of copies, so going forward i expect them to get much bigger investments and then we'll see if it does come out on Steam. He said they will launch 'more stuff on steam', we don't know what that means, right now it's all conjecture.

The State of Decay 2 guy here on GAF didn't deny a steam version, and that is getting a much bigger investment, so, yeah, we'll see.

 

[willbsn13]

More or less, he's saying that they need to put first party games on their store to grow it and learn how to do stuff on their own. He then added that there's no policy against ever putting the big games on steam.

This

 

[SmackAttack]

God I love E3 After Hours stuff from GB.

My favorite interviews/fun of the year for videogames.

Definitely agree. Best part of E3 next to the conferences (and Nintendo Treehouse). The interviews seem to real and different than all the rest. All the guests come off as genuine and relaxed while having a good time.

 

[Zaph]

Long-winded way of saying yes, yes there's pushback

 

[jett]

I'm not sure if Witcher is a great example. It's an unoptimised hog that struggles to do 1080p60 for me. I used GTA 5 as an example because it's a very well-made huge open world game.

GTA5 is a game that originated on the PS3 and 360.