To be fair, I'm in the same camp. This was the only game from them I truly wanted, so now I'm in the clear.
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Killer Instinct announced for PC
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To be fair, I'm in the same camp. This was the only game from them I truly wanted, so now I'm in the clear.
barneystuta83
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Cross buy and Cross play confirmed by Klobb.
Syphon Filter
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on twitter? did anyone ask if there will be a steam release?
mdsfx
Member
Cross buy? Does that mean if I own it on xb1 I can play the pc version without paying again?
Yes
mdsfx
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Yessss!
Journey
Banned
That still doesn't exclude it from being possible to release on Steam..
Banjo-Kazooie
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It was during the Xbox Daily stream
Muskieratboi
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I have both season 1 and 2 Ultra editions. Please, based Spencer, let this be Cross-buy... I really don't want to have to double dip for this.
Emperor Bohe
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Already confirmed as cross buy
More info coming summer.
Translation: Gamescom
What with the hostility? I think KI was the only reason a lot of people were interested in the XB1 (Myself included). It doesn't have that many exclusives, and getting the one big exclusive onto PC means that plenty of people can easily get the only game they'd want on the console.
fuck yes!
Dr. Buni
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Killer Instinct is a 2 years old game. I would say most people who wanted a Xbox One to play the game already bought it by now. Releasing Killer Instinct to PC might be more profitable for Microsoft, in the end.
Troubled Bat
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Why hasn't OP updated his post/title? People need to know the other juicy info.
Muskieratboi
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Well slap mah tail and call me Riptor!
Same here. This and Dead Rising were literally the only exclusives I was interested in.
mdsfx
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Sunset Overdrive was a lot of fun. Hoping that will come to PC over day too
Same and this seems like more of a common sentiment than I realized. I was burned out on Forza and Halo many years ago and never cared for Gears or Fable. All the other exclusives have been meh, but to each their own.
Hope this game sells a shit ton.
I don't have enough faith left in Insomniac to get hyped for that game. I did hear some good things about it, if it comes to something I have (I think that'd only be PC if I don't end up buying a Bone) I might give it a shot.
I never had any faith in Insomniac, but Sunset Overdrive is fucking amazing.
Emperor Bohe
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No time to explain, just do it.
Not clarified yet. If I had to guess though, I'd go with "no".
May I ask why a Steam release is desirable? Can't you add any game into your Steam library?
I would image that MS would prefer to sell it exclusively through their Windows 10 store (so as to avoid giving Valve 30% of their profit and to bolster their own ecosystem), but there are those who swear they would avoid any game that doesn't go through Steam.
I just don't understand why people are so picky about this...
Probably not.
That doesn't matter to me, since it's cross-compatible/buy/save/online with the Xbox One version, so it's a unified community.
Why don't you play them? Do you not enjoy them?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
People like Steam's community; Steam's feature-set (trading cards, Steam workshop for mods, launching from Big Picture Mode); Steam's sales ecosystem and the price pressure to get good discounts; Steam's infrastructure for cross-platform support for other OSes; and just not having to run multiple clients on their system. They can also be reasonably sure that Steam is not going to be abandoned by Valve, leaving their purchases hanging. I think given WP7 and GFWL (or even MS's handling of gaming software in W8--stuff like Galactic Reign, Gunstringer Dead Man Running, Zombies!!!, Rocket Riot 3D, The Harvest, etc.), people may have some reason to feel unsafe with MS--the response is typically "Yes, but this is the new thing! We're not going to abandon it".
Also worth noting: Developers can generate Steam keys 100% for free, so if MS did want to sell Steam keys on their own store, they could do so without giving Valve the 30%.
I find it hard to believe that if you actually wanted to know these things you wouldn't have been able to figure them out, but charitably assuming this is new information to you, now you know!
The problem here is that they have a store that's yet to establish its presence (which is quite likely why their pushing game like KI, Fable and Gears to Win10 now). As a result Steam would likely be the default location for purchases if they list it there, so they'd see that 30% cut coming off the majority of the sales, whilst limiting their own store's exposure.
I'd also think the whole Steam community thing makes it even less desirable, as the more reliant the PC playerbase is on Steam, the less likely they are to interact with the Xbox community that they would also be playing with.
Syphon Filter
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The reason i want it on steam is because i don't want even more clients and i don't trust most companies. I already have steam and blizzard and those are the only two companies i trust in general. MS put AOE on steam and more so i don't see why they would not try and put KI as well. I'm sorry but if it's not on steam i won't purchase it.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
OK
Hyrule Warrior
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Any word on release window, and if this is Windows 10 only?
It's Windows 10 only, yea
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Well I don't play RTS games, but I enjoyed Halo Wars (had co-op assistance). I'd probably even enjoy other RTS games if I played them... I just find them somewhat intimidating. So much happening all the time, lol.
Pathfinder
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I think they meant is it accessible to someone who doesn't usually play fighting games.
I'm sure there will be a demo. You can try that and decide if you finally buy it.
Syphon Filter
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From what i played on xbox one it is accessible to new players. Not as deep as street fighter and you can do cool combos with ease. You can try one character and stage for free so i'd say he/she gives it a shot and see for themselves.
Nabs
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Any game? No. I own a few games on the Windows Store like ilomilo, and I can't add that to Steam. That means I can't stream it to my TV, and I can't use any of the other features that comes with Steam. We'll have to see how they handle games like KI. I'm crossing my fingers that it'll be handled better.
Better than a demo, its technically F2P, and simply rotates the free character you can play every few weeks.
You can play that characters entire story, and fight against any other characters online.
Syphon Filter
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Interesting. ilomilo is an "app" right? So shouldn't it act like a regular program on windows such as having an icon,etc?
bone_and_sinew
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Sweet. My Xbone bros pretty much stopped playing due to the slow character release and MK X. It'll be fun for me to dive into it.
Nabs
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Yeah, it's confusing. I'm going to guess that Windows 10 and the Xbox App will handle things differently. I hope they do.
I know that's how it is in the Xbox1 just not know the details in the PC version and didn't want to overselling it
hope they don't change this in the PC version (the F2P aspect of it)
Just tried messing around with this. The windows apps don't seem to be treated like standard files (so you can't for example right-click one and see it's location, or create a shortcut). They appear in search, can be pinned to the start menu or taskbar, but other than that they react very differently.
I know that's how it is in the Xbox1 just not know the details in the PC version and didn't want to overselling it
hope they don't change this in the PC version (the F2P aspect of it)
Well, seeing as it's crossbuy I'd imagine it would need to functon the same way. Any character you have access to on the Xbox, you should also have access to on the PC. So it'd make sense for that to apply to the free character too.