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Steam | 02.2016 - Orangeade
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shortsFortallPeople
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I just added the two halo shooters to steam. It's a bit of a process: you need to learn the actual apps name, then use a batch file to convert another batch file into an exe file. But it can be done in like less than 5 minutes.
Honestly, I kind of don't trust Greenberg's word on anything.
PM incoming in a few.
I backed Night in the Woods. I take some screens and send you a PM.
Someone should write a tutorial for Steam-GAF, that could come in handy for those who need it in the next year.
Chance Hale
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Few people from my house are getting Street Fighter 5 so I think this will be the time I finally try to understand how to play fighting games. Exciting!
How do you disable the Xbox One controller function where hitting the middle button brings up that W10 game menu? I just want to use it for steam big picture stuff.
How do you disable the Xbox One controller function where hitting the middle button brings up that W10 game menu? I just want to use it for steam big picture stuff.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
Does this allow the Steam Overlay to run on W10 store purchases?
Hold on, I'll call up Mr. Valve ...
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
I didn't check but I doubt it. AFAIK, win10 apps never open in fullscreen and it has its own xbox overlay stuff so I don't think it plays well. I'd have to check later though, I'm not near my pc right now.
Nyteshade517
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on that Windows 10 game menu that pops up click the gear icon...then uncheck the option about the XBOX button
Halo, Gears of War, Killer Instinct, Scalebound, Forza, Quantum Break, Rare Replay, etc.
Once they get the games on PC, people who don't want to shell out for an X1 and an XBLA sub will buy them there if they want to play them. Just as people did for ME3, Dead Space 3, DA:I, Battlefield, etc. on PC when it came to being Origin only.
You're looking at it as a single game launching the service and needing immediate RoI. Hasn't the XSEED Trails SC talk in here taught you anything about sales mattering more over the long term, especially if you don't need the profit immediately to keep your business running?
But will Phil Spencer agree to the new Halo and Gears to come out on Windows 10? Because if the other day is anything to go by then Xbox fans will be tossing their Xbones out the window in protest. Seems like risky business.
Also Rare has been dead for decades and Forza can't even chart in npd for MS. I really doubt any of those games sell more than like 25k on Win10.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
I doubt it as well.
Just like Microsoft to lock out competing hardware like the Steam Controller for their own proprietary devices.
PetriP-TNT
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Especially after the "VR doesn't need AAA-killer app" thread I think even more that Valve is right on that regard.
Look at Microsoft's gaming division: I am kinda bamboozled by the approach they are taking once again. "Windows Store is the best, because arbitrary product X is only available on our store". Haven't they learned anything from Ubisoft or Origin? It's not even that a game should be on Steam: games should be available on any service. But not being on Steam means only one thing: less revenue. Lots of less revenue.
Until Windows Store offers something unique or just generally much better than on any other service, people aren't going to jump in. And currently their trump card is that they can have Xbox games and other platforms can't. That's not a feature, that's like holding up a really crappy ransom.
Look at Microsoft's gaming division: I am kinda bamboozled by the approach they are taking once again. "Windows Store is the best, because arbitrary product X is only available on our store". Haven't they learned anything from Ubisoft or Origin? It's not even that a game should be on Steam: games should be available on any service. But not being on Steam means only one thing: less revenue. Lots of less revenue.
Until Windows Store offers something unique or just generally much better than on any other service, people aren't going to jump in. And currently their trump card is that they can have Xbox games and other platforms can't. That's not a feature, that's like holding up a really crappy ransom.
I don't buy games on GoG because I find steam easier/I'll probably forget about a game on GoG.
I don't like uplay and origin too much but I'll buy on them, if only because not playing a PC port or paying more for steam seems silly when it opens the uplay launcher, or in the case of origin, means not playing the game on pc.
shortsFortallPeople
Banned
Steam controller for sure doesn't work. It only reads it as a m&kb even if you set the pad to Gamepad mode beforehand.
The stupidity is strong in that thread. You're pushing a string uphill man.
The problem with installing games from windows 10 store is you must have at least the same size of free space on C drive (or whatever the windows on) and then it move to the destination drive.
So, it act like temp folder for downloading the game files.
I really don't know why.
So, it act like temp folder for downloading the game files.
I really don't know why.
freshVeggie
Member
That's a weird thing to say. (At first I thought you were in agreement since the " quote + . " is usually used that way lol)
Yeah, that was one of the worst posts I've seen on gaming, like seriously wtf.
Whole post
I didn't know PC had standards.
ashecitism
Member
He said he was trolling.
Could be just backpedalling though.
Could be just backpedalling though.
The Dear Leader
Banned
No lenny face, no /s... he's definitely backpedalling.
In order to download rise of tomb raider you must have already 50GB free space in the C drive.
Wok
Member
Same.
It took me a while to understand that the sentence meant:
instead of
Despite their shitty client, I really see GOG as this little oasis in a sea of DRM. They've also been great on the side of consumer rights (e.g., they've had a refund system for ages). It's been nice to see them gaining more traction with bigger publishers over the years.
I am so glad there's a Steam version, I can't remember the last time my SSD had 50GB free
Didn't they fix it? At least I see option to choose default install location.
This is also a good point. Greenberg has lied time and time and time again. With his track record, I actually expect the game to be released on Steam first lol
Servizio
I don't really need a tag, but I figured I'd get one to make people jealous. Is it working?
I think the most frustrating thing about that thread and that conversation is that people don't seem to realize that Microsoft, EA, and Ubisoft have all had ample opportunity to create genuinely competing services to Steam over the years and have very deliberately chosen not to compete. They do not give a fuck about actually creating a compelling service for consumers or developers. They have communicated this with every single decision they've made in that space.
Microsoft holding a game hostage on an objectively inferior service is not something to shrug your shoulders at, let alone celebrate as "competition" to Steam's "monopoly." It's just another especially juicy shit sandwich that's being handed down to the consumer.
Microsoft holding a game hostage on an objectively inferior service is not something to shrug your shoulders at, let alone celebrate as "competition" to Steam's "monopoly." It's just another especially juicy shit sandwich that's being handed down to the consumer.
Yeah you never know these days
I wonder how many people actually bothered to listen to the linked podcast and heard exactly what he was asked and exactly what he replied?
Not that it matters much but a fair few of the Xbox division have a 'uniquie' use of language.
Nabs
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Disc Jam is only in a technical pre-alpha, but it's already a lot of fun. It's basically WindJammers, but with a different perspective. I do hope they can do something more interesting with the art style and character design before release, but they definitely got the core gameplay right.
It sad but Microsoft really doesn't get it. It reminds me of their initial vision for Xbox One. Everyone wondered where it came from and if they actually polled actual gamers/customers about it because it seemed so out of touch with the current market.
They want to force you to adhere to their current practices without giving up an inch unless the uproar is so big they have to completely change their plan. I have no problem having DX12 exclusive to Win10 since it was a free upgrade but forcing people to use their Appstore is awful since you are severely limited with what you can do with a game.
Forcing people to use your gimped and walled store isn't going to work and you will miss the boat once again.
They want to force you to adhere to their current practices without giving up an inch unless the uproar is so big they have to completely change their plan. I have no problem having DX12 exclusive to Win10 since it was a free upgrade but forcing people to use their Appstore is awful since you are severely limited with what you can do with a game.
Forcing people to use your gimped and walled store isn't going to work and you will miss the boat once again.
Yup, two stores with two different librarys don't compete.
Listened, he said it was a win10 store exclusive, all he said about it before moving to the next thing.
Jawmuncher
Member
So it could still be a Uplay/GFWL type situation
Just like Rise of the Tomb Raider was an Xbone exclusive right
Time will tell on this one. Granted slightly different situation but this one has much larger cost implications for them that being stupid is going to be even more costly.
It's going to be on thier store and that's it but it's not a statement 'it's never coming anywhere else ever' so we'll see. But you announce a game for your Settop Box Platform as exclusive to that and then get folks excited and invested in that only just under 2 months before release to say 'oh wait it's not exclusive to that anymore but also on PC's too! But only our store, no where else'. Is it going to sell more than being just an Xbone Exclusive? Would it sell more if available on every PC storefront? Will this horribly backfire on the, and harm sales all round? No one will ever know but it's yet another bumbling show from them.
roadrunn3r
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Exactly what I thought. Also I somehow love that there's a thread where we comment about what happens in that other thread.
Just like Rise of the Tomb Raider was an Xbone exclusive right
Time will tell on this one. Granted slightly different situation but this one has much larger cost implications for them that being stupid is going to be even more costly.
The same company that wanted a huge TV focus for Xbox One and created a TV Division for Xbox. How well did that go?
Just like Rise of the Tomb Raider was an Xbone exclusive right
Time will tell on this one. Granted slightly different situation but this one has much larger cost implications for them that being stupid is going to be even more costly.
Well it was to a question which was "Will it be on steam?".
So he must be simply lying or it's true, nothing to really analyze about the statement in and of itself, no marketing phrases or such
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Well there's only so many times you can keep pushing a door that says pull before you realise you're doing it wrong, right?
No but very carefully worded and Greenberg didn't mention Steam, didn't say no and only talked about their product. Sound familiar? PR 101.
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