| Chazore said: I don't really see it as much of a commitment to PC gamers, more or less a commitment to those who use their OS or specifically their one OS and their one store, not previously existing OS's or people buying from other vendors who happen to sell games they once owned. As far as I can see MS just wants to turn 10 into another version of Xbox in terms of one place to buy (no other choices, no other vendors or clients), no ability to mod said games (files aren't modifiable in any way) and really just a lacking choice of a massive library that other clients and vendors offer, can't say I;m interested in their current plans though as they are going down a path I do not wish to follow, about a year and a half ago I was looking forward to seeing what they had in mind but that path has shifted since then. Also going by the poll options, lets really not try turning this into a consoles VS PC article, we could really do without that happening again. |
About the new strategy, the writing was on the wall. At some point Phil made it clear that he wasing trying to pass the PS4. His goal was to make the gaming business as profitable as possible so that Xbox could go on. He said something to the effect of: I can make any promises if I can't prove that the gaming division can be profitable. I don't know how Live membership plays into this on PC (if at all) but of all publishers, Microsoft has been the most unsupportable in years past of gaming on PC. The controlled enviorment factor plays a big part, but isn't it weird that everyone seems shocked about Microsoft supporting its own operating system (and yes that a singular operating system). It will be interesting to see how folks react tomorrow when the full list of games comes out.
