Microsoft Recommits to PC F2P Forza 6| All Future titles on PC

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BasilZero said:

nanarchy said:

myself and many of my friends consider a game NOT being on steam as a huge positive for it. We HATE being locked into to an extremely restrictive and closed system, basically they have divorced you from and OS which you control and put you into a walled garden where you are completely at their mercy. I can understand this approach on a console but I hate how popular steam has become forcing so many games to move into their lockin,.

 

Sounds more like The Windows Store on Windows 10 especially since you need Windows 10 in order to play the games and you dont even have the freedom to modify the files (i.e. for modding purposes). Sounds more restrictive than any other DRM imo.

 

Also Steam/Valve isnt forcing anyone to release games on their platform - the publishers are doing that themselves because majority of PC gamers are on Steam and they know thats where the money is but that doesnt mean they are forced to release it on Steam otherwise other DDs like GOG would have closed down long time ago.

MS is doing this to promote windows 10 which is fine. But those specs are bloated as hell though - possibly to scare people away from abandoning the Xbox One considering with specs like Quantum Break - you would need to invest a bit more than with an actual decent gaming PC and a Xbox One would still be cheaper to purchase.

A double edged sword in other words. Works for everyone though - PC gamers and Xbox One gamers.

I don't even know where he got that idea from. Especially since Steam allows for modding which MS hates, they also support other OS's while MS doesn't. Out of all this MS is more of a walled garden than Steam is ever likely to be.