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Intrinsic on 12 November 2016
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KLAMarine said:
Intrinsic said:

We won't be having this conversation to begin with if MS didn't think it was a genius idea to lock out a userbase withing the same userbase.

On a related note, how does one foresee this issue of low player count BEFORE a game is made available for sale?

Intrinsic said:

If what I'm doing is shitting on MS then I'll take it.... and I'll always do it. It's exactly stuff like this that makes me say I can't trust MS for anythjng. If they had their way, can anyone imagine how the gaming industry will be today?

Horrible... In 2013, it would have been horrible. The year is 2016 with 2017 not far off. This Microsoft is a different one, a Microsoft that allows backwards compatibility on their console, that allows mods on their Bethesda games, that is slashing prices to the benefit of the consumer. A Microsoft striving to be competitive and when firms are competitive in an industry, the consumer wins.

Thats the thing, the game has a PC release. "PC". There are already established outlets for PC game sales. I'm not saying MS can't have their own store and sell games as they see fit, but how can you sit there with a straight face and say it's in anyway ok for MS to release a PC game on the PC that can only be played with other people that bought the game from the same store you did. That inherently means that MS took the time and effort to have the game be specifically coded for them in a way that it shuts out other PC gamers all in an attempt to make the windows store the "best place to buy your ganes".

And about 2016? Well, just read my above paragraph. You still honestly think this is a different MS? Any good you see from MS today is because they are in a losing position. A losing MS is a good MS. But even then, you can still see traces or their true character every now and again. They aren't refunding people outta the goodness of their hearts. They just suddenly realized how bad the PR of this thing is for their windows store plans and how this little issue may have set their windows store plans back a couple of years. So no, I don't think MS should be oat on the back for stuff like this.