Microsoft is refunding Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare PC players because no one is playing it

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LudicrousSpeed said:

You said earlier ITT that BF BC2 was still active on consoles and yet it has less players than this TF PC link you're providing, which you describe as a ghost town. You should probably pick one stance and stop shifting the goal posts so that you guys quit arguing in circles. You're backpedaling mightily from your initial stance, saying Steam users will quickly be asking for refunds from this game for the same reason W10 users are.

If BC2's 400 or so users is what you consider to be active, then well, even old CoD games like MW2, MW3, Blops, Blops II, Ghosts, etc, would still qualify as active on Steam by your own definition. Eliminating the need for any Steam user to ask for a refund "rapidly" because the game is a "ghost town". Of course, it bears mentioning that BC2 has almost 600 players according to Steam charts. And that's not even mentioning the fact that TF1 isn't on Steam and its playerbase suffers for it, making it an irrelevant comparison for a game like Call of Duty.

We all know PC users do not flock to the big mega online shooters and stay as long as console gamers. They have different tastes, there are far too many options for gaming on PC. But that does not make the experience "lesser" on PC. Certainly not to the degree you're still trying to paint it as, even after some hefty backpedaling.

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Also I'd like to add that BF1 and TF1/2 are sold and exclusive to Origin, a client that isn't anywhere as popular and liked as Steam and even GoG. The client has improved over the years, but the store still offers a small paltry of games compared to Steam,a ll that don't allow for a modding community, one that is big on Steam and GoG. Because EA restrict modding and limit the games on their client store, means the chances of getting a ton of sales on PC isn't going to be all that big due to other stores providing far better choices (like Steam and others) and allowing for more freedom in general. This can seen more as an issue for EA than gamers, since they have little to offer on their end and little freedom, both of which PC gamers want more of and get more from the competing clients.