Microsoft teases a ‘classic Halo’ PC experience after killing fan mod

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Azzanation said:

 No, Win10 Store is not as good as Steam in my opinion however that's me basing what it is right now not what it might become in 2 to 5 years down the line. However Win10 Stores Ammunition is MS's 1st party games, something Valve cannot compete with unless they start making games in a hurry or buying out other studios to keep Steam Unique. Because at the end of the day, Green Light games and Indie games is Steams strength over there competitors however when Win10 store starts to grow its 3rd party and Indie libraries plus the inclusions of MS's major titles it starts to look quite obvious which Platform has a lot more potential in the future.

Will wait and see. The reason I brought up examples like LG was because I remember when they were new to the market and I disliked there products and they were considered crap. Now look at how big LG is today, and now lead by example and are one of the biggest appliance brands in the world. That's why we can laugh at Win10 right now however iv seen how companies can turn things around and become the biggest and the best. You have to start somewhere and right now MS are making some bold moves with Win10 by keeping majority of there future games off there competitors platforms like Steam. I know a lot would bitch and complain about that move however that's business and that's most likely what they will do to get your money. 

The store has been a thing for quite some time now. It has had time before to change, just like it does now, yet we are not seeing said change being openly discussed or even made public as to what changes are going to be made within said 2-5 years.

MS's first party titles are not the ultimate end all to be all, especially considering that those that are already locked onto Win 10 store, have not been doing all that well sales wise, which is why we've seen some of them being placed on the Steam store (not out of goodwill, please, let's be brutally serious, it's for the money at the end of the day).

Valve doesn't do things in a hurry, in case you haven't already noticed over the years. They are a privately owned company, thus they have no head CEO or president to answer to like MS does. They do not need to "hurry" and toss out games like some headless and frantic chicken. They also do not need to buy up a load of other studios like MS likes to do (and then cancel/warp). They have in the past, hired dev teams, just like they have done recently with the Firewatch team, though they are actually letting that team operate freely, rather than cracking the sequel whip like bigger companies do.

Win 10 isn't really "growing" it's third party. It will always be that store that has titles of it's own, just like Steam and GoG do, as well as Origin, but at the same time, Steam will still have access to said third party titles. Even if MS gains some third party titles (I say some, because if you want all of them, you're looking at a few thousand games that are only on Steam as of this reply, and that's a lot to write and court for MS), Steam still has a few thousand more and counting. They also would have to play catch up with the modding community, which Steam supports heavily (while all the other clients do not, with the smallest exception for Bethesda's creation club, which is already severely limited in it's capability). 

"it starts to look obvious which platform has a lot more potential in the future"

You mean MS and the Win 10 store?. Nah, not by a long shot. I know you honestly want that to happen, you want your fave company to rise above the rest, but that's honestly not going to happen with the way MS operates and the way it wants to control everything under it's foot. 

 

We've already been waiting for years now and so far, not much has happened. I take it we'll be waiting another decade for something to actually happen, but even by then, Valve won't be sitting there doing bugger all.

You can apply one company's story to another, but that's like saying anything is possible for anyone, just except the people that are crippled, the people that are in debt in the thousands, the companies that are in debt in the millions etc. Yeah, anything is possible, just as long as you're not hindered in any way going forward or in the past. I am not a firm believer in "anything is possible", simply because that logic is warped when you are faced with multiple factors and of course, general reality. If I wanted to live in a Disney world, I would if it were possible, but it frankly is absurdly not and never will be due to how this world actually works and all the factors at play.

They can try their best at keeping their games off of competitor storefronts, but really at the end of the day, they are the ones who lose out on the money, while others simply take advantage of the decisions they make.