| Mr Puggsly said: Hypothetical? Not so much, we know PC gaming and console gaming is common in the west. In many countries consoles can be cost prohibitive so they opt for PC. |
Provide the evidence then.
| Mr Puggsly said: I wasn't suggesting MS gets money from all PC software sales, I was saying MS relies on revenue from sales of their games along with Gamepass subscriptions on PC. Certainly revenue has increased with the added PC support. |
Whether it ends up being worth the trouble, we need to wait and see... Or Microsoft might do a pigeon on a chess board again and just shit on everything, scrapping the lot.
| Mr Puggsly said: We already discussed Fable 3 in the past. I suggested the biggest reason you can't buy it anymore is GFW is dead and difficult to get working. |
Works fine without Games for Windows Live working.
| Mr Puggsly said: Windows Store is okay. Its better than GFW and more active. Its worth noting its also a popular store for playing mobile games on a Windows device. Many of the popular games in that store is not stuff you'll find on Steam. |
There are is allot of restrictions associated with the Windows Store that simply makes Steam a better outlet for gamers and gaming.
| Mr Puggsly said: Goopy makes a good point. Gears 5 only scored a 84, that means its trash. |
I own it and played it, trash isn't the word I would use to describe it.
This is why console wars are pretty funny for PC gamers.
| Mr Puggsly said: I agree not all PCs are expensive. In fact, many of the most active PC games don't require great specs. If you want to play AAA games though the cheapest route with good results is often a console during a holiday price cut. |
All games don't require great specs, PC games can scale downwards.
In-fact there is an entire community devoted to such a practice to see how low they can go in regards to getting games running on ancient, low-end hardware.
| Mr Puggsly said: I agree PC games tend to be cheaper, also easier to steal. A big reason PC is popular in some regions. |
Console modding is popular in some regions as well, was more prevalent in the 6th gen I imagine as you don't really hear about mod chips for consoles much anymore.
| Mr Puggsly said: Xbox would be taken seriously in Japan if it had many games they wanted exclusively. Playstation only thrives in Japan because of great 3rd party support, certainly not because Japan loves Sony games. |
Microsoft tried to bring games that would appeal to Japanese gamers, like Blue Dragon, Infinite Undiscovery, Lost Odyssey, Eternal Sonata, Tales of Vesperia, Resonance of Fate, Final Fantasy, The Last Remnant, Nier, Phantasy Star, Star Ocean, NiER, Resonance of Fate... And I have probably forgotten a heap more.
Japan is just a market that is pretty xenophobic, so they opt for their own products/platforms first and foremost where possible, hence why Nintendo and Sony just can't do any wrong over there.
Microsoft is never going to be relevant in Japan, personally I think they should stop wasting their time and money and use their other platforms to make inroads there.
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