I hope SoT gets an open beta soon. Been waiting to get in for a while and the game comes out Q1 next year so this feels like a good time to have an open beta.

I doubt it. The game has been in devlopment for a few years now so i doubt they will just launch an open beta. I could see them going the early access route though.

Your welcome!

And I haven't played Halo Wars 2 ... but from what I know it has a more classic style? Is that what you're referring to? 

Lol 343i didnt even develop Halo Wars 2 . Ryuu pls

Lucky twat :D

To be honest I've been playing MMORPG's for the last 20 years and my luck at getting into the alpha/beta has always been terrible many times I've been the only one not in out of all the guys I play with :(

https://www.windowscentral.com/rts-classic-rise-nations-coming-windows-store-steam-cross-play?amp

I hope this means all Microsoft published games will launch on steam. seams like they pick and choose when to launch on steam. They need to wise up. Their games would stop flopping and the higher ups would probably greenlight more games. Also it would be easier to secure publishing on 3rd party devs.

My estimated missed sales from not launching on steam
Halo 5- 3 to 6 million copies
Gears 4 - 2-5 million copies
Hw2- 1 million copies
Sunset overdrive- 1.5 million copies
Forza horizon 3- 2-5 million copies

These estimates are for aligned launches between X1 n steam

MS should definitly launch more games on steam with W10 and Steam crossplay.

BTW those estimates seem way too high.

I don't think so. 1 million seams about right for a high budget rts. Pc players live their competitive arena shooters and what's bigger than halo in that genre? Oh ya counter strike which Is a steam game. The best racing game ever would sell millions on that platform. Remember there is something like 70 million active steam users(360 sold what 85 million, and probably 25 million where rebuys).

i actually think a game like halo 5 could have really taken off on pc. Battlegrounds a new ip has done 7 million copies in less than 6 months with no marketing. Just look at comparable games on steam spy. Hell even Alan wake did 2.2 million copies on steam.

Why can't they have something like GOG, Origin, or whatever Blizzard have? No one complains when companies releases exclusive games to their good store. What Microsoft needs to do is to rework their store from tge ground up.