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A UWP port with no crossplat play. How could this have gone wrong?



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Intrinsic said:
KLAMarine said:

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

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".

Again, we don't know if this was Microsoft's doing but assuming it was, this practice is fine AS LONG AS there is either full disclosure of the fact that Windows Store multiplayer games are isolated from other digital retailers OR a refund is done for any issue that comes up.

In this case, there was an issue: low player count. The game was refunded with little issue and people were able to move on with their lives.

Intrinsic said:
KLAMarine said:

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.

And about 2016? Well, just read my above paragraph. You still honestly think this is a different MS?

Yes. As sure as $499 > $299, as sure as XBox1 no longer comes with a Kinect attached, as sure as the list of backwards compatible games on XBox1 is growing.

Intrinsic said:

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.

That's usually how it goes in business: the firm that is losing will try harder to please their consumers. The firm that is winning, let's just say refunds for faulty software aren't always a guarantee: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-08-19-no-mans-sky-refund-sony

Intrinsic said:

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.

Only to turn things around and turn this into good PR by refunding people. Sadly, some people in this thread for example focused on the negative (the splitting of the player base) and never seemed to even bother with the positive (a refund for a digital purchase with little difficulty).



Kerotan said:

The problem here is you took the phrase ghost town literally. I've said multiple times it will be a lessor experience in terms of playerbase. That's pretty obvious. That's my point. And yes it could go on for weeks considering I only have time to reply once or twice a day atm and the fact you keep ignoring my point to continue with your replies.

I'm nott aking it lerally. I'm saying it won't be a lesser experience ebcause I have a few less players. I've been able to find games on BF1 with no issues at all, same with Battlefront. You're forgetting about renable servers for BF1 which are a common thing for PC users than it is for console. In fact there are people on PC that wanted those servers day 1, to cater to their own experience and their clans.

If you want to talk of lesser experiences, then what about those other games days ago that I mentioned, that you decided to ignore and then pin on 3 "blockbusters"?.

You go on for days because you think you have something to gain, just like you've done a myriad of times before, and you know very well what happens after a few days more of pointless rambling, you know a mod has to intervene.

You ingore all of my points and then shift the posts, from populated games to "blockbusters". It's not like any of this matters anwyay, since I know you'll be watching the numbers as time goes on and wait for to make the"I'm right" thread, because that is your general character to the absolute core.

 

I've seen how you act on Vizioneck, I'm not stupid.

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Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.

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.

^This^

 

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.



Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.

KLAMarine said:

....snip

You are talking about Xbox (all that stuff u said when comparing 2013 to 2016).

Im however, talking about Microsoft. Not just their game division, but windows store and their overall approach to business in general. 

Anyways, let's just agree to disagree. 



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Intrinsic said:

KLAMarine said:

....snip

You are talking about Xbox (all that stuff u said when comparing 2013 to 2016).

Im however, talking about Microsoft.

Microsoft owns XBox. They have a say with regards to XBox policy, don't they?

Intrinsic said:

Not just their game division, but windows store and their overall approach to business in general. 

According to the article, Windows Store is the one issuing refunds upon request. Is it bad to do that?

BTW, I've been really enjoying using Bing as my go-to search engine. Bing points for Amazon gift cards is great!

Intrinsic said:

Anyways, let's just agree to disagree. 

If you wish.



Kerotan said:
Chazore said:

You're still trying to go from not as much to complete ghost town for 2.

 

Still not happening. We're still going in complete circles. We'll be like this for weeks because you want to carry this on.

 

The problem here is you took the phrase ghost town literally. I've said multiple times it will be a lessor experience in terms of playerbase. That's pretty obvious. That's my point. And yes it could go on for weeks considering I only have time to reply once or twice a day atm and the fact you keep ignoring my point to continue with your replies.

People left Titanfall real fast supposedly because of the long TTK... Apparently, they like shooting people down in one hit as if this was SWAT... 



LudicrousSpeed said:
Kerotan said:

 

Not true. https://m.reddit.com/r/titanfall/wiki/playerbase/ By June this year most modes on the pc version were a ghost town. Literally zero players playing at times. the xb1 numbers were low but at least you could play any game mode you liked. Not restricted to the most popular modes like on pc. Restricted = lessor experience. 2

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.

 

I don't have time to read all that but BFBC2 was before consoles took over the battlefield market. It's much more console biased now in terms of playerbase.

Chazore said:
Kerotan said:

 

The problem here is you took the phrase ghost town literally. I've said multiple times it will be a lessor experience in terms of playerbase. That's pretty obvious. That's my point. And yes it could go on for weeks considering I only have time to reply once or twice a day atm and the fact you keep ignoring my point to continue with your replies.

I'm nott aking it lerally. I'm saying it won't be a lesser experience ebcause I have a few less players. I've been able to find games on BF1 with no issues at all, same with Battlefront. You're forgetting about renable servers for BF1 which are a common thing for PC users than it is for console. In fact there are people on PC that wanted those servers day 1, to cater to their own experience and their clans.

If you want to talk of lesser experiences, then what about those other games days ago that I mentioned, that you decided to ignore and then pin on 3 "blockbusters"?.

You go on for days because you think you have something to gain, just like you've done a myriad of times before, and you know very well what happens after a few days more of pointless rambling, you know a mod has to intervene.

You ingore all of my points and then shift the posts, from populated games to "blockbusters". It's not like any of this matters anwyay, since I know you'll be watching the numbers as time goes on and wait for to make the"I'm right" thread, because that is your general character to the absolute core.

 

I've seen how you act on Vizioneck, I'm not stupid.

 

Please stop with the personal attacks on me. I've treated you with nothing but respect in this thread. Again you're missing the point. I know you have no issues on pc atm. The playerbase may be 2/3 times lower on pc compared to ps4 right now but because the game is still new it's obviously got enough. So finding games on the less popular modes, even in regions at bad times shouldn't be a problem. I'm talking about down the line when the numbers fall dramatically. Ps4 will still have enough where PC will drop to problem levels, thus creating a lessor experience.