Phil Spencer(MS) commits to PC Gaming again....

[deathjester]

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-exec-again-vows-commitment-to-pc-gaming/1100-6422852/

 

Since his last statement? Tomb Raider is now an Xbox One exclusive and delayed off PC for who knows how long. What this accomplishes I have no idea, because that is a graphical title and a sequel to a game that looked gorgeous on the PC and there is no way in hell I would play it on an Xbox One. Bought Minecraft, and we have no idea what the future of that franchise is on sequels, but I can take a wild guess based off the track record of PC titles they bought which started with Halo. Project Spark is a Windows 8.1 exclusive which has 13 percent market share. 

 

Hey Phil. Would appreciate it if you just stop buying up PC titles and locking them off PC or delaying them or locking them behind an OS upgrade on an OS "you want us to forget". That would be enough commitment for me. Make more original home grown games like Forza and leave the PC franchises and multiplats alone. This money could be spent CONTRIBUTING to gaming, and not alienating customers on a MS OS and screwing people out of multiplats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bob345]

another year, another empty promise

[littlewicky]

Actions speak louder then words.

[beebskadoo]

At this point It's like an abusive boyfriend making empty promises....

[EChondo]

Oh this guy?

 

Well kill off GFWL and release Halo MCC to PC, then I'll trust you.

[littlewicky]

At this point It's like an abusive boyfriend making empty promises....

"Honey I can change"

"Don't you love me"

"Just one more time, I swear it will be different'

[Cookybiscuit]

Actions speak louder then words.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

[Snickerzz]

By commitment he means "look we bought minecraft! Love us please?!? ;( "

[rockking1379]

*yawn* oh sorry fell asleep during the speaking of this bullshit. well minecraft is screwed, halo was screwed long time ago. oh but dont worry guys phil is on the case is gonna fix this. hes gonna make pc gaming great. ya well you know what phil f*** you. when i can play halo mcc WITH my friends on xbox we can talk. until shove it up your pathetic f***ing overpayed bullshitting a** <end rant>

[cubercaleb]

I can smell the the stench of Phil's bullshit a million miles away.

[SpaceCore]

moar pr bullshit, pls.

[frostin1990]

Is he a politician or something?

[Techhog]

 

Sure thing dude.

[LePawel]

Good one

[carolkarine]

I'm still hoping for a universal Microsoft OS (with different skins for which device you're on) where you can download and play Xbox one games on pc.

And then I think PC optimized games would vanish and we'd actually end up worse off.

[JefferyD90]

At this point It's like an abusive boyfriend making empty promises....

Ill be damned if Im the bitch in this relationship.  I suggest we beat the guy and then tell him that he fell down the stairs. 

[TAK]

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[JefferyD90]

I'm still hoping for a universal Microsoft OS (with different skins for which device you're on) where you can download and play Xbox one games on pc.

And then I think PC optimized games would vanish and we'd actually end up worse off.

 

^^^  This guy for Microsoft CEO NOW! 

 

---  Edit

 

This is the WHOLE reason that I was so excited about Windows 8, because it was going to bring all their platforms closer together.  But with Windows 10, I feel like it is a step back and it will be another 2 generations before Windows reaches milestones that even Ubuntu has figured out.

[LAwLz]

I wonder how many times I've heard this before...

 

Oh wait, I don't have to wonder since we have a list of it:

 

• 2005 - We care about PC gaming, Longhorn (Vista) to usher in modern PC gaming with "Tray and Play"
  Vista launches with none of the stuff MS promised, Vista itself sucks the ass of a thousand camels.
   
• 2006 - MS: Don't Count PC Games Out
  MS announces GFWL and how utterly amazing it will be, suckers everywhere rejoice in the eventual ass reaming they don't know is coming yet.
   
• 2007 - MS continues PC push
  MS launches GFWL...and it has a $50 a year fee, and they announce a whole slew of games to include Shadowrun with cross platform play and Gears of War 1! What are you paying for you ask? Jank ass software that crashes and has the most unintuitive updating system known to man. Load a game, game says you need update. Signs you out, downloads update, you jump back in...oh GFWL client has a update too! signs you out, downloads up date and you log back in...
  
  MS will shortly thereafter disband Ensemble because MS feels that they're (MS) moving in a different direction! But don't worry we tots <3 you PC gamers.
   
• 2008 - MS: PC gaming is A-okay
  Yea we've looked at some money pie charts and can see that PC gaming brings in billions in revenue. Here is our open letter to how awesome PC gaming is and our promise to support it! We finally put some new titles up on GFWL! Oh and we got rid of the $50 a year fee for GFWL, see we're serious about PC gaming! If that's not a sign of commitment, I don't know what is!
   
• 2008 - MS: PC gaming is not dead!
  Look at this event we're throwing for PC gaming, you think we'd throw this if we didn't truly care about it?! Look at these games that will be on GFWL. We <3 PC gaming. You want fixes for GFWL issues? We'll look into that.
   
• 2008 - MS bolsters PC gaming with all new Games for Windows Live!
  Hey gaiz remember those GFWL client issues you were having...well we didn't fix those per say but....here is the same shit in a slightly newer skin! PROGRESS
   
• 2009 - MS: PC gaming still a priority for us!
  Okay gaiz look, this time we're serious about our upcoming push in PC gaming. It's so vital to us at MS that we give the PC our love and support!
   
• 2010 - MS: "We're doubling down on PC gaming
  By doubling down we mean we're keeping this shittastic GFWL client around because! We might even throw an update at it to fix the problem of game saves being randomly deleted or rendered worthless...maybe.
   
• 2010 - MS Launches Games for Windows Marketplace
  Hey gaiz, we're making GFWL even better because it's now called Games for Windows Marketplace. Everything is brand new and easy to use, anonymous journalists have even said it's better than Steam. We had 3 interns and a janitor work on this, so you know we're committed!
   
• 2010 - MS: Windows 8 is going to relaunch gaming!
  Hey gaiz, MS again. With Windows 8 we're totally going to put our full weight behind PC gaming just like we promised back in 2006! Pls be excite.
   
• 2012 - MS: We won't ditch GFWL!
  We're committed to PC gaming and we absolutely think GFWL is the best play to get PC games and play with others. Our client is awesome....ly bloated and deletes shit randomly, but that's really one of the charms of PC gaming that we captured! It's a balanced experience! Hope you rike!
   
• 2013 - MS to discontinue GFWL
  Hey gaiz new manager here, so like a bunch of your games might stop working come 2014...but that's okay! We expect there to be transitions as we build out new investments, but we remain committed to bringing first party gaming services and games to Windows for years to come. We will share more details in the future!
   
• 2013 - MS promises core first party games coming to PC
  We're so committed we swear!

February 2014 - Microsoft says that they are very dedicated to PC gaming.

Makes Tomb Raider Xbone exclusive, locks the majority of PC users out from using the latest DirectX version, very slow with releasing things like Xbone controller support for the PC and have in general not really change.

I wouldn't be surprised if PC becomes a second-class citizen for Minecraft now that they bought that for 2.5 billion dollars.

 

October 2014 - Microsoft pledges that they will support PC gaming in a meaningful way going forward

I am willing to bet that nothing will happen.

 

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Try to fool me 14 times, fuck off.

[yomama362]

I'd like to see GFWL dead, then i'll start to listen to their pleads. 

[NICKT]

I wonder how many times I've heard this before...

 

Oh wait, I don't have to wonder since we have a list of it:

February 2014 - Microsoft says that they are very dedicated to PC gaming.

Makes Tomb Raider Xbone exclusive, locks the majority of PC users out from using the latest DirectX version, very slow with releasing things like Xbone controller support for the PC and have in general not really change.

I wouldn't be surprised if PC becomes a second-class citizen for Minecraft now that they bought that for 2.5 billion dollars.

 

October 2014 - Microsoft pledges that they will support PC gaming in a meaningful way going forward

I am willing to bet that nothing will happen.

 

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Try to fool me 14 times, fuck off.

 

Best part is 2012-2013.

"We won't ditch GFWL".

"Fuck it, we're ditching GFWL".

[ltguy]

"We're committed to PC Gaming!" (if you consider the xbox one a pc)

[A.D.A.M]

"We're committed to PC Gaming!" (if you consider the xbox one a pc)

Hmm maybe thats what they are talking about whenever they say pc gamer/pc gaming. Seeing that they've done nothing to support pc gamers.

[bogus]

Thankfully other companys are stepping up their game when it comes to push the gaming industry forward by both listening to actual game devs, give them the tools they need and the platforms to share their work allowing pc gaming to thrive - AMD and Valve are the current references.

Microsoft is moving slowly and they keep empty promises like they always do... every year "Now we are gonna take this pc gaming thing more serious!"... enough is enough. And NVIDIA... well NVIDIA keeps evolving their own ecosystem and do their own stuff, wich is sad... I mean they reached the point of releasing a gamepad that only works on NVIDIA hardware. Don't take me wrong, this might be good for THEIR customers, but for the industry and general consumer it's either irrelevant or harmful.

[Trik'Stari]