Microsoft is F****** the PC Gaming Community: The History & Future | Rant:30

Microsoft is now investing heavily in the PC front, and Tek Syndicate is talking about the company's history on the platform and what it means for PC gamers in the future. Is it all positive, or will it bring changes that are anti-consumer?

[Hoffmann]

They ruined it many years ago already by making dlc something popular and by installing a pay for online system.

[naruga]

^^ exactly that ...also if they manage to obligate PC/Windows games to be released under UWP umbrella (as nearly 90% of pC operate Windows) then the console-exclusive games (aka SF5) will be hit hard and may vanish,as there will be an obligation for game companies to have an atypical contract with Xbox/Windows

[mikeslemonade]

PC gaming ruined already with parity.

I spent over $1k on a rig for something slightly above marginal difference in all my games. However I get to play "free" versions muwahahaha

[jrshankill]

Mike your honesty is appreciated. The words "anti consumer" and "PC Gaming" go hand in hand.

Every PC gamer I know who doesn't play on console pirates their games. I know there are PC gamers out there who purchase games, but the vast majority pirate their stuff. Can't blame them, it's easy to do.

[ShadowWolf712]

They won't do that. Steam exists. GoG exists.

If that means they forego a Windows Store release, so be it.

[Erik7357]

Ohhh noooo, dont port quantum break,gears,scalebound, and halo to my PC!!PC gaming is ruineddddddd for everyone:(

[ScorpiusX]

You have a point , if everyone fears FOR pc gaming , then MS should keep its games on console and just help make cheap pc games .

[DragonDDark]

That's impossible lol

[Herbalistic]

Microsoft can't ruin PC gaming being as there are so many other open stores and communities on the platform

[BG11579]

Yep, but that won't stop them to try.

MS is trying to gain the control over PC over those open stores and communities. They went for trying to monopolise the console market, and dismissing the PC with the Xbox brand. But thing didn't go accordingly. They lost focus, and STEAM, GOGGLE and APPLE on the PC and device market.
Now MS is trying to regain its position back using gaming.

[crazychris4124]

They wont ruin PC gaming but they will ruin their chances of competing in the PC market if they dont fix the issues with UWP like multi GPU support, forced V sync, exclusive fullscreen and poorly optimized games.

[PKSubban]

Good points here.

[iceman06]

My first thoughts too. They can't ruin something that they are tying to be involved with. But, they could ruin their own chances for competing in the PC gaming market.

[DigitalRaptor]

No they won't. But why won't they?

Because at the end of the day, the PC gaming community will not support their terrible, self-serving decisions just like they didn't in the past. Microsoft will have no control when trying to compete against services like Steam and even DRM-free alternatives like GOG. Unless Microsoft just embraces what PC gamers actually respect from gaming companies, they will face nothing but rejection, and will probably blame the consumers rather than themselves.

Trying to hook naive Xbox consumers in with cross-buy on pre-orders and cross-platform play will only take MS to the gates. PC gamers AND developers who care about the freedoms of PC gaming will deny them the keys. MS will have to sell their crank to the people who didn't get make it past the gates.

Never forget: http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

[SpeakTruthAlways]

Well said bro.

[BG11579]

I hope so too..

[Steptoe]

Who would want their game on Windows 10 store with all the restrictions that comes with it? I can't see many AAA games ever going there. The way MS have it set up at the moment is just backward and stupid.

[quent]

What has me worried is that they own the DX api, they can use it to forced development of games to shift to UWP windows 10 api only, hope vulcan steamOS steps up their game to counter that.

Also the PR speak i here of a lot where they talk about "adding" features doesn't mean JACK if its a requirement and not "optional", then its a "restriction".

[Steptoe]

Yes your right. Very sly of them. I hope Devs see through this crap. I'm sure they will.

[Dewitt]

Youtube is a valid source now, this is tabloid garbage, remove.

[Bzone24]

Anything that's negative towards Microsoft is allowed here.

[MasterCornholio]

Steam and GOG will always be alternatives

So the answer is no.

[Tsunade]

They failed to ruin the console market thanks to the Playstation. Now they have a new target... PC.

[Tzuno]

I pirate like crazy, how about that.

[frankdrebin72]

Everyone has an opinion, yet the countless posts by some people on here say they will just pick up QB on Pc, or any other Microsoft / xbox one /windows 10 exclusive .

I mean on one hand your full of doom and gloom.
Then on the other your saying you will get said game on PC.

Fanatics come out in force to put negative spin on anything Micro are trying to do.

Many boasting about pirating games,..yet come out in force when a dev is closed down for reason NO ONE knows.
Its not fair on the devs, Oh they are sooo talented, Micro are evil,..yet away they go pirating games and taking the very bread out of the devs mouths.

Whats wrong with a wait and see approach.?
No one on here knows 100% certain how Micro are going to implement this.
No one knows how Micro will move the console generation forward with "upgradeable hardware"

Yet those that are scared of change, scared that Micro just might be learning from past mistakes, post all "their" worries.