Does Microsoft really care about PC gamers?
I am a PC gamer at heart, and have been since about 1992 when I got to try my wealthy friend's Commodore 64. I have owned quite a few consoles as well, but if I could get the game on PC, I played it ...
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@zork2001 - Yeah, Midtown Madness was definitely awesome. I will never forget the guilty pleasures of smashing through the spectators for more points in cars fashioned with large blades. Motocross Madness 2 made me build my first gaming PC. I still play MS Flight Sim X weekly. Microsoft Studios makes some great games.
And I completely agree with your POV on game sharing. There should be no limitations placed on the physical discs. If I purchase a game and want to lend it to a friend, I should be able to do so. The fact that Microsoft would try to limit this shows just how out of touch they are. Backwards compatibility should have always been a given, not a limited 'bonus' later on. The Wii-U did this better than any of the new consoles.
@obzen - I am not worried about there being a lack of PC games, especially with the likes of Steam and Origin around. I was just venting my frustrations with Microsoft and how they are pretending to care about PC VR gaming and PC gaming in general, but their actions always speak louder than their words. When the Microsoft rep came out and introduced a gamepad and Virtual Cinema Xbox One streaming at the Oculus Touch reveal presentation I laughed along with everyone else, because it was seriously a joke. They are blatantly pushing a console on PC gamers and using the Oculus platform to do it. I am pretty surprised more people weren't as offended by this as I was.
Just last week, one of the Halo 5 developers teased that they might release the game on PC. I am so sick of crap like this. Either do or don't release it, but stop teasing.
And I completely agree with your POV on game sharing. There should be no limitations placed on the physical discs. If I purchase a game and want to lend it to a friend, I should be able to do so. The fact that Microsoft would try to limit this shows just how out of touch they are. Backwards compatibility should have always been a given, not a limited 'bonus' later on. The Wii-U did this better than any of the new consoles.
@obzen - I am not worried about there being a lack of PC games, especially with the likes of Steam and Origin around. I was just venting my frustrations with Microsoft and how they are pretending to care about PC VR gaming and PC gaming in general, but their actions always speak louder than their words. When the Microsoft rep came out and introduced a gamepad and Virtual Cinema Xbox One streaming at the Oculus Touch reveal presentation I laughed along with everyone else, because it was seriously a joke. They are blatantly pushing a console on PC gamers and using the Oculus platform to do it. I am pretty surprised more people weren't as offended by this as I was.
Just last week, one of the Halo 5 developers teased that they might release the game on PC. I am so sick of crap like this. Either do or don't release it, but stop teasing.