Microsoft pledges to 'lead the way' in PC gaming

[tweakboy]

http://www.techspot.com/news/40396-microsoft-pledges-to-lead-the-way-in-pc-gaming.html

 

[Soundmanred]

http://www.techspot.com/news/40396-microsoft-pledges-to-lead-the-way-in-pc-gaming.html

Well said, I totally agree with your viewpoint here.

 

[Dominato3r]

Microsoft Flight?

Woot.

 

[CurseTheSky]

I'd rather let Valve lead the way, personally. They're one of the few companies I feel that I can rely on to churn out a decent game every time.

 

[Maximilian]

I'd rather let Valve lead the way, personally. They're one of the few companies I feel that I can rely on to churn out a decent game every time.

Yeah this, microsoft dosent have a clue what PC gamers want/need, valve has a much better idea.

 

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

not likely anytime soon
they barely have the studios to churn out good Xbox exclusives
I doubt they could bring out enough quality games to make GFWL all that popular compared to Steam

 

[Bateluer]

Uh, Age of Empires Online . . . I don't know if I'd want my name attached to that and advertised anywhere Microsoft.

Microsoft may want to lead, but until they show people that they can make or publish a decent PC game, they'll be wandering alone.

 

[lupi]

Microsoft Game Studios manager Kudo Tsunoda has been aggressively talking up Xbox 360 Kinect in the last few days, and while doing so he's expressed his opinion on the current state of PC gaming
. According to him, Halo is responsible for "hardly anyone" playing first-person shooters on the PC nowadays.
"Halo did an awesome job of building a first-person shooter exclusively for the console, and now hardly anyone plays first person shooters on the PC anymore," the Microsoft spokesperson told GameInformer (via Neowin). "It's all about the console."



wow, can't believe he even tried to let that one fly.

 

[Jumpem]

I'd rather let Valve lead the way, personally. They're one of the few companies I feel that I can rely on to churn out a decent game every time.

Meh. Nothing but overrated first person shooters.

 

[CurseTheSky]

Meh. Nothing but overrated first person shooters.

I disagree:

• HL / HL2 were great games for their time.
• EP1 was mediocre, but EP2 was great.
• TF2 is loved by many gamers (I personally don't care for it).
• CS / CS: S are considered to be some of the best competitive / tournament FPS's available, with UT99 / UT2004 being the only real competition that I can think of (and both are dead in comparison population wise).
• L4D / L4D2 aren't perfect, but they're some of the best co-op FPS games to come out lately and really have a polished feel and great game balanced compared to what's out there, especially connectivity wise.
• Portal was pure gold as well.

 

[PingSpike]

Microsoft doesn't give a shit about PC Gaming. Talking out of both sides of their mouth aside, actions speak louder than words. Microsoft has been content to cannibalize PC studios to boost Xbox sales when they took any action besides sitting on their hands.

 

[PingSpike]

Meh. Nothing but overrated first person shooters.

The overratedness of their house developed titles is a matter of opinion. However, Steam is a juggernaut that has changed the way games are sold and played on the platform.

 

[spaceman]

valve rocks
they make straight up awesome games
l4d series is the best coop game of ALL time..imo
hl2 tf2 and on and on
valve has gamers interests if not at heart..close by.
i <3 valve

 

[motsm]

• CS / CS: S are considered to be some of the best competitive / tournament FPS's available, with UT99 / UT2004 being the only real competition that I can think of (and both are dead in comparison population wise).

Quake 3 Arena was always the king of competitive shooters. Not to mention Quake Live is quite active online, and has profesionally organized tournaments held as well.

 

[KaOTiK]

When I read this I nearly choked on the twizzler I was eating.

They need to fucking wake up and realize no one on the PC side is drinking their koolaid.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

I disagree:

• HL / HL2 were great games for their time.
• EP1 was mediocre, but EP2 was great.
• TF2 is loved by many gamers (I personally don't care for it).
• CS / CS: S are considered to be some of the best competitive / tournament FPS's available, with UT99 / UT2004 being the only real competition that I can think of (and both are dead in comparison population wise).
• L4D / L4D2 aren't perfect, but they're some of the best co-op FPS games to come out lately and really have a polished feel and great game balanced compared to what's out there, especially connectivity wise.
• Portal was pure gold as well.

Note that they're all First Person Shooters. I don't know about anyone else, but I want more from my games than shooting anything that moves.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I'd rather let Valve lead the way, personally. They're one of the few companies I feel that I can rely on to churn out a decent game every time.

Valve haven't release a decent game in years (Orange Box being the last worthwhile product the released).

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

By the way the OP is horribly misleading. MS didn't "pledge" shit and they certainly didn't claim to be leaders currently. The actual quote:

"Other companies should look to Microsoft for leadership, but I'm not sure they do," said Microsoft Game Studios general manager Dave Luehmann. "It is our job to lead the way on PC. And in some ways we are doing that and in other ways we are not. So we need to step up."

Sounds to me like they are aware of their weaknesses, which may even mean they'll work to correct them. I don't see how this is a bad thing.

 

[Bateluer]

I don't see how this is a bad thing.

Look at their line up. You plan on enjoying some Age of Empires Online?

 

[lupi]

By the way the OP is horribly misleading. MS didn't "pledge" shit and they certainly didn't claim to be leaders currently. The actual quote:
Sounds to me like they are aware of their weaknesses, which may even mean they'll work to correct them. I don't see how this is a bad thing.

and the UP is, as usual, a tard of the first degree since the OP statement is the title of the linked article.

 

[Maximilian]

Sounds to me like they are aware of their weaknesses, which may even mean they'll work to correct them. I don't see how this is a bad thing.

Yeah its only taken them a few years to become "aware" of it, maybe in the next few decades they will get round to actually doing somthing about it.

 

[BladeVenom]

Microsoft doesn't give a shit about PC Gaming. Talking out of both sides of their mouth aside, actions speak louder than words. Microsoft has been content to cannibalize PC studios to boost Xbox sales when they took any action besides sitting on their hands.

+1. Converting all their PC gaming studios to Xbox gaming studios, or shutting them down is not leading the way in PC gaming. Neither is buying the rights to publish games, and then forcing the developers into making it into a Xbox exclusive, or timed exclusive.

Actions speak louder than words, and Microsoft's actions have proven them be worse than Jack Thompson when it comes to PC gaming.

 

[Jumpem]

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Note that they're all First Person Shooters. I don't know about anyone else, but I want more from my games than shooting anything that moves.

This. I've been playing FPS since Wolfenstein 3D. Somewhere around HL 1, I lost interest. They're all just rehashes of other games I've played a thousand times a decade ago. Just with prettier graphics.

 

[Qbah]

What a load of crap. I think they're all drunk at MS... Seems they can't make up their mind on this. One of the commenters summed it up nicely though:

judging by comments recently from the Microsoft camp, they would only be "leading the way" over a cliff, and hoping the industry follows like lemmings... If they had their way, the PC gaming industry carcass would end up right next to the Blu-Ray carcass at the bottom of the cliff.

 

[Jumpem]

What a load of crap. I think they're all drunk at MS... Seems they can't make up their mind on this. One of the commenters summed it up nicely though:

I don't see why Microsoft would want PC gaming to die though. It's one of the main advantages of their OS.