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Ultra Street Fighter 4 PC dropping GFWL for Steamworks
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The Broken Ska Record
Member
Now I can actually play the game. 
If you read between the lines, Microsoft essentially has scrapped GFWL.
I have speculated that they may have told publishers that they are not going to support the service past 2013. If you follow Capcom, Namco, Warner, and 2K moving as fast as possible to remove it from their games entirely, even games that have been out for years
gigantor21
Member
Welp, looks like I'll be buying this on PC then. After the crap I had to deal with for AE because of GFWL, I'm more excited about this than any of the new characters.
Honestly, if Capcom is dropping Games for Windows, it's time for them to rework Lost Planet: Colonies
, Lost Planet 2, Dead Rising 2/Off the Record, Devil May Cry 4, and Biohazard 5. I think 6 uses Steam and Revelations uses Steam for sure. So that's 6 or so titles that need reworking. I'd prefer them to focus on Bio 5, Off the Record and Devil May Cry 4 exclusively though.
losing cross-platform play. ;_;
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
The Dark Souls II site having a prominent Steam logo and no "Games For Windows" anywhere in sight is probably a pretty good indication.
DMC4 actually doesn't use GFWL
SUPARSTARX
Member
How does this change/affect my retail disc of AE PC? GFWL getting patched out?
It doesn't? I could swear there was PC achievements for it on 360...
Nope! No GFWL in DMC4; played it recently.
rockmanjoe
Member
Good.
Now announce current AE PC owners will be able to just pay 15 bucks to upgrade.
Now announce current AE PC owners will be able to just pay 15 bucks to upgrade.
Kamina
Golden Boy
Yes i heard about that, and it is awesome. But I still want them to remove the GFWL-Cancer from Dark Souls 1 too.
Good news is good. Yes, there's still DRM but at least now some of us will actually have an opportunity to buy the game thanks to the change. The game is region locked.
That's not gonna happen since it was a quickie port and used 360/"GfWL" multiplayer matchmaking as code for the soul-stone finding.
Truly our bacon of hope
SneakyStephan
Banned
And a pox on its creators.
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
Member
Damn I just bought SSF4AE on sale couple months ago D:
Kamina
Golden Boy
Truly the bacon of hope. Deliver us the message from the top of the mountain.
Edit: Step off, Gbraga! I saw the appropriate tag first!
You'll only have to pay 15 bux for the upgrade.
Well, it's not like it's technically impossible... they could do it. But there's no "point" for them to do it when they'll have a sequel out within a year that won't use it and people will play that over the first one. Like I said though: They used the 360 matchmaking code and it was a "quick" port of the 360 version since the framework/API/etc. was there for quick porting to PC (and it shows in how "good" the port is in terms of options/etc.) since they initially had no plans for DS1 to even be on PC.
It's not a "never say never" situation but more "outlook unlikely."
@haunts: I hope you have tons of Cody outfits in said post. Mmmm yes. Only reason I haven't bought the PC port yet: I'm waiting to see the Cody outfits given for free to Ultra buyers.
You should be given that first set of alts out for free anyway and refunding the buyers on consoles because really... screw paying for outfits. :/
Kamina
Golden Boy
Okay, I see. Well thanks for the Informations. I guess once DS2 is out a lot people will move from DS to that anyway.
I am madly excited for that game.
Krusenstern
Banned
I think it's pretty much set that Dark Souls 2 won't use GFWL, given how many other developers are abandoning it in favour of Steamworks.
Krusenstern
Banned
That makes me think, how well does Steamworks handle cheaters/hackers? They ran fairly wild on GFWL in the first game.
Syphon Filter
Member
It's fine but in COD there is tons of wallers.
You have the option to secure your servers with Valve Anti-Cheat if you use Steamworks, which offers some level of hack/cheat detection and causes players to be banned from all games with VAC if they get banned from one. The onus is still mostly on the developers when it comes to catching major cheaters, though.
if you don't see the difference between GFWL and Steam, you don't play PC games very much
Nabs
Member
You get banned from all games using that engine, not all VAC enabled games. VAC is pretty decent nowadays, it just takes time to hit hackers since they prefer to ban in waves.
Stabby McSter
Member
yes
Early VAC banned you from all games on the same engine, but I believe they stopped doing that a couple of years ago and now if you get VAC banned on newer games it's just for that game.
Box of Bunnies
Banned
I know that Steamworks is more functional at a base level. They're about the same at the end game though. Ultimately, Steamworks only benefits Steam/Valve fanboys.
Nope, this is the right thing to do. On certain setups, GWFL doesn't like to play nice at all. Plus the interface is a piece of shit.
The Grim Heaper
Member
Don't forget people that like to save their games.
You can use either of the MadCatz PS3 or 360 sticks on PC.
If you have a ps3 or 360 fight stick already, chances are you're good to go.
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