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GFWL marketplace purchases ending Aug 22, 2013.
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YianGaruga
Banned
http://support.xbox.com/en-US/games/pc-games/age-of-empires-online-info
Does this only apply to AEO Online, or does this mean GFWL will shut down completely next year?
Does this only apply to AEO Online, or does this mean GFWL will shut down completely next year?
Probably the latter. Goodbye, Dirt3 DLC, Viva Pinata and Minerva's Den.
Visualante2
Member
Seems like new thread material because that's much bigger news than being unable to just buy stuff.
I hope retailers like Steam are prudent and update their store page to include this cut off date. It would be awful to buy a GFWL game in a Summer sale only to have it shut down a week later.
I hope retailers like Steam are prudent and update their store page to include this cut off date. It would be awful to buy a GFWL game in a Summer sale only to have it shut down a week later.
AcceptableGhost
Member
fuck microsoft
first original xbox, now gfwl, I wonder when the 360's online services get shut down
Diablohead
Member
I have quite a few unplayed GFWL titles on my shelf, bummer.
Guess what i'm doing before christmas.
The games should work in offline mode I think but either way I still have: Batman Arkham City, Dead Rising 2, F1 2011 (to finish), Resident evil 5, Fable 3, Dirt 2 and 3 (to finish), Halo 2 (want to beat on legendary and get cheevos), Section 8, Battlestations, Bond, Bioshock 2, Dawn of War gold edition, Dark souls, Viva Pinata, RedFaction and some others I downloaded and forgot about.
Guess what i'm doing before christmas.
The games should work in offline mode I think but either way I still have: Batman Arkham City, Dead Rising 2, F1 2011 (to finish), Resident evil 5, Fable 3, Dirt 2 and 3 (to finish), Halo 2 (want to beat on legendary and get cheevos), Section 8, Battlestations, Bond, Bioshock 2, Dawn of War gold edition, Dark souls, Viva Pinata, RedFaction and some others I downloaded and forgot about.
Throwing them in the trash.
legacyzero
Banned
But what about Fallout 3??
Baron von Loathsome
Member
But what about Fallout 3??
Luckily for you, Fallout 3 can be played offline., and GFWL can be modded out.
Meanwhile, I'm downloading Red Faction: Guerilla and Dark Souls because it doesn't look the same for them.
Diablohead
Member
I will be honest, I bought them because I like GFWL cheevos being tied to my main 360 account as a complete list of goals reached in my games, it's why I prefer to play games on my 360 then PC most of the time.
Sad to see it all go
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
"Games for Windows Live will be discontinued on July 1, 2014."
not a lot of ambiguity there.
Felix Lighter
Member
Apparently, publishers are officially on the clock now. Dark Souls seems to do quite well during sales but I have no faith in Namco to do the right thing.
If this is indeed system wide, Steam and other DD retailers should at the very least add a very clear message to potential buyers that important features will vanish from these games in less than a year.
If this is indeed system wide, Steam and other DD retailers should at the very least add a very clear message to potential buyers that important features will vanish from these games in less than a year.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
No, it's the corpse of the first one.
That's not to say the new one doesn't take after its parent much, but time will tell.
Sony's made strides to keep content accessible from PSP to Vita, and for some PS3 games to be crossbuy on Vita, and we still don't know what they plan to fully do with PS4 but some form of BC seems to be in the cards, and while Nintendo FUBARed their account system they still actually had a system in place to fully transfer Wii purchases to Wii U. Don Mattrick had been completely flippant about BC and Microsoft looks to be more than happy to unceremoniously drop old services, so of the three I'm most pessimistic about them.
Though if Valve were in the console arena I'd probably be most optimistic about them period for keeping stuff accessible far into the future. Especially as your HL keys from 1998 work just fine to get you basically all the Gold Source games.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
In their defense, they just scored one of the key people in Steam's success. If anything can change their approach to backwards compatibility, it's him.
Still, it's wise to be cautious.
Ozzykamikaze
Member
I have very little confidence that my Xbox 360 DLC will still be available for download after they discontinue the 360.
The Witcher 3 CG trailer.
Madrugador
Member
It's over.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Agreed. I'm just saying that there's the very, very small possibility for change.
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Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
first thing I thought as well lol
"Please buy digital content from us.
Ignore the fact that our last two digital platforms have been or are about to be shut off"
I believe they took it down.
Fox Mulder
Member
Me either. They've shut down live for the original Xbox, and now windows, I'm sure it will go great for the 360. I don't trust them to ever buy anything more than xbla games. I'm not going to buy $60 digital games on their service.
Download FOSE or a mod to remove the requirement.But what about Fallout 3??
Can't think of a more fitting ending for this jank.
The Witcher 3
Microsoft's failed attempt at Virtual Console with old arcade games
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
if you bought it on 360 there was a cross-play thing
If you downloaded the free demos they were permanently added to your game list. I was pissed when I downloaded the demos and they were permanently added to my game list.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Hey stump, why don't you try opening GFWL marketplace to see if there's anything you want to download?
Good idea, stump
"You must install Windows Live Sign-in Assistant"
OK, I'm not sure why, but I'll install that. Whatever.
*installs*
Hey that's weird.
*googles*
Two possible causes:
1) GFWL does not support two-factor auth and blocks you from using it! Boy I love GFWL!
2) GFWL apparently chokes on passwords with non-alphanumeric characters even when the same passwords work for other Live tools. Boy I love GFWL!
Felix Lighter
Member
Classic.
Hey stump, why don't you try opening GFWL marketplace to see if there's anything you want to download?
Good idea, stump
"You must install Windows Live Sign-in Assistant"
OK, I'm not sure why, but I'll install that. Whatever.
*installs*
Hey that's weird.
*googles*
Two possible causes:
1) GFWL does not support two-factor auth and blocks you from using it! Boy I love GFWL!
2) GFWL apparently chokes on passwords with non-alphanumeric characters even when the same passwords work for other Live tools. Boy I love GFWL!
gulp, i don't think i've launched a GFWL game since i enabled the two step auth, but this is bound to piss me off next time i have to :/
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
If you generate a per-application password (login.live.com) you can circumvent those two issues. Apparently I spent $1.09 on GFWL Marketplace during its long and sordid history.
I went through every single title that is not available on Steam and thus will officially disappear from digital PC sale when the marketplace closes end of today... and the vast majority of them are already not for sale.
afl live: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
battle vs chess: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
carneyvale showtime $9.99
crash time 4: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
gears of war: $19.99
halo 2: listed, but not actually available for purchase
hour of victory: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
game room: apparently not available for sale in canada on gfwl
quantum of solace: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
shadowrun: $9.99
juiced 2: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
legend of the galactic heroes: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
mahjong wisdom: $4.99
rugby league live: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
tinker: free
tron: evolution: $39.99
vancouver 2010: $49.99
viva pinata: $19.99
where's waldo: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
I went through every single title that is not available on Steam and thus will officially disappear from digital PC sale when the marketplace closes end of today... and the vast majority of them are already not for sale.
afl live: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
battle vs chess: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
carneyvale showtime $9.99
crash time 4: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
gears of war: $19.99
halo 2: listed, but not actually available for purchase
hour of victory: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
game room: apparently not available for sale in canada on gfwl
quantum of solace: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
shadowrun: $9.99
juiced 2: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
legend of the galactic heroes: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
mahjong wisdom: $4.99
rugby league live: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
tinker: free
tron: evolution: $39.99
vancouver 2010: $49.99
viva pinata: $19.99
where's waldo: not available for sale in canada on gfwl
2) GFWL apparently chokes on passwords with non-alphanumeric characters even when the same passwords work for other Live tools. Boy I love GFWL!
I had to change my Uplay password because Far Cry 2's in-game password form doesn't support special characters. Thanks, Ubi!
faceless007
Member
That is just so hilariously sad.
I think I had a similar problem with some specific EA game not liking non-alphanumerics so I had to change my Origin password to something purely alphanumeric.
Lysander518
Banned
So it's everyone's fear of digital games come true? I won't be able to play my copy of Age of Empires III next year since it's on GFWL. I wonder if the execs at Microsoft are still wondering why people fear a digital only future.
Syphon Filter
Member
lol dam gfwl doesnt want to die without a fight.
It's a little bothersome for me to think that all my Xbox 360 digital purchases will just disappear once MS decides to pull the plug on it. You have to consider this current gen has been the longest ever and the one to have really capitalized on digital distribution of content. I would hope MS keeps that in mind, and spends the time to unify the overall system, which would ensure we don't have an incident like we did with the original Xbox Live closing down.
Anyways, back on topic - I still have a bunch of GFWL games I haven't activated yet. Maybe I should go do that ASAP before the 25th rolls around, just to be safe.
Anyways, back on topic - I still have a bunch of GFWL games I haven't activated yet. Maybe I should go do that ASAP before the 25th rolls around, just to be safe.
GFWL can't even die properly.
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