I wonder if Microsoft will hold a funeral like they did for the iPhone.
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WhatRobEats said:Fuck it.
I ordered the PS3 version of Dark Souls from Amazon for 14.98 just in case. I would rather play it on the far superior PS3 version with Durante's awesome work and mods but if I can't play it on PC I certainly don't want to miss out on it if I can't finish it by next year.
Why wouldn't you worry about your digital games when things like this happen?
If they do a dollar sale on the 21st before it gets shutdown, I will bite.
Now, with that stupidity aside, what was the actual point of GFWL? Did it have an actual function besides verification, and doesn't steam do that already?
The writing has been on the wall ever since AoE2HD released with Steamworks. As for the games, I'm assuming online-heavy stuff will be screwed (like AoEO), but I'm waiting for an official announcement to worry about anything else. Given how easy it is to disable/bypass GFWL DRM (pirates have been doing it for 6 years) I don't imagine it'll be an issue for SP games.
Regardless of the drama, this needs to happen.
I wonder if Microsoft will hold a funeral like they did for the iPhone.
I wonder if Microsoft will hold a funeral like they did for the iPhone.
Fuck it.
I ordered the PS3 version of Dark Souls from Amazon for 14.98 just in case. I would rather play it on the far superior PS3 version with Durante's awesome work and mods but if I can't play it on PC I certainly don't want to miss out on it if I can't finish it by next year.
Hopefully Uplay and Origin will also perish.
And this is why digital is not something to fully embrace...
MS was never serious with it. i rather not waste space in my house with cases and cds,also disks rot.And this is why digital is not something to fully embrace...
And this is why digital is not something to fully embrace...
There's some truth to it, but it's also why going HELL YEAH LET'S GO ALL IN FUCK YOU LUDDITES is incredibly FUCKING stupid. Add more digital options, get people used to the idea, see how everyone treats stuff going from generation to generation, AND maybe I'll be more trusting of an all digital future. Vita and PS4 were handling it correctly I thought, while the original XB1 plans were an abomination, an awkward compromise that pleased a very specific handful of people and fucked over everyone else. And from a company known to drop this stuff at practically the drop of a hat.It's just the digital marketplace correcting itself, as it's still in its infancy and evolving. Inferior services will die out, good services will flourish.
Perhaps to some, but it's a terrible DRM client.Fixed it for you. Steam is the best thing to happen in PC gaming in the last decade.
Not bad at all.Perhaps to some, but it's a terrible DRM client.
It is, in favor of Steamworks.
Apparently, Dark SoulstD for PC will be patched to replace GFWL with Steamworks before the shutdown in 2014:
Source:
https://twitter.com/VaatiVidya/status/369651110891372544
Oh thank Christ!
I'm still pissed off about this news, but that's good to know.
And this will forever be pointed at as THE ultimate reason to hate GFWL: Microsoft is flaky with long term support, and could potentially kill several games because of how this had to be implemented in many of them and the fact many developers/publishers may not care to actually get it patched out.
Will I at least be able to play Dark Souls single player?
Anyway this is excellent news. I hope they aren't going to replace it with a new monstrosity.
Not bad at all.
I wonder if Microsoft will hold a funeral like they did for the iPhone.
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Well, I bought my Dawn of War 2 games fully knowing this would happen eventually, but seeing it go down for real actually hurts. I never played the DoW2 multiplayer game modes, but having them vanish into thin air like that is painful.
Yes! Burn in hell you piece of garbage.
On a side note I guess I better get to Dead Rising 2. The clock's ticking.
No one will be playing that game if 5 comes out on PC before the shutdown.
Fuck it.
I ordered the PS3 version of Dark Souls from Amazon for 14.98 just in case. I would rather play it on the far superior PS3 version with Durante's awesome work and mods but if I can't play it on PC I certainly don't want to miss out on it if I can't finish it by next year.
If...
Red Dead also supposed to be on pc... Rockstar is behaving weird after gta4 release.
Why didn't Google attend the funeral?
So how can you move a Dark Souls save to an offline profile so I don't have to completely start over a year from now?
So no more SSF4 multiplayer? Thats quite disappointing.
Stumpokapow said:Games whose online facilities and achievements will die July 1, 2014--some of these may no longer be able to be activated at this point and thus will be DEAD DEAD:
Bulletstorm
Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
DiRT 2
Dirt 3
Fable III
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Dawn of War II
World of Goo
I own these games. What will happen to them?
Nobody knows, they haven't officially announced anything yet.
I own these games. What will happen to them?
How do you play offline? When I choose my offline account, it just tells me:I was just able to play Bulletstorm without an internet connection. Of course, it's already installed and everything. There's no telling how it'll act once GFWL's actually shut down and I decide to reformat.
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