alexandros
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My expectations are even lower. Some b-tier mobile games for the Windows Store and pc-as-second-fiddle-to-xbox functionality.
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Phil says January is time to talk about games for Windows
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My expectations are even lower. Some b-tier mobile games for the Windows Store and pc-as-second-fiddle-to-xbox functionality.
Yeah "Chat with your friends on Xbox" will be important part of that presentation.
I think that is rather high expectations. I have a sneaking suspicion that it will be about gateway xbox services (like that new Xbox app leaked in Windows 10) and other things like that, rather than anything substantial for PC gaming.
Microsoft have a very different definition of "gaming on windows" than us, that's for certain.
I mean I expect DX12 will be a talking point, and off the back of that I can't help but get probably illogically excited about that DX12 Forza 5 PC demo they whipped up for GDC 2014. I feel the chances of it actually happening are quite slim, but just the fact they made a point of showing it to us running on Windows in DX12 gives me a tiny bit of hope.
But as I said, my expectations are quite low, and any excitement I do have, I know is based off mostly illogical feelings. As I know that demo was a lot about the functionality DX12 will bring to the Xbox One and as such it would make most sense to prototype and showcase that on a PC build. They didn't showcase Forza 5 running on Windows for any PC gaming related reason, it was about talking about the new DX12 functionality.
Wiktor
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You know..it would be quite a feat to have people express such negative expectations and yet still manage to dissapoint them. But if anyone can do it, it's Microsoft.
eh, it happens with pretty much everything. But with MS people actually know what they will get and yet still have wrong expectations.
Wiktor
Member
Well...MS can only blame themselves. if they wouldn't be BSing everybody every 6 months there would be no bashing. Instead their pc gaming promises are quickly aproachin meme status
thewhitehawk
Member
If they're going to support Windows 10 with games as well as they support Windows Mobile with apps then we should expect to see the announcement of Halo 3 for iOS and OSX.
Yep
In Service
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If DX12 unlocks any more processing power for Minecraft then it will have to go to 4 or 5 dimensions to make use of it.
Aye.
Technically we should be already on Win 10, and getting next v11, but it looks like they want to pretend Win ME or Vista never happened. I guess.
Win 1
Win 2
Win 3 (better known as 3.1)
Win 95 (4)
Win 98/ 98 SE (5)
Win ME (6)
Win XP (7)
Win Vista (8)
Win 7 (9)
Win 8 (10)
Win 10 (11)
Personnally, I can't wait for "something" to be a good alternative for a computer station that can be both a gaming AND basic workstation workhouse (and would not require a dual OS boot or emulation, while being adopted by most game publishers/ devs).
Something like an Android/ Chrome Desktop/ Laptop computer with actually good gaming innards, and supported for AAA retail games.
Mac (or a decent stable & user friendly distro of Linux) wouldn't be so bad if 80%+ of games were never going to be on it
gaming_noob
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Corrine Yu complained about programming through multiple layers after she left 343i. If MS were to build another console and kept this footprint would it mean just as many complications for developers?
Depends on the developer really. Non AAA game developers don't really do anything close to 'coding to the metal' in the first place.
DX12 is an attempt to resolve some of that.
AHA-Lambda
Member
This.
Well I guess if they want minecraft 2 to work for their current customers they'll have to continue their tradition of NOT using direct x at all
Microsoft's 'Arcadia' team is building a streaming app and game service:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-arcadia-team-is-building-a-streaming-app-and-game-service/
could be years away.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsofts-arcadia-team-is-building-a-streaming-app-and-game-service/
could be years away.
Banjo-Kazooie
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Sorry to bump, nothing really "new", but figured I'd post it here:
https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/547281482566213633
Question: "Will there be anything noteworthy concerning the Xbox One at the Windows 10 event taking place on January 21?"
Response: "I think what we will show will be interesting to both Windows and XBOX gamers."
https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/547281482566213633
Question: "Will there be anything noteworthy concerning the Xbox One at the Windows 10 event taking place on January 21?"
Response: "I think what we will show will be interesting to both Windows and XBOX gamers."
Cross buy and cross play or I will be disappointed.
I'm going to be disappointed
In all seriousness, I'm expecting some announcements around games that are cross platform because it fits Nadella's mission of mobile-first, cloud-first. I think we'll finally see what LiftLondon has been doing and I wouldn't be surprised if there are some Xbox 360 games and older Xbox One games that make it to Windows 10.