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CONFIRMED: COD:IW & MWR - no crossplay support between Win10 Store and rest of PC
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Not without asterisks.
LumpOfCole
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There are just no words. This beyond a joke.
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Microsoft have chosen to sell a (what I would consider) defective product on their store. Not that it has stopped them in the past (Forza Horizon 3) and even if the games don't have problems you can't download them, or you end up downloading them multiple times either because of failed downloads or patches that require it.
I hope this store dies a quick death to be honest.
As for Activision, what else can be said that hasn't already?
I hope this store dies a quick death to be honest.
As for Activision, what else can be said that hasn't already?
MS should have paid more if they wanted crossplay. Devs/pubs are not going to spend a lot of money and work on making a crossplay solution of their own for a version that would have sold like absolute shit either way.
Ricerocket
Member
Sounds good, more reminders that W10 store is just not worth the time.
Honest question, have any Windows Store games even been crossplay outside of Xbox?
Bitch Pudding
Member
I asume Sony's deal with Activision prevented that. But who knows, doesn't change the fact that the few people who didn't read the fine print and buy the Win10 store edition are screwed.
The asterisk being that your Win10 version has to support Xbox live... which is inherently true for this game
Did MS pay for this release?
If MS bought this, The better argument would be that MS shouldn't have bothered at all if crossplay wasn't in the cards. THAT'S the only thing that would have made anyone even consider this version.
Audioboxer
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Oh dear.
Interfectum
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And there it is. Someone defend this please. lol
Chobel
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Of course it did (in some form). No one is gonna release on Windows 10 Store, unless they were incentivized by MS.
Maintenance
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Lotta crow to be served here.
Sony deal that prevents cross-play between the same platform on different stores? I don't think such a deal exists.
Oh, MS definitely paid for this release. There's no reason to publish a game on W10 store if MS isn't paying you handily for doing so.
Dyson Industries
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Each and every one of you clowns previously stating this was bullshit:
Every last dry, spiky feather. Mmmm mmmm!
Every last dry, spiky feather. Mmmm mmmm!
Interfectum
Member
How pissed is Little Timmy going to be this Christmas when Gam Gam puts a Win10 COD code in the card?
I can tell you that they certainly don't do it because they love the submission process for the Win10 store.
Expect the Win10 version to significantly lack behind in patches as well.
(inb4 "on what basis does he claim this?")
I feel sorry for all five users that buy the Windows Store version. Truly.
wesleyshark
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Wow what a mess. Sucks for the fifteen people who already bought this via Windows 10 Store.
tearsintherain
Member
what a crazy time to be alive. COD on PC getting multiple store releases all incompatible with each other.
I really have to wonder what the heck Microsoft was thinking when they paid to get this port, just makes them look so much worse than not having it.
I really have to wonder what the heck Microsoft was thinking when they paid to get this port, just makes them look so much worse than not having it.
Chobel
Member
That leaked Destiny contract is sure something, or this just you being "concerned"?
Maintenance
Member
Each and every one of you clowns previously stating this was bullshit:
Every last dry, spiky feather. Mmmm mmmm!
If the Windows Store numbers are anything to go by it will be a small number of crows.
Devilgunman
Member
Dat Win10 ecosystems.
LumpOfCole
Member
What if multiplayer on the Windows 10 Store version is extreme easymode because the only ones buying it are young children with parents' credit cards and don't know better? Maybe it'll be the extreme egoboost edition.
I mean, I guess it's more likely to be the completely dead server version, but still.
I mean, I guess it's more likely to be the completely dead server version, but still.
It makes sense to suspect that MS paid. I was wondering if there was any confirmation.
Just as logical as it is to assume MS paid to get Activision to publish this version, It would be logical to assume that crossplay would be a requirement of any such monetary agreement.
My Point is, this situation defies all logic, so I'm not willing to assume anything. Who spends boatloads of $ to land a title that only 15 people will purchase, mostly by accident, then immediately regret regardless of how good the port is.
People with powerful PCs with a thirst for Xbox single player Achievements?
Interfectum
Member
Someone Tweet @ Phil Spencer and see how he defends it.
BlackBuzzard
Banned
This is so dumb. Windows store such a good addition to pc gaming....
wesleyshark
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Dyson Industries
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AcceptableGhost
Member
Aren't all the COD games on Steam post COD4 entirely reliant on Steamworks? Why were people doubting that the Win10 Store version was separated?
Bits N Pieces
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Why would they do that, is this on MS or Activision or both?
Because it is. It's not gonna use Steamworks for the UWP version. The Steam version (like the others) will. The communities will be separated.
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