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Lionhead Employee: Fable Legends Will Not Release on Steam
- Thread starter dancrane212
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Because support steam means releasing 100% of their titles on steam... /s
In reading your quotes, I see nothing that suggest MS would be releasing all of their PC titles on steam...
Now, I have a question for those who use Steam. If a F2P game is released on Steam, how are the revenues split?
They release a new OS and promise that they will make it a priority to ensure that a popular gaming storefront will run smoothly on it. What's so confusing?
I took that to mean both but I guess him just repeating himself is more likely.
I don' t expect this, Killer Instinct, or Gears of War to hit STEAM. It's not going to stop me from purchasing or playing it through their client as long as it's decent.
Hell, I already have their gaming client. It's called Windows 10 (Yes I know it's XBOX, but it comes with Windows 10)
Seeing as how Desura is about to bite the dust I'll have that take the place of my third gaming client along with STEAM and Origin. (Still don't care for UPlay.)
Hell, I already have their gaming client. It's called Windows 10 (Yes I know it's XBOX, but it comes with Windows 10)
Seeing as how Desura is about to bite the dust I'll have that take the place of my third gaming client along with STEAM and Origin. (Still don't care for UPlay.)
SneakyStephan
Banned
Lol what does that even mean...
Will steam run at 60 fps or only 30? And will it have anisotropic filtering? xD
Doug Heffernan
Member
You mean Microsoft isn't releasing their games on a rival marketplace? How dare they not surrender a portion of their profits to a competitor!
What confused me was how they said that they want Steam to be successful and pledged to support Steam. They also said they want it to run great on Windows 10 which I found redundant and took that as a separate pledge.
Hellraider
Member
Which reminds me, is Fable 3 available on the W10 store? For some reason they removed it from Steam and never looked back...
There are a few games on Steam that have W10 issues.
Wouldn't it make sense for MS to work with the client distributor, Valve to get it fixed????????????
You know if Steam was ass on W10, a lot of people would go back to 7/8.1. That's not MS' priority right now. They need EVERYONE on that platform, so they're willing to do the work.
Why do you think making sure a client works well on a new OS is redundant?
Win 10 store
Gears of War
Killer Instinct
Gigantic
Fable Legends
Steam
Below
Cuphead
Ashen
Valve relies on the publisher to fix those issues.
Gears of War
Killer Instinct
Gigantic
Fable Legends
Steam
Below
Cuphead
Ashen
Valve relies on the publisher to fix those issues.
Killer Instinct though; that certainly has quite a few people that are interested in it, at least according to GAF
Yeah, I agree on that one.
DannyButtermen
Neo Member
Not surprising at all considering this is a F2P game. No need to sharpen the pitchforks yet.
I know there is a majority here that want to get outraged no matter what but I don't understand those people
They are trying to make win 10 store a worthwhile place to shop and also these games are integrated into their security model / xbox sandbox and therefore make the most sense to distribute from their store
Also I don't think they currently have a way to distribute windows universal apps any other way than through the store...this could change but I wouldn't hold my breath
They are trying to make win 10 store a worthwhile place to shop and also these games are integrated into their security model / xbox sandbox and therefore make the most sense to distribute from their store
Also I don't think they currently have a way to distribute windows universal apps any other way than through the store...this could change but I wouldn't hold my breath
How do you equate not releasing Fable Legends on Steam to not wanting Steam to be successful...
This is one game... Several titles MS publishes ARE releasing on Steam... And F2P games often skip Steam...
It makes no sense to start the conspiracy theories over this...
Kind of odd they just don't do it like Ubisoft does with Uplay, but eh no one doesn't want to be like Ubisoft
Don't forget Sea of Thieves. And Gears of War: UE isn't a F2P game so...it could make it! IT doesn't even have cross-play, it could make the jump!!
StrangeTaco
Member
Seems the most likely, though I could maybe see Gigantic making its way to Steam.
Also forgot about Below, really wish Capy would send out an update on it. Looks absolutely gorgeous.
funkystudent
Member
Well that isnt a shocker to anyone who actually had realistic expectations about MS and PC gaming.
The months of "We love steam and will support it" stuff is just lovely though.
The months of "We love steam and will support it" stuff is just lovely though.
i dont think these games are even being published by microsoft on pc, from what i can tell they are being self published.
Once again...steam games are packaged as win32 apps...these are the applications that we are used to on windows and have existed in some form since windows 95
The xbox apps that are integrated into the security sandbox and access xbox live crossplay/cross sync are universal apps...they are part of the new app architecture in windows 10 (a genesis of windows 8 modern apps) They can only be installed from windows store...very similar to how ios apps can only be installed from their app store
The xbox apps that are integrated into the security sandbox and access xbox live crossplay/cross sync are universal apps...they are part of the new app architecture in windows 10 (a genesis of windows 8 modern apps) They can only be installed from windows store...very similar to how ios apps can only be installed from their app store
dancrane212
Member
All three games do have partnerships with Microsoft though with Cuphead/Ashen being lifetime console exclusives. It seems like Microsoft is going to keep their stance on Steam they've have since the 360 for independent partnerships where, on the PC side, they can release where they want.
It's contrary to the fear folk had that Microsoft would start taking games that would normally release on Steam and locking them to their storefront.
LukasTaves
Member
It's was never about making all their games on it, but making sure it works great and isn't crippled in any way compared to Xbox title, like change dvr.
He even addressed that they are going to compete with steam, but it's on their best interest to make it possible to keep flourishing (instead of trying to obliterate then like they did with Netscape for instance)
I found it to be a strange thing to say because it was obvious. Steam works on Windows 7 and 8 so I assumed it would work on Windows 10 without them saying it. Having their new OS not work well with Steam would be a disaster. It would be like not working well with Chrome or something.
thelastword
Banned
Well, it an MS game and Windows/Xbox store is a Microsoft app, so you had to see this coming. I think most people were just wishing that MS would do the good neighborly thing, but this is business after-all.
There was a period in time when W8 released and Steam had a lot of issues with it. Granted that period is over, but don't make the assumption that it wouldn't.
You might want to get used to this one...will be kind of major
dgrdsv
Member
This was expected. Still better than not having these games on PC at all.
No, it wouldn't, because these issues are with games themselves, not the client through which they are distributed. Steam itself works fine on Win10.
No, it wouldn't, because these issues are with games themselves, not the client through which they are distributed. Steam itself works fine on Win10.
Khaos_Knight
Banned
Kinda obvious with how they're hoping to turn windows 10 and the xbone into a single ecosystem.
Is this not just the Windows Store that's installed when you install Windows 10?
crazepharmacist
Member
What did they have in mind when they said they would support Steam unless they meant nothing more than having it functional on their OS?
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
I've been telling everyone this for a while now. When Microsoft says "coming to Windows 10" they mean coming to their storefront, not steam. Gears, KI, Gigantic, ect will be the same. Unless they specifically say STEAM like they did when they announce Ori DE coming to "Xbox One, Windows 10, and STEAM" then it isn't going to STEAM.
What makes steam so absolutely necessary?