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Xbox Store games start showing up on the Windows Store ahead of the merger
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hydrophilic attack
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Xbox 10
Transistor
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Now an entirely new group of people can be disappointed in the Master Chief collection!
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JeremyEtcetera
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I hope it does and also Sunset Overdrive. Then I'll have zero reason to still want an Xbox One.
If it doesn't, they are doing a great job of making it sound like it does. "Install this game in up to ten Windows 10 devices" sounds like you'll be able to install it on PC... unless the Xbox One is now outright called a "Windows 10 device".
Emperor Bohe
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If Halo MCC is coming out on PC, then please make sure that the matchmaking is FLAWLESS now. Oh, and cross play would be dope too because the player base took a huge hit
Maroon Gamer
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Fuck the uwp, forza apex still doesnt work for me.
infinityBCRT
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#jeffgerstmannwasright
Don't know if cross play would be a think since k&m players would be at an advantage.
mejin
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I still think MS is killing it slowly. Even the logomark disappeared.
What, the Xbox console?
infinityBCRT
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I think Phil Spencer said that Xbox players will always be able to play only against Xbox players to avoid such issues if they'd like to when talking about the crossplay stuff.
Yea same here. If all the exclusives end up on Windows...I'll just get a 360 for the 360 backlog I have. A few things that kept me interested in XBO were exclusives and B/C.
Even the cable box features isnt enticing anymore now that Sony is doing Vue.
LordRaptor
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If - publisher permitting - the entire Xbox One catalogue just automagically appears and runs on Windows 10, I'd have to assume there is some sort of HLE going on, as with 360 BC
e: Actually, would this be Blizzards first appearance on a PC digital store that isn't their own? Interesting.
e: Actually, would this be Blizzards first appearance on a PC digital store that isn't their own? Interesting.
Was thinking this. Maybe because it's linked with Xbox One.
TylerDurden4321
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Somehow I still think this is just "buy it conveniently on your PC, play it later on your Xbox One".
Sunset Overdrive on PC would be amazing though.
Sunset Overdrive on PC would be amazing though.
Do people not understand that this is the store being prepped to be loaded onto the Xbox One and not the other way around?
Yes, you'll be able to see these games on Windows 10 but it'll be just to purchase them and then tell you "This app cannot run on this device" like it already does today with incompatible hardware.
There is no porting/emulating of Xbox One games to Windows 10. Nobody (relatively) has the 8 GB+ of VRAM to run Xbox One emulation + Xbox One games
Like why the hell would Blizzard sell a version of Overwatch that doesn't use their Blizzard.net launcher?
Yes, you'll be able to see these games on Windows 10 but it'll be just to purchase them and then tell you "This app cannot run on this device" like it already does today with incompatible hardware.
There is no porting/emulating of Xbox One games to Windows 10. Nobody (relatively) has the 8 GB+ of VRAM to run Xbox One emulation + Xbox One games
Like why the hell would Blizzard sell a version of Overwatch that doesn't use their Blizzard.net launcher?
JimJamJones
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Normally, I'd agree with you, but it does say 'Install this game on up to ten Windows 10 devices', which is common with Windows 10 PC apps.
LordRaptor
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The Xbox One doesn't have 8gb of VRAM though.
Lime Blockade
Banned
Yeah this isn't really anything to get too excited over, since this is just preparing proper cross buy support and allowing Windows 10 apps to run on the Xbox One.
you don't need 8gb of cram to use any Xbox one game. A) even the Xbox One doesn't use all 8 and B) the ram is split logically between application code and graphics.
Man Called Aerodynamics
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Yeah, I'm confused. Does this just mean that you will be able to purchase Xbox One games through the Windows Store? Or are these Xbox games that are being ported to PC?
You're reading into it too much.. that doesn't say anything about it going to PC. Overwatch beta says that too, yet the beta is over.
That's most likely just the default text and as it's not available publicly according to the article, I doubt they're gonna go and edit it all.
Fahzgoolin
Banned
e3 will announce MCC on PC is available now.
Except the Xbox One is considered a Windows 10 device as well, so it can still be true without working on the PC. Phones are considered Windows 10 devices too, and I'm pretty sure I won't be playing Sunset Overdrive on my 950 XL... that would be awesome however if I could.
The former.
I don't believe Windows 10 Mobile only apps show up in the Windows 10 store on the desktop. I just checked by looking for Instagram. It doesn't really make sense not to limit it by device type. Perhaps the code that does that hasn't been deployed yet, or the proper flags have not been set.
No. Items can be targeted towards specific platforms. Which is why you see only Xbox listed on the page.
AHA-Lambda
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Call me sceptical but I bet some apps (eg Halo) are still going to be restricted to certain devices
Bits N Pieces
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I tried to buy a couple of BC titles over the weekend on my Xbox and I got a message saying it wasnt possible to purchase on that device, or something like that.
Fingers crossed the Redstone update resolves all of these little quirks!
Fingers crossed the Redstone update resolves all of these little quirks!
StoneSarge89
Banned
I think it's the other way around. I don't see anything happening to my Xbox, but I see my PC starting to have the games I have on the XBone.
If this is what it seems, it might be true that they are trying to transition Xbox from a console to a service. But then again it might be just a crazy theory.
OttoSporteman
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That is actually a pretty good name.
OttoSporteman
Member
Don't know if that's the case for all the catalog but I wouldn't be surprised if that is the case for first party.
rottendevice
Member
What did he say?
I know there's backlash, but I'm excited for the Master Chief collection.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
LOL at people thinking these games are playable on Win10. These pages are pre-release and not viewable by the public. They haven't cleaned up all the boilerplate stuff like the Win10 devices limit text at the bottom.
Please don't get your hopes up, folks. OP should update to make this very clear.
Please don't get your hopes up, folks. OP should update to make this very clear.
Once released to public, Xbox only games will most likely not even be viewable from the store on pc. That is how it works currently with mobile only or pc only items on the store.
Yeah they need to do a good job at that because I can already see this getting confusing as fuck especially if you look at what a terrible mess the W10 store already is.
dr_rus
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Well, from the wording of the original source it seems that it's actually neither - what you see is just your account purchases, for any platform your account is able to be used. So you will essentially be able to view your Xbox Store purchases in your account on PC Windows Store but it's unknown if you'll actually be able to purchase anything which can't run on a platform you're currently on.
...It's a mess again basically.
This allows Microsoft to expand their store on PC on the backs of people that buy consoles (and a lot of people have no interest in buying a gaming PC). Devs will publish their games on the Microsoft store just to take advantage of that user base.
They will expand their Windows Store which will benefit consoles users (I wish I had access to every game available on PC) and will allow them to compete with Steam on PC.
It's a pretty cool idea if it works. I would buy a console that has a Steam like library. At least that's how I'm picturing this leading up to. This could lead to a similar concept to a Steam Machine but way better executed.
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