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Greenberg: Quantum Break is not coming to Steam
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slavesnyder
Member
Exactly. He's just an optimist.
Bitch Pudding
Member
This. Sometimes if things don't go where they are supposed to go, you have to change plans. And in some companies this apparently just happens more often than in other ones.
This doesn't necessarily imply that one shouldn't listen to statements representatives of that very company made in the course of time, like "Kinect cannot be removed" or "there will be no Scorpio exclusive games!".
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
In a funny kinda way, this turned out to be true too.
GHG
Member
Can we take the same approach for the NMS "multiplayer lies" as well then? Or does all of this depend on which side of the fence you've chosen to sit on?
If only there was a way to communicate details which are not actually completely set in stone as such.
Like "we currently have no plans for X".
JetSetRadio
Banned
Did he say anything about FH3? 
Rudimental
Member
Kind of irrelevant here. Also didn't follow that.
Well, a "never" in business always means "no plans at this point". Poor wording. But with how bad the Win 10 Store has turned out to perform, one cannot blame them for (yet another) 180.
Gradly
Member
I actually blame a company for their mistakes (more u-turns is a result of more mistakes) but I appreciate their corrections anyway
On topic, yes things change overtime, so it's better not to take such things very seriously
Elvin Atombender
Member
Is there a collection of Greenberg's "Gratest Hits" available somewhere?
PhantomVash808
Member
Man Greenberg looking bad again.
Or his job is to convince people to buy Xboxes, and he deliberately communicates in absolutes, despite knowing that the truth is more ambiguous, in order to achieve that.
SmartWaffles
Member
Hahaha Greenberg needs to STFU.
Greenberg's word as always been worthless. Dude has spewed stuff that was quickly proven false over and over again. Nobody should take his word as proof of anything ever.
Also, by looking at the SteamDB entry, the Steam version started been being worked on very close after release.
Also, by looking at the SteamDB entry, the Steam version started been being worked on very close after release.
LordRaptor
Member
This is a much funnier ownage bump than the backfired Tim Sweeney one
Clint Beastwood
Banned
guess you will
old manatee
Banned
I'm never going to buy a single thing on that dumb app store. I learned my lesson with gfwl.
Starve em out!
Starve em out!
Conkerkid11
Member
Oh wow, thought this was a new thread and was disappointed briefly.
PackAPunchedMick
Member
Oh Aaron. When will you learn?
PR men lie. if that somehow isnt the case then something isn't quite right with the world.
now whether a steam version was on the cards all along and they denied it happening to push the idea of it being exclusive to windows and thus boost sales...or...the sales were just a travesty so they admitted defeat...who knows.
Me too. Anyway, another case of bad PR. I use that shit to understand immediate plans but it's always with a grain of salt and that goes for every company, outside of gaming too.
wapplew
Member
No, Greenberg is the gift that keep on giving, game industry will never be the same without his PR.
Cookie Dough
Member
Can someone ask him if QB is coming to PS4?
ethomaz
Banned
Nope it is not about usual PR men lie.
Greenberg is in another level.
This is not the first neither the last time he will flat out lie even when evidences shows the opposite.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Duxxy3
Member
PR in general is an awful job if you have any sort of conscience. Spend all day spinning the truth or outright lying.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Lol nice thread bump.
Are there any other major examples of a company saying one thing and then later doing the exact opposite?
And I'm not talking about "no plans at this time" stuff, but flat out "yes/no" stuff which was later reversed.
And of course, I just mean videogame companies not businesses as a whole as I imagine we'd be here all day drawing up the list.
And I'm not talking about "no plans at this time" stuff, but flat out "yes/no" stuff which was later reversed.
And of course, I just mean videogame companies not businesses as a whole as I imagine we'd be here all day drawing up the list.
Flame Lord
Member
MS would probably thought the game will be a huge success and boost their shop so they really had no plans releasing it to other platforms.
So, the MS PR guy must have been sincere the time he said what he said but then came the harsh realization that their store is not welcomed with open arms from the consumers because it is a mess, their UWP plans seemed shady and the game was expensive and felt like it needed a very capable machine to run, a machine the average pc gamer might not have.
Once again, a case of terrible estimation from MS suits.
So, the MS PR guy must have been sincere the time he said what he said but then came the harsh realization that their store is not welcomed with open arms from the consumers because it is a mess, their UWP plans seemed shady and the game was expensive and felt like it needed a very capable machine to run, a machine the average pc gamer might not have.
Once again, a case of terrible estimation from MS suits.
Teletraan1
Banned
These plans change posts are precious and parroted by the usual suspects. Keep drinking the green kool aid guys. Contracts that change in the favor of the small development house with a poor selling product vs the huge corporation, yeah pass that shit. More likely than not they had a clause in the contract that let them release on other PC storefronts if they didn't hit certain sales metrics. Metrics that were not met after release which is when they started transitioning to putting out this Steam release. Nothing changed though. Greenberg is just a mouthpiece trying to sell a product. Unfortunately he chooses to do so in a totally dishonest way.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
He blinked "at launch" in morris code when he said that.
Bear Force One
Banned
Stop trying to make Windows Store a thing, Greeberg.
LordBaztion
Member
Of course, he's not lying, he's listening to you guys
freshVeggie
Member
Must have been a very quick change of plans.
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