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Quantum Break coming to PC and Xbox simultaneously on April 5th (?)
- Thread starter Fantastapotamus
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orichalcos
Member
This is not new thing.
Garrett Hawke
Member
Scalebound? Wut?
speedomodel
Member
Apparently buying the game on Xbox One will get you the PC version too? Fucking crazy...
"Every Xbox One Quantum Break pre-order made through the Xbox Store or participating retailers will get you a download code for the Windows 10 version of Quantum Break and Xbox One backwards compatible version of Alan Wakes American Nightmare."
http://remedygames.com/quantum-break-pre-orders-and-previews-launch-windows-10-version-announced/
"Every Xbox One Quantum Break pre-order made through the Xbox Store or participating retailers will get you a download code for the Windows 10 version of Quantum Break and Xbox One backwards compatible version of Alan Wakes American Nightmare."
http://remedygames.com/quantum-break-pre-orders-and-previews-launch-windows-10-version-announced/
WAT
It sure is.
Edit: false alarm.
New info from my friend, who work with MS:
The game is coming to Steam and Win10 Store.
Is this guy verified?
darkinstinct
...lacks reading comprehension.
digitalrelic
Banned
Umm yes, it absolutely is a new thing.
JayWood2010
Member
it is a mistake, read above. They already edited it. It says this now
Quantum Break's PC edition is the latest in Microsoft's wider push to expand its games across console and PC. Games currently in development for both platforms includes ReCore, Sea of Thieves and Fable Legends.
Glad to see Quantum Break coming to PC though. Now i may be able to get my friend to play it xD
New info from my friend, who work with MS:
The game is coming to Steam and Win10 Store.
Good if true, Win10 is garbage for games.
Man, I really hope this is true.New info from my friend, who work with MS:
The game is coming to Steam and Win10 Store.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
You know I'm kind of surprised this comes up for Xbox. Look at last gen, how many apparent exclusives stayed exclusive? Damn few IMHO. MS model has never been focused on true exclusives and in particular going back to original Xbox most titles have ended up on PC.Sony first party and second party are only ps4 not pc
TBH I'd argue three generations of Xbox have made it clear, a few franchises aside, the last reason to get an Xbox is exclusives. Sony and Nintendo? Sure a fair chunk of their games will always be exclusive but that's never been the case with Xbox. Heck even Halo and Gears partially made it to PC.
I honestly can't fathom why anyone would by an Xbox thinking they've bought into a huge ecosystem of exclusives because that's never been the case. At peak with 360 you were mostly getting early access and that was it.
This gen, with high cost of big budget game development exclusives are only getting thinner on the ground.
You should buy an Xbox because you prefer LIVE, the controller, the other features and the ecosystem but unless you have to have the consoles relatively light number of true exclusives you're going to mostly being playing multiplatfofm games and the biggest crossover will likely be with PC (Ori, Ryse, and many others as examples going right back to launch titles).
Portugeezer
Member
Wouldn't that just depend on the contact though? Like, Sunset Overdrive is not owned by MS, so do people expect it on PC just because of that fact alone?
A Remedy game on the other hand seems more plausible, but I don't expect a simultaneous release.
BruceLeeRoy
Banned
But MS are already showing what their strategy is for owned IP and its Win10/Xbox Eco. How does it make sense to add Steam
+1
No buy if Win10 Store exlusive
Pantaghana
Member
Windows 10 only games can be put on Steam, you know?This is 100% a windows store only title
Good...companies should work on their own brand not building up valves backwards platform
Lol @ saying "valve's backwards platform" considering all the fucking limitations and backwards idiocy the Windows 10 store comes with.
Aztechnology
Member
Windows 10 store is pretty awful. I'm not really sure how they managed to screw it up so badly considering their competition. If Microsoft wants to create a real platform they'll have to do much better. That being said I'm still glad it's coming to PC.
Redstone update for windows 10 will clean up a lot of the store issues...store is definitely a very ver 1.0 product at this point. Expect the changes when they merge xbox one and win 10 store
dancrane212
Member
It's more to do with MS terminology - the term "Windows 10" is usually used to represent the store-front. For example when Rise of the Tomb Raider was dated for PC the MS press release specially mentioned a Steam release and a Windows 10 one.
It's pretty bad wording on their part.
GhostTrick
Banned
No words on Steam release ?
I'm not buying it on their terrible store.
I'm not buying it on their terrible store.
Drama Zed Nod
Member
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yep it would kill mods, injector graphic mods and RotTR even has issues with fullscreen there
Psyrgery ES
Member
Amazing news, hope we can get the code even if we preorder the physical edition.
Also lol @ recomended specs being almost thrice the amount of power an Xbox One has
Also lol @ recomended specs being almost thrice the amount of power an Xbox One has
See if you can find out if the Steam version is Win 10 only or if will also support 7 and 8.New info from my friend, who work with MS:
The game is coming to Steam and Win10 Store.
Seems like it's going to be DX12 only game (based on the system requirements) and only Win10 supports DX12.
Minimum specs list DX12, so personally I doubt it.
Primethius
Banned
The only Xbox exclusive I care about. And now I'm ready for it!
More sales and users.
They'd still require Windows 10 and Live. Steam has Uplay on it, too, so I don't see why they would tell MS no.
Nope...not happening
VibratingDonkey
Member
Hm, wonder what them participating retailers are then. Retailer I pre-ordered from is 14% cheaper than others, so hopefully that's one.
This is 100% a windows store only title
Good...companies should work on their own brand not building up valves backwards platform
what are you talking about?
Aztechnology
Member
Maybe he's referring to how valve has a virtual monopoly on digital PC distribution? I mean the service itself is anything but backwards. But maybe it was an I'll conceived statement about that?