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[Tunesmith]

Yes to both achievements and cloud saving.

I suppose Xbox save syncing is out of the question for this?

 

[murgo]

Yay, this is excellent news! Finally the game will be unshackled from all the UWP bullshit. Will buy.

 

[somesayyea]

this is great news

 

[Visualante2]

Nice, I'm hoping for Forza Horizon 3 on steam next

This pretty much confirms I will be waiting on an announcement for Forza Horizon 3. I don't want the buyer's remorse of getting it through W10S and finding it on Steam 3 months later.

 

[pksu]

well judging by this like

most likely without UWP

Yeah, according to http://www.remedygames.com/quantum-break-coming-to-steam-and-pc-retail-on-14th-of-september/ this release comes with DX11 renderer. Interesting to see if there are performance differences.

 

[Stone Ocean]

https://twitter.com/remedygames/status/763398340667113472

Fucking bought

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Quantum Break is a single player game. Gears and Forza are multiplayer games which require an Xbox Live gamer tag to play. Because of this I highly doubt those games will come to Steam. The Microsoft games that are currently available on Steam are mostly single player if I'm not mistaken.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Great news!

 

[Htown]

So is this Quantum break moving to a win32 executable, or is this Steam adding UWP games?

 

[bltn]

Windows 7 is supported, so Win32

https://twitter.com/remedygames/status/763398340667113472

Yay, then this is actually interesting.

 

[Corpekata]

Gonna laugh if this runs a lot better just being freed from the UWP constraints.

 

[Theorry]

So is this Quantum break moving to a win32 executable, or is this Steam adding UWP games?

Win32

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Quantum Break is a single player game. Gears and Forza are multiplayer games which require an Xbox Live gamer tag to play. Because of this I highly doubt those games will come to Steam. The Microsoft games that are currently available on Steam are mostly single player if I'm not mistaken.

Hmmmmmm, this is an interesting point.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

Yes! I've been really wanting to play this! I looooooooved Alan Wake, but never got around to Quantum Break, so this will be the perfect time to pick it up considering I've been wanting to sell my Xbox One and don't want to deal with the Windows 10 store.

 

[The Hamburglar]

So you still need a quantum computer to play this? Even on steam I feel this game would break my pc.

 

[blue_phazon]

https://twitter.com/remedygames/status/763398340667113472

Bummer.

It should have been UWP only

 

[DeathSparks]

Yeah, and 5% of that on Windows store, from what I remember.

And there's a good reason it sold poorly, barely anyone uses the Windows Store on PC when there's already Steam which is a much better platform.

That is unless it's Free To Play like Killer Instinct or Forza Motorsport 6

 

[Visualante2]

So is this Quantum break moving to a win32 executable, or is this Steam adding UWP games?

If it's coming to 7 x64 it can't be UWP.

 

[Falchion]

It's a great game so I hope this will get more people to experience it.

 

[bltn]

Bummer.

It should have been UWP only

This must be bait.

 

[Fractal]

You can say the same for Origin. But people know now. If i want to play Battlefield i gotta use Origin. Originwasnt in a best state also. But improved. As the W10 store will also. I think its good that there are more stores. Not a fan of put everything on Steam.mentality.

I'm not a big fan of Steam as well lately, but I'm also not a big fan of MS when it comes to their plans for the PC platform. Origin ended up successful since EA has quite a good understanding of the PC market, but MS, not so much. GFWL crashed and burned back in the day, and I wouldn't discount W10 store and UWP going the same route.

 

[Wowfunhappy]

This doesn't necessarily mean performance will be any better guys.

 

[Htown]

Win32

If it's coming to 7 x64 it can't be UWP.

Good.

 

[DeathSparks]

This pretty much confirms I will be waiting on an announcement for Forza Horizon 3. I don't want the buyer's remorse of getting it through W10S and finding it on Steam 3 months later.

Either that or Scalebound would be nice, doubt this will happen with Gears of War 4 but there's always hope.

 

[squall23]

I still can't play or buy this until there's an option to download the videos.

 

[bede-x]

Holy crap, this is good news. Might we also be getting upcoming MS firstparty titles on Steam in due time?

I'm in day one

 

[Fujinn]

Nice! Now i'll play it.

 

[timberger]

I didn't think the game was very good but it would certainly be interesting to see it in action without the trash IQ of the XB1 version. The game's visuals clearly had a lot of detail to them, but the effort felt wasted when you could only see them through grainy smudge-o-vision.

I'll maybe think about a double dip when it hits sales.

The retail version of the Quantum Break: Timeless Collector’s Edition will cost EUR/USD 39.99 and includes:

Premium packaging
5 Game Discs (one-time Steam key redemption required)
Making of Blu-Ray
Making of Book
1 Soundtrack CD (Audio-CD)
2 Posters
Quickstart Guide.

Christ... glad I don't have to deal with physical releases on PC is all I can say.

 

[Theorry]

I'm not a big fan of Steam as well lately, but I'm also not a big fan of MS when it comes to their plans for the PC platform. Origin ended up successful since EA has quite a good understanding of the PC market, but MS, not so much. GFWL crashed and burned back in the day, and I wouldn't discount W10 store and UWP going the same route.

Think there is now a very different mindset now compared to back in the day with GFWL.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

This doesn't necessarily mean performance will be any better guys.

Why wouldn't it? Its win32.

 

[TheSeks]

Now... Forza 5: Apex non-UWP on Steam, please, MS?

 

[derExperte]

This must be bait.

Let's pretend it is but GAF has a couple of UWP fans and they are batshit insane.

 

[Lister]

Will purchase whatever DIGITAL deluxe verison they throw up on Steam. Been wanting to try the game but the MS store kept me away.

 

[Doug Heffernan]

Now... Forza 5: Apex non-UWP on Steam, please, MS?

Again, this wouldn't work. Forza is a multiplayer game. You would need an Xbox Live login.

 

[Durante]

Bummer.

It should have been UWP only

If you're not trolling I'm really curious as to why -- and how -- anyone would ever argue that.

I mean, I can somewhat see why a person very (very) different from me would argue for having an UWP version, but try as I might I can't come up with even the most obscure argument why anyone would actively want a release constricted to only an UWP version.

 

[iBlue]

I don't understand why they are putting their exclusives on Steam since the whole point of having a windows store is to bring customers to your own store.

 

[Banana Aeon]

This gives me hope for a non UWP Forza.

But I doubt it. Microsoft is far too stubborn to give up on their cancer.

 

[Mufausa The 3rd]

Microsoft needs to just stop. This same shit is gunna happen with Dead Rising 4 as well too.

 

[dancrane212]

While this is a valid point - how sure are we that you can't use Live intergation outside of WinStore/UWP framework? Such limitation would make no sense.

It's also possible that they will sell the UWP version in Steam which would be kind of what Ubisoft is doing with their Steam/Uplay integration. In this case Live integration is not a concern, but I won't be able to double dip as I already have the game in WinStore.

I believe Tim Sweeney talked about how those features are currently locked to UWP. Not that MS couldn't make a workaround if they wanted to but that'd be up to them.

 

[catofthecanals]

Fantastic game. Whoever said it wasn't worth 15 bucks is insane.

 

[SOR5]

Great news and I'm a fan of choice

But I wonder if theres a certain criteria to be met at MS to merit a Steam version

What happens to Win10?
What happens to Play Anywhere?
What happens to cross play?
What happens to cross save?
Is there any connection to Xbox or is it just severed off completely?

Things I'm curious to see

 

[silva1991]

Now announce Scalbound for steam and Xbox will never be in my room ever.

 

[etta]

Holy mother of God, very nice!

On a sidenote, Microsoft should really, really consider integrating into Steam similar to how Ubisoft is doing. Buying their games on Steam but require "activation" via the Windows Store, it would help their games so much.

 

[witchedwiz]

waiting for confirmation that it will *not* require windows 10 :X

 

[Lion Heart]

Not a very good game but nice precedent. I'd imagine it's case by case with Microsoft though, games that bomb like QB will try to recoup costs through all available means.

 

[RealityCheque]

At least now we know it'll be discounted at some point.

Not a very good game but nice precedent. I'd imagine it's case by case with Microsoft though, games that bomb like QB will try to recoup costs through all available means.

In which case I hope Forza bombs.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Either that or Scalebound would be nice, doubt this will happen with Gears of War 4 but there's always hope.

Now... Forza 5: Apex non-UWP on Steam, please, MS?

If there is a slim chance Halo, Gears, and Forza ever get on Steam you know it's gonna require some type of Windows sign in just so it can communicate with Xbox Live. Unless MS decides to ditch all that and have full online interactivity with steam.

 

[Nzyme32]

I assume this will not be UWP, but also the line of making it available on more "operating systems" suggests a DX11 renderer for other Windows versions perhaps.

If that is the case, are the rendering / performance issues going to be fixed? Somehow I doubt it. I'd be waiting for a sale on this one. Though I generally really like remedy games, my bro has advised me against this one, which is a shame.

 

[Theorry]

waiting for confirmation that it will *not* require windows 10 :X

Thats already confirmed.

 

[blue_phazon]

This must be bait.

If you're not trolling I'm really curious as to why -- and how -- anyone would ever argue that.

I mean, I can somewhat see why a person very (very) different from me would argue for having an UWP version, but try as I might I can't come up with even the most obscure argument why anyone would actively want a release constricted to only an UWP version.

Just low quality bait