Noodleface
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The Big Bad Console Thread - Sway your Station with an Xboner !
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Regime
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Hah yeah.
Having both is awesome. Call me when Uncharted/God Of war Remastered is out.
Isnt Xbone going to start doing the cross buys between PC and console? that is a good fucking move
Vaclav
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Crossplay via streaming has been stated officially with Windows 10 - not heard anything of crossbuy. That's not to say it doesn't exist, but its certainly been downplayed if it's been said compared to the streaming.
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Microsoft is indeed making good moves. First an upgrade to Win 10 is going to be free for everyone in the world, and now this. Can't say I don't envy the cross-streaming, but at the same time I really wouldn't want MS grubby fingers in everything I do.
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Vaclav
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Cross play, not cross buy. I don't see any chance publishers are going to give you a free copy on another platform.
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meStevo
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Xbox One, Windows 10 Games Getting Cross-Buy Support - GameSpot
Cross-buy will work similarly to what we've seen elsewhere, including PlayStation systems: Buying certain Xbox One or PC games will provide you with copies that can be played on both your console and any Windows 10 devices. Pinball FX 2 is the first game to support cross-buy; if you own content for it on Xbox One, you already own the in-development Windows 10 version.
Cross-buy support comes as part of Microsoft's Windows Universal App Platform, which we first heard about in January. Developers will be able to create a single version of a game that can run across all Windows devices (including Xbox One). To show how easy it is, Microsoft said Shovel Knight Yacht Club Games was able to port the game to Xbox One in a single day.
It's currently unclear how commonplace cross-buy will be. The decision will be in the hands of developers, as Spencer says it's "nothing something that we'll mandate." But he made it clear that Microsoft's overarching vision is to make games on the Windows 10 platform available in some way no matter what device you're accessing it from.
Cross-buy will work similarly to what we've seen elsewhere, including PlayStation systems: Buying certain Xbox One or PC games will provide you with copies that can be played on both your console and any Windows 10 devices. Pinball FX 2 is the first game to support cross-buy; if you own content for it on Xbox One, you already own the in-development Windows 10 version.
Cross-buy support comes as part of Microsoft's Windows Universal App Platform, which we first heard about in January. Developers will be able to create a single version of a game that can run across all Windows devices (including Xbox One). To show how easy it is, Microsoft said Shovel Knight Yacht Club Games was able to port the game to Xbox One in a single day.
It's currently unclear how commonplace cross-buy will be. The decision will be in the hands of developers, as Spencer says it's "nothing something that we'll mandate." But he made it clear that Microsoft's overarching vision is to make games on the Windows 10 platform available in some way no matter what device you're accessing it from.
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Looks like it's about time to get the Xbone. That is awesome if developers aren't fuckign stupid about it.
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It's nice, but I can only hope developers follow through. I dunno, maybe its the cynic in me but I don't see developers losing the chance at being able to sell multiple copies of the same game to a single person because that person wants to play on multiple platforms.
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I am too (as it's been clear) but with the streaming fundamentally doing MOST of it, they lose most of the "try to get someone to buy it twice" argument anyhow - since not many people would waste money rather than just streaming it over.
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It's a balance, more loyalty and play of their titles as the result of cross-buy may equal more DLC purchases and players willing to put more investment into a game/franchise.
I'm not the gamer I used to be, but even when I had a lot more time it was things like Steam sales that resulted in my buying a game I already owned on consoles.
I'm not the gamer I used to be, but even when I had a lot more time it was things like Steam sales that resulted in my buying a game I already owned on consoles.