QUOTE(Boldnut @ Aug 15 2013, 11:59 AM)
honestly Microsoft could easily kill both PS4 + steam in 1 stone if they really serious/aggressive about gaming.
They have Xbox market, now they have windows store which also link to windows phone/tablet store.
think about this a generous developer could start offering better deals if Microsoft somehow allow reliable verification across diff Microsoft platforms on 1 accounts.
buying games like Battlefield 3 on Xbox = owning game on PC @ windows Store. sort of like steamworks title = owning windows game = linux/mac version as well.
If u are gamer? would u buy PS4/steam copy if you can pay the same money to own a console Xbox copy+a PC version+ maybe phone/tablet port of the game? Especially the windows copy do not require client but a legal copy of windows only?
The problem, does Microsoft want to do that? Hell if they want, they have the damn chance to kill PS4, Steam, Andriod and iOS in one go if they want total gaming dominance. They have the money to do so, the talented researchers and programmers to improve on existing technologies and also a huge market share around the world with its Office dominance but there is one thing that they never seemed to have, a brain of a visionary like Steve Jobs or Elon Musk. Instead, Microsoft is lead by idiot who encourages corporate in fighting that results nonsense like Kin phone with Windows 8 mobile, garbage Kinect for gaming, Games for Windows LIVE, Surface RT, unsuccessful Windows phone, killing Zune prematurely, numerous terrible policies on Xbox LIVE and that utter failure called Windows 8 with Windows RT.
After shoving rubbish after rubbish, I really doubt that they can do that even with that guy from Valve because their idiotic company infighting and flip flop policies. If they get their shit together, I think even Tencent, Apple or Goggle will be afraid of them. Microsoft only thrives when their competitor makes mistakes but the problem is, now, their competitors like Google, Apple and Tencents are lead by people who knows what are they doing with a more unified vision.
As much as I hope for a unified desktop-laptop-console-tablet-phone OS with cross platform programs, I doubt Microsoft will make it a good system. Seriously, I really want to get a Surface Pro because I get to bring all my PC stuff with me in a slightly bigger tablet which includes Office, all my finite element stuff and even my games along because the idea itself is amazing but Microsoft themselves made so many mistakes to the point I might just opt for an iPad or Nexus tab.
QUOTE(alex82 @ Aug 15 2013, 12:00 PM)
that good, take it slowly no rush
Yeah, i know.
Anyway, thanks for the keys. I didnt take any though, as I have most of them d.