Dictator93
Member
Would someone please think of the xboxones!
I still canot get over this. So awesome. Day 1, 4K DSR here I come.
I still canot get over this. So awesome. Day 1, 4K DSR here I come.
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Killer Instinct announced for PC
- Thread starter MRORANGE
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Burgess_101
Member
I hope this means I can use my stick with no issues. Never would have been able to on Xbox.
This strategy also applies to phones + tablets. Software is on everything.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
This the number of posts saying they were only buying an Xbox for Killer Instinct seem disingenuous. KI is a launch title. It's been a year and a half. The game obviously wasn't pulling you THAT hard.
Why would it? They tried once and it failed. Maybe 1% of PC gamers would pay for online, it's been free for too long.
and even then they'll probably need to bring Halo 5 and Gears 4 before people would entertain the idea of subbing for longer than 1 second.
Aceofspades
Banned
Huge overlap between X1/PC games.
Yeah and the gold on windows would only have microsoft games under it. Any third party will also release their game on steam/origin/gog which don't require you to pay to play online and thus everyone would just get their game there instead of giving microsoft the 30% cut from their store.
Maybe some people were waiting for the game to have a respectable amount of content.
Again. Wonder what that means for the future of Xbox subscriptions.
Xbox (the console) is a closed platform where another service provider (steam for example) is not competing with them so they can ask for the subscription fees. PC is an open platform and due to the competition they would never get away with it.
I would entertain the idea of subscribing to something like "Windows 10 Live Gold" if they brought absolutely everything to PC day one. $60 per year to not ever have to own an X1 for exclusives? Yeah, I think I'd probably agree to that. It's never going to happen, though.
Got to ask yourself if MS decided to bring over Forza and Halo to the PC then how relevant will actually owning a XB1 actually be. I know this is great news for PC owners that GoW and KI are coming to PC but I can't help feel they are slowly killing the XB1.
I won't be surprised it the next incarnation of the Xbox won't be just a £100 app/platform/service for windows 11 and MS leave hardware behind
I won't be surprised it the next incarnation of the Xbox won't be just a £100 app/platform/service for windows 11 and MS leave hardware behind
Eternal Flame
Member
Ha no Joke When I saw Cinder's retro costume I was ready to plop down the money for an xbone for this game. Seeing my favorite character from to this day my favorite fighting game of all time (KI 1) in a new game got me pretty excited. But I talked myself out of it. Getting a system for just one game just seemed like a waste. I've done it before though with KI Gold. Believe it or not that was the only game I ever Wanted to play on the N64. Ended up not keeping the system.
That aside I'm am pretty excited for this. Now there is really no need for me to have that X Box one
I'm probably in there day one. Kinda hope they port the arcade versions of Ki 1 and Ki 2 also.
That aside I'm am pretty excited for this. Now there is really no need for me to have that X Box one
I'm probably in there day one. Kinda hope they port the arcade versions of Ki 1 and Ki 2 also.
shaowebb
Member
Well no shit...it didn't launch as a complete game in most of our eyes with a roster that small and so little else. Its only recently with the completion of season 2 and story mode coming that the game felt worth going in for since it had grown so much. Plus going to PC potentially alleviates many stick expense worries that kept some on the fence. A lot of us wanted to play the title but it just hadn't become enough of a value yet to justify a console purchase.
Till now for a lot of us KI was the only exclusive worth considering an X1 for, but it just wasn't a big enough game to justify the console purchase. With this there's no reason for folks like me to keep riding the fence on the issue. Just not enough big name exclusives.
DarkLordMalik
Member
Any release date given for this one?
Dexthepleb
Banned
well no reason to buy an xbox one anymore
Let's be honest, most people here with a gaming PC who hadn't bought an Xbox One at this point weren't going to anyway.
This way they still get to sell you the game. It's pretty much a win-win situation as it increases the lifespan and playerbase of KI. Trying to spin it into some sort of XBONE is doooOOoomed story is dumb.
This way they still get to sell you the game. It's pretty much a win-win situation as it increases the lifespan and playerbase of KI. Trying to spin it into some sort of XBONE is doooOOoomed story is dumb.
what was the price for you to jump in? last year during christmas they were super discounted so if you'd expect them to get any lower than that you'd be waiting years.
Dexthepleb
Banned
mdsfx
Member
I was one of those people. And as a huge fighting game fan and KI player from the 90s, yes it was. Sold my XB1 just a few weeks ago bc I couldnt justify keeping it only for KI.
Yes, there are other games and exclusives that I played around with here and there, but KI was the driving factor for me 100%.
RecursiveFault
Banned
If this is their goal that's awesome. Leveraging PC as an actual platform they care about, since they already hold *tons* of the Desktop gaming market and not just promising it over and over like usual, is radical.
Now that SteamOS is threatening Windows PC gaming to a degree, getting this competition will be fucking rad.
Most promising moves from MS in years.
I am pretty sure this is W10 exclusive, they even have Win 10 in the announcement picture.
EastOfEden
Member
(In my case) yes.
Doug Heffernan
Member
You don't have to pay to play online on windows 10
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Windows 10 is free bro.
GAF should have a script that automatically replaces the text when detected.
Nobody (other than Troubled Bat) was really looking to get an Xbox One for Killer Instinct, yet still doesn't have one two years later. Either you'd get the console later for cheap because there are numerous other games you want to play, or you were just gonna port beg throughout the generation.
chromatic9
Member
Awesome to see KI on PC
My thoughts last year were MS should bring over games and use their own store to bolster Windows. Don't have an issue with it.
Just hope they can bring Forza over but I expect Microsoft will do as little as possible. That's all they need to do really.
My thoughts last year were MS should bring over games and use their own store to bolster Windows. Don't have an issue with it.
Just hope they can bring Forza over but I expect Microsoft will do as little as possible. That's all they need to do really.
Goldfishking
Member
For people who have windows 7 or 8. If you are building a new PC you still have to pay for a new copy.
Yea, but if you were building a new PC, were you really gonna put something pre-Windows 7 on it?
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I thought it was a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8 users? Is it now free for everyone?
The Windows store and universal content is key to their future -- way more than xbox hardware is -- so I would not bet on them doing as little as possible
Principate
Saint Titanfall
No it's not, but chances of someone not having a windows 7 or 8 license somewhere considering their market share is very low. But your right
TrackZ
Member
It would never kill the Xbox console to bring those and every game over. Plenty of people don't want to build PCs and would choose the cheaper, simpler system over the custom one.
Bringing all the games is best for everyone and best for business in the end. The player community would grow. We would have choice. MS would sell more games.
chromatic9
Member
That's how I see it as well and Xbox Hardware has never been important, its software and subscriptions for Xbox but that pails into insignificance to Windows staying relevant
The thing is how far do MS keep going with the console? Right now I see them simply doing little bits to keep the gamers on Windows and DirectX and carrying on with the console stuff. I see some version of Forza coming, said that last year.
You saying they're going to do a lot more in the short term Bring Forza 6 to PC within a year? I just see them doing what they need to keep Windows gaming not go down another path in the long term, nip it in the bud if you will.
The far future, I see it all going into some form of PC, but that's way off.
It wouldn't kill the Xbox no. I'm not at all convinced that it would be best for their business though. Some users (such as myself) absolutely would drop the console for PC in this case, and on average per user those that do, are probably those that currently spend the most on their games and services. There are lots of things I give MS money for on Xbox that I possibly wouldn't be doing on PC.
Also, many game's communities shouldn't ever be combined. I bought Quake 3 on Dreamcast, and quickly found that it was a PC gamer's world in there.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
Windows 10 is a free upgrade, on all copies of Windows 7 and 8
if you get what I'm saying.