Microsoft: "We Need to Do More for PC Gaming"

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/microsoft-we-need-to-do-more-for-pc-gaming/1100-6420024/

LOL, whatever you say M$.

The only thing microsoft needs to do is commit seppuku.

Abandon consoles! Stick with what you do well.

Somebody needs to save PC from Facebook Farming hell and shitty ports.

Should release the driver for the XBone controller.

Thanks but no thanks. We already have Valve and Steam.

Rise of Nations and Age of Empires sequels plz Microsoft. And not F2P crap.

Incoming games for windows live reboot.

Please be excited.

Haven't they said this pretty much every year for the past decade?

This seems to be Microsoft's idea of better relations with PC gaming.

Where are these amazing console exclusives i keep hearing about?

We need to do more for PC gaming!

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Releases Halo Spartan Assault, dangling the Halo 3 carrot.

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We need to do more for PC gaming!

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*re-releases 10+ year old games like Age of Mythology or Rise of Nations*

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We need to do more for PC gaming!

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Halo 3 Anniversary Edition for PC in 2017, oh oops I mean, anniversary edition for Halo: Spartan Assault and that's going to be released in 2023. Have some patience!

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Just shut up, Microsoft! You do business better when you keep your mouth shut than spew crap all over the place!

I thought they said this like a few months ago

yes because they closed down both studios...

Although I was excited to see they released Rise of Nations on steam

They bought the rights to the series as well...Must mean something for sure.

Another Halo Wars-esque game on Xbox One. Get it while it's still hot!

Just make another good flight sim.

Lets see Freelancer 2! :D

No MS please don't.

PC gaming is perfectly fine, MIcrosoft ought be doing more for the Xbox792p.

Sounds like Microsoft has a facebook game in the works.

• 2005 - We care about PC gaming, Longhorn (Vista) to usher in modern PC gaming with "Tray and Play"

Vista launches with none of the stuff MS promised, Vista itself sucks the ass of a thousand camels.

• 2006 - MS: Don't Count PC Games Out

MS announces GFWL and how utterly amazing it will be, suckers everywhere rejoice in the eventual ass reaming they don't know is coming yet.

• 2007 - MS continues PC push

MS launches GFWL...and it has a $50 a year fee, and they announce a whole slew of games to include Shadowrun with cross platform play and Gears of War 1! What are you paying for you ask? Jank ass software that crashes and has the most unintuitive updating system known to man. Load a game, game says you need update. Signs you out, downloads update, you jump back in...oh GFWL client has a update too! signs you out, downloads up date and you log back in...

MS will shortly thereafter disband Ensemble because MS feels that they're (MS) moving in a different direction! But don't worry we tots <3 you PC gamers.

• 2008 - MS: PC gaming is A-okay

Yea we've looked at some money pie charts and can see that PC gaming brings in billions in revenue. Here is our open letter to how awesome PC gaming is and our promise to support it! We finally put some new titles up on GFWL! Oh and we got rid of the $50 a year fee for GFWL, see we're serious about PC gaming! If that's not a sign of commitment, I don't know what is!

• 2008 - MS: PC gaming is not dead!

Look at this event we're throwing for PC gaming, you think we'd throw this if we didn't truly care about it?! Look at these games that will be on GFWL. We <3 PC gaming. You want fixes for GFWL issues? We'll look into that.

• 2008 - MS bolsters PC gaming with all new Games for Windows Live!

Hey gaiz remember those GFWL client issues you were having...well we didn't fix those per say but....here is the same shit in a slightly newer skin! PROGRESS

• 2009 - MS: PC gaming still a priority for us!

Okay gaiz look, this time we're serious about our upcoming push in PC gaming. It's so vital to us at MS that we give the PC our love and support!

• 2010 - MS: "We're doubling down on PC gaming

By doubling down we mean we're keeping this shittastic GFWL client around because! We might even throw an update at it to fix the problem of game saves being randomly deleted or rendered worthless...maybe.

• 2010 - MS Launches Games for Windows Marketplace

Hey gaiz, we're making GFWL even better because it's now called Games for Windows Marketplace. Everything is brand new and easy to use, anonymous journalists have even said it's better than Steam. We had 3 interns and a janitor work on this, so you know we're committed!

• 2010 - MS: Windows 8 is going to relaunch gaming!

Hey gaiz, MS again. With Windows 8 we're totally going to put our full weight behind PC gaming just like we promised back in 2006! Pls be excite.

• 2012 - MS: We won't ditch GFWL!

We're committed to PC gaming and we absolutely think GFWL is the best play to get PC games and play with others. Our client is awesome....ly bloated and deletes shit randomly, but that's really one of the charms of PC gaming that we captured! It's a balanced experience! Hope you rike!

• 2013 - MS to discontinue GFWL

Hey gaiz new manager here, so like a bunch of your games might stop working come 2014...but that's okay! We expect there to be transitions as we build out new investments, but we remain committed to bringing first party gaming services and games to Windows for years to come. We will share more details in the future!

• 2013 - MS promises core first party games coming to PC

We're so committed we swear!

• 2014 - Microsoft: We Need to Do More for PC Gaming

"Part of my Xbox role is to bring back our Windows gaming focus," Xbox boss Phil Spencer says.

Valve is doing a mighty fine job.

no worries microsoft. so many games to play that your involvement's hardly necessary.

They just finished saying this afew months ago and afew months before that. Do they think just talking about it is enough?

I called it.... Microsoft only removed Games for Windows Live because they have something much much worse instore..... GFWL is going to become much stronger and much more of a pain in the ass.......

The best thing Microsoft can do for PC gaming is leave it alone.

the death of gaming.

gabe newell is a drm phaggot

just sort out the bloated API (WIP with DX12), cut the fat out of windows and stay out of the way.

well they are releasing fable anniversary on steam in the coming months and put age of empires on steam and bought the rise of nations ip so thats good start. as long as ms just release games on steam im ok but dont try that whole gfwl bs again, also i want halo ce anniversary on pc

I can already see it. E3 2014: "We are proud to announce a big comeback to RTS on consoles: Age of Empires 4 for Xbox One!"

Thats ok MS. Other companies are doing it

ill start taking them seriously if they do that.

Makes you wonder what is going on at MS HQ.

The more they do for PC....the less likely it is that I'll have to pick up an X1.

That, and a proper Mechwarrior title as well. Even though the 4's weren't as good as 2 and 2 mercenaries, they were still solid titles.

Good stuff!

MS doesn't need to do More for PC gaming. It needs to do One thing right, then Maybe work on the next step. The bigger their plans have been, the more massive the failure, and they have almost no cred with PC gamers anymore.

You've done plenty MS, removing GFWL was enough just leave it at that.

Ya this coming from the company that makes windows 8 the only OS that can play their first party pc tittles. Because when you really want to support something you cut out close too 50% of your available market.

Ya this coming from the company that makes windows 8 the only OS that can play their upcoming first party pc tittles. Cutting access to your upcoming games by close too 50% of their available pc market. Sounds like tones of support...

MS need to do more for the X1 first

Screw the bone.. I'd rather Forza on PC

They've been saying that for years and haven't done anything.

Give us another freelancer

Plenty of other companies are doing better, so they shouldn't worry. Simply make your OS viable for gaming, and leave the rest alone.

So M$ should close completely?