Microsoft: Something Big Coming for PC Gamers
Microsoft Game Studios is working on a title for the PC gamer who loves to upgrade components.
Microsoft Game Studios General Manager Dave Luehmann reassured hardcore PC gamers that the studio hasn't completely moved into the casual gaming space. Without spilling details, he confirmed at least one game is in development that caters to the consumer who dumps loads of cash into upgrading their gaming rigs.
“There are other products, and I can think of one in particular, that will really encourage that type of behavior," he teased. Luehmann added that the core title will be part of a wide range (aka "funnel") of games that will cater to every PC gamer, whether its a casual title or one developed for core MMO players.
Previously Microsoft verified that Fable III would receive support for Games for Windows LIVE. The company also revealed a new edition to the Microsoft Flight Simulator franchise and an online title for the Age of Empires series. Luehmann said that the latter title represented a significant new approach to PC gaming for the company.
"A $50 product, then two years later another $50 product and maybe an expansion? I think that needs to change," he said. "I think that’s a business that’s been successful, and it can still be successful--certainly retail’s still a very valid part of everything that we’re doing--but you can divide that up in a bunch of different ways. You can see micro-transaction games, you can see macro-transaction games: we’re going to experiment."
Luehmann added that more announcements and products will be released over the next 24 months. "We don’t have specific titles that we’re talking about, but there’s more in the development queue than you’ve seen," he said.
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50$ is 10% of month payment for many people in my country. So after you pay all the taxes , there is a little left for the food . So the only option is to be pirat if you want to play games and it doesnt matter on xbox or on PC.
50$ is 10% of month payment for many people in my country. So after you pay all the taxes , there is a little left for the food . So the only option is to be pirat if you want to play games and it doesnt matter on xbox or on PC.
If $50 is half your monthly income, you can't afford to buy games very often, it's not an excuse to pirate them.
10% is a lot . I would by games if price would be about 3-4%. Thats is a reasonable amount.
Buying a new private jet every year for recreational flying will cost millions, and I earn much less than that, so if I want a new one every year I have to steal it.
If you can not afford something, then you need to live without it, its a fact of life.
There is no excuse for pirating or stealing something you do not NEED.
This is a story?
Get rid of the GFWL, MS. All PC gamers will rejoice.
If $50 is half your monthly income, you can't afford to buy games very often, it's not an excuse to pirate them.
Actually, yes it is. Or more accurately, it's subjective by definition, like all morality choices. Piracy isn't theft (someone will challenge this but it 100% isn't, both legally and morally), it doesn't deprive the creator of anything unless you would have purchased the item if piracy weren't an option - since this isn't the case for those on low incomes, I see nothing wrong here.