Well, this is a nice surprise! I was recently playing this on the Xbox through Game Pass. It's amazing that it's coming to PC and that it'll also be available through Steam. I wonder if Microsoft will be taking the Steam route for other games as well...
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While I'm happy with the news, it still sort of leaves a bad taste in my mouth that PC gamers were locked out of this franchise for such a long period of time. I may be pessimistic but it just seems like money-grab now.
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Looking forward to this. I own this on XB and only ever got to Halo 2 as I wanted to do it in chronological order. Will be nice to play it on PC with everything turned up to 11. But yes, Would love all the the other gears to come as well. Hopefully they can see the market for it
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Play Anywhere is not possible as its coming to Steam. Play Anywhere is exclusive to Xbox1 & Win 10 ONLY. When they choose to release on Steam it cannot be Play Anywhere. So thank Steam release for that otherwise it would be free to Game Pass for very little money per monthMS can always eventually choose to put these on Game Pass though. That is what they do monthly on Xbox1 and Game Pass proper is coming to PC this year according to Phil Spencer so I still think they might end up on it as a Game Pass sub seller!
Tbh its great these games are coming to PC but lets face it most of them will just be the same dated gameplay with recentish graphics. I can see why they are releasing in reverse order leading up to the next proper Halo game coming to PC as well.
Not quite. Quantum Break was on Steam and Microsoft Store. The latter was Play Anywhere, whereas the Steam version was indeed steam only. As someone with a digital copy on xbox, I'm hoping for Play Anywhere, but I doubt it...
Play Anywhere titles can be Xbox1 only if there is another version of the title on Steam. That is why Resident Evil 7 is Play Anywhere on XB1, so is Rise Of The Tomb Raider & Quantum Break all because they released on Steam so not part of the Play Anywhere program.
Play Anywhere is purely for titles which are exclusive to XB1 & Win 10 Store only.
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Anyone worried about the quality of the port?
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Well hopefully it'll be good, considering the pic in the OP states "a proper PC version"
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I'm just worried given how often we've been burned in the past.
It's being done by the team that's just finished Crackdown 3. That game runs pretty well apart from a minor stutter every now and then. But I have faith. They're only porting this time, not creating something from scratch.
I was referring to this rumour:
https://www.thurrott.com/xbox/200140/microsofts-evolving-gaming-strategy-takes-a-giant-step-forward
This would deliver the Xbox One back catalogue to PC. If it's close to release, then why go to the hassle and expense of porting MCC to PC?
I guess MCC could be an exception though; a title that Microsoft want to give some special treatment to.
Recore, Halo Wars and Super Lucky's Tale are Play Anywhere, Game Pass, and also on Steam. Possibly others too; I only took a quick look.
Being released on Steam doesn't preclude the Windows Store version of a game from being Play Anywhere, or from it turning up on Game Pass.
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I'm not going to get to excited about, I don't think Halo (at least the early games) will carry over well to the PC. Even with support for higher resolutions, you still going to have low poly count models and low resolution textures. And the gun play whilst good for it's day isn't going to hold up well to modern games.
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Nostalgia is the hottest ticket in town, has been for a few years now in all media formats.
Pity I am up to 4 in the MCC after they released the 4K update late last year.
Don't think the ports will take that long as they have all the updated textures, assets, code, maybe some engine tweaking to accommodate PC needs.
Will I buy this if it not on Gamepass for the PC....probably...mmmmm....yes
Pity I am up to 4 in the MCC after they released the 4K update late last year.
Don't think the ports will take that long as they have all the updated textures, assets, code, maybe some engine tweaking to accommodate PC needs.
Will I buy this if it not on Gamepass for the PC....probably...mmmmm....yes
Same.
I thought I saw something about Microsoft saying they were going to put more focus on PC gaming?
Not going to help people buy games from their store, if they allow those games to be released on Steam...
When State of Decay 2 came out, there was a hint on Undead Labs site it would appear on Steam at some point. I can't see that happening; not if Microsoft want to focus more on PC gaming. Since then, Microsoft announced that they had made agreement with Undead Labs, that they would be incorporated into Microsoft Studios. It doesn't help Microsoft, having their exclusives on other platforms.. Would be great for everybody else though.
Steady now! Let's not get too excited!
If anything the only way to play this on Linux is through their xCloud streaming service.
It’s the right way to do things though. Give people the choice of where to buy but make one more attractive than the other. So in other words, the Microsoft store version will support Game Pass and Play Anywhere whereas the Steam version will be a straight forward purchase.
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Ha, sods law, we picked up a Xbox One X purely for Red Dead Redemption 2, I picked up the collection for Halo and recently played through them all again. 1 was brilliant but showed it's age a little. 2 is still a masterpiece and will always be the best in the series for me.