'Quantum Break' Coming To Steam, Gets Physical Version, Too

[heirdeux]

One of Microsoft's exclusive titles is coming to Steam, and it's also getting a physical retail copy.

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[wifiburger]

windows store = garbage
now they need money so their releasing it on other stores yeah no thanks microsoft

 

[megajynx]

Dear MS (assuming you made the call), thank you for realizing people might want to buy content outside of UWP.


... Would I be pushing my luck if I hope Sunset Overdrive somehow magically appears on Steam someday?

 

[Guest]

Windows 10 and Store are epic failure, so i am not surprised by this. A game should be on Steam from day one.

 

[Avus]

It is not about this game should be a Win10 exclusive or not.... It is not a good game period. AngryJoe review said it all..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW2YeekqqtY

 

[cats_Paw]

Is it going to be win10 exclusive on steam? I might consider the game, not the OS.

 

[Deleted member 1353997]

Dear MS (assuming you made the call), thank you for realizing people might want to buy content outside of UWP.


... Would I be pushing my luck if I hope Sunset Overdrive somehow magically appears on Steam someday?

Considering the game's still an Xbox One exclusive (as far as I know), they'd have to announce a PC port first.

 

[Avus]

@CATS_PAW
No it is NOT a Win10/xbone exclusive anymore, that is why it is available on STEAM
http://store.steampowered.com/app/474960/
It will work in Win7 to Win10 64bit

@NOLONAR
MS had been ported this game to Windows 10 for a while
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/quantum-break/9nblggh6h0rv

 

[Deleted member 1353997]

@NOLONAR
MS had been ported this game to Windows 10 for a while
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/quantum-break/9nblggh6h0rv

I was talking about Sunset Overdrive.
Did I quote the wrong post, or why did you think I meant Quantum Break?

 

[jimmysmitty]

Dear MS (assuming you made the call), thank you for realizing people might want to buy content outside of UWP.


... Would I be pushing my luck if I hope Sunset Overdrive somehow magically appears on Steam someday?

You realize that UWP is not the same as the Windows store, right? UWP is just the idea that an application written for Windows 10 can also work on Windows 10 mobile without having to be ported to it. It can be released on the Windows Store, Steam or even retail disk.

So it being on the Windows Store was not it being a UWP application. It would still be a UWP application on Steam.

Windows 10 and Store are epic failure, so i am not surprised by this. A game should be on Steam from day one.

A failure? Its market share has increased in 6 months and is at about 25% which is pretty damn fast, especially compared to 8 and 8.1.

 

[Agam3mn0n]

UWP is an attempt by Microsoft to sieze control. It is a self contained file system that provides privileged access to API's while isolating the files in a container whose contents cannot be accessed. In addition to this UWP is 'portable' but it is also locked down and while the method of distribution is largely irrelevant, it is controlled by Microsoft.

UWP also has significant limitations, firstly (and I'm not certain if this has changed) Games do not run in fullscreen, they run in borderless full screen mode, meaning the game does not lock the screen for exclusive use this can have an impact on render performance. It also imposes hardware restrictions too in that SLI is rendered useless in UWP titles; etc... It is not simply 'a method for ensuring that "application written for Windows 10 can also work on Windows 10 mobile without having to be ported to it"

UWP is simply an attempt to transfer control from the User, you cant peer into the UWP container and your ability to utilise hardware features of your PC is dictated by the container. There is also some concern that in the future Microsoft may deprecate Win32 in favour of UWP, now, while I doubt that Win32 is likely to disappear the concerns remain and they are valid. It is quite likely that feature development will favour UWP over Win32 moving forward.

 

[Guest]

If you check steam page for Quantum Break, actual requirement is Windows 7 and DX11. Hey mgpu support will work fine, and finally we will get decent performance.