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General discussionMicroSoft officially partnered with gog.com(102 posts)(102 posts)
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Posted June 15, 2019
I wonder why MS wouldn't want to at least partner with GOG to release their old (pre-Halo 2-ish) games, similar to Blizz.
Posted June 15, 2019
Yet another reason to never use Galaxy.
Posted June 15, 2019
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karnak1: But will you stop playing videogames, then? I'm not trying to be sarcastic or insulting. Just curious.

Because what if W10 (or the next Microsoft OS) becomes mandatory for every recent game and devs stop developing for Linux? Then not even piracy can help you and your only choice would be consoles (assuming that console games will never need always online-connection to some Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo server).

I still remember the time when I was forced to drop DOS in favour of W95 games. It was an horrible time for gaming. Fortunately things became much better with the later WinXP.
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Lucumo: You can always play older games instead. What's the point of new games when they are just rehashing old formulas over and over and over again?
Yes that's true too I've bought too many windows only games. Gotta play them.
Posted June 15, 2019
No fan of Microsoft but the paranoia really runs deep with some people here.
Posted June 15, 2019
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Elmofongo: So Age of Empires and Marathon games here when?
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amok: not what you asked, but the Marathon trilogy is free - https://alephone.lhowon.org/
Any other Mircosoft PC games that are not Halo and Gears of War?

I know of Rise of Nations.
Posted June 15, 2019
Wake me up when the Fable games and Dungeon Siege 1/2 games and their expansions get here.
Posted June 15, 2019
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MegisED: Dungeon Siege 1/2
That's Square Enix, not Microsoft.
Posted June 15, 2019
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Elmofongo: Any other Mircosoft PC games that are not Halo and Gears of War?

I know of Rise of Nations.
Freelancer, Age of Empires, State of Decay.
Posted June 15, 2019
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Grargar: Marathon has nothing to do with Microsoft. Besides, you can already download it legally for free:
https://alephone.lhowon.org/
Very nice! Thank you for the link
Posted June 15, 2019
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MegisED: Dungeon Siege 1/2
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Frozen: That's Square Enix, not Microsoft.
Ugh, Squeenix... Dungeon Siege 3 was a bloody mess...
Posted June 15, 2019
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Retroman88: What a total nonsensical load of rubbish. Windows 10 does not require an internet connection to remain functional. You don't even need an internet connection to activate the OS, you can do it by phone/text if needed.

I have had a system that has been offline for an extended period of time - I use it for emulation and its probably been around 2/3 years without internet connectivity and its still fully functional.

While gaming on Linux has come a long way it is still a ball ache at times so I am not surprised CDPR didn't bother with a Linux version of W3
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novumZ: So then: Why are windows 10 updates mandatory no one can opt out?
If people keep claiming that updates break their system. What kind of OS is this? How do you manage being offline with win10? Please explain.
You can always check your net connection as taxed connection. That way Windows 10 won't load a single update.
Posted June 15, 2019
atleast microsoft acknowlede GOG where as other publishes just think we are not worth bothering with, still its a chance that we might get some good classic games from MS
Posted June 15, 2019
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Johnathanamz: So MicroSoft is officially partnered with gog.com, why is this not news?...
If Microsoft brought Age of Empires (preferably including IV) to GOG, I would actually demand it to be news. Otherwise ... yawn.
Posted June 15, 2019
For all those daydreaming about MS games on GOG: Keep dreaming.

Focused on Steam because it's the biggest and they were very supportive of the work we wanted in order to make sure our ecosystem stayed connected. So always looking at the future, there's nothing against GOG or EGS that says we wouldn't be able to support those, but right now we're focusing on the two stores that we've announced.
Post edited June 15, 2019 by Mr.Mumbles
Posted June 15, 2019
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Mr.Mumbles: For all those daydreaming about MS games on GOG: Keep dreaming.

Focused on Steam because it's the biggest and they were very supportive of the work we wanted in order to make sure our ecosystem stayed connected. So always looking at the future, there's nothing against GOG or EGS that says we wouldn't be able to support those, but right now we're focusing on the two stores that we've announced.
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Mr.Mumbles:
Nope not a daydream once MicroSoft is partnered with gog.com for GOG Galaxy.

Also I will keep asking them in the investor chat I use, since I own ten shares of MicroSoft since way back in 2010.
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