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 Posted: Thu, 7th Oct 2010 14:17 Post subject: Randy Pitchford (Gearbox) on Steam and GFWL |
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Oct 2010 16:01 Post subject: |
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Microsoft has...the best service? Huh? That's news to me.
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Oct 2010 16:43 Post subject: |
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Well, he's right, Steam and GFWL are the biggest services.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Oct 2010 19:59 Post subject: |
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| tolanri wrote: | | Microsoft has...the best service? Huh? That's news to me. |
But they do. What other gaming service lets you play multiple games for the price of one very cheap game? Or in the case of most NFOHumpers, a free game thanks to a fuck up by Sega.
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Oct 2010 21:11 Post subject: |
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I personally like G4WL a lot more than I used to. Still has some work to do but overall I like it.
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Oct 2010 21:30 Post subject: |
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| AKofC wrote: | | tolanri wrote: | | Microsoft has...the best service? Huh? That's news to me. |
But they do. What other gaming service lets you play multiple games for the price of one very cheap game? Or in the case of most NFOHumpers, a free game thanks to a fuck up by Sega. |
Yeah well I don't have a key, so not so for me. Besides there are cracks for every GFW title I reckon, so it's n big deal. And there aren't many worthwhile games you could use the key for multiplayer.
I like standalone games, like in old times. I don't like Steam or GFW, but if I had to choose I'd definitely choose Steam over any other similar platform.
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Oct 2010 22:11 Post subject: |
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What...the fuck..is he blabbering about?
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| Posted: Thu, 7th Oct 2010 22:43 Post subject: |
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GFWL is trash. I'd rather them just get rid of it altogether.
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| Posted: Fri, 8th Oct 2010 03:49 Post subject: |
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Personally, I don't really have much against GFWL. I think it's kinda cool with the Gamerscore, achievements and all.
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Oct 2010 22:58 Post subject: |
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http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=268880
Gearbox has called on Microsoft and Valve to fix the incompatibility between titles purchased via Games For Windows and Steam.
The studio, which is readying PC gaming favourite Duke Nukem Forever for release on the format next year, claims that Steam and Microsoft are "building silos" which ultimately "hurt the PC industry".
"[We] want people to be able to play together and right now if a guy buys a game on Games for Windows and a guy buys a game on Steam - they can't play together," Gearbox's head of marketing Steve Gibson said at London Games Festival. "If another guy bought it in a retail store, he can't play with the first two guys."
Gibson called on Microsoft and Steam to work out a way where purchasers of their games could play simultaneously.
"Right now we're like 'Please, work together'," he said. "Our big concern right now is that these silos are being built. Everybody's separating out and it's really... as a developer who just wants gamers to be able to play games together, it's frustrating right now. Things like that are hurting the PC industry for gamers. This is frustrating for everybody right now."
Gibson asked gamers to put pressure on Steam and Microsoft to "play nice!".
I am not sure what he means, that players can't play between versions? That's the exception, not the rule! 
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Oct 2010 23:15 Post subject: |
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Yes, Microsoft, make so when I redeem one G4WL serial in Steam, it unlocks the entire G4WL collection! 
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| Posted: Sun, 10th Oct 2010 23:28 Post subject: |
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I think we as gamers should call out Randy Pitchford to stop consolizing games and being an over all douche bag
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| Posted: Mon, 11th Oct 2010 00:14 Post subject: |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | | I think we as gamers should call out Randy Pitchford to stop consolizing games and being an over all douche bag |
+1.
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Oct 2010 19:41 Post subject: |
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| consolitis wrote: | http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=268880
Gearbox has called on Microsoft and Valve to fix the incompatibility between titles purchased via Games For Windows and Steam.
The studio, which is readying PC gaming favourite Duke Nukem Forever for release on the format next year, claims that Steam and Microsoft are "building silos" which ultimately "hurt the PC industry".
"[We] want people to be able to play together and right now if a guy buys a game on Games for Windows and a guy buys a game on Steam - they can't play together," Gearbox's head of marketing Steve Gibson said at London Games Festival. "If another guy bought it in a retail store, he can't play with the first two guys."
Gibson called on Microsoft and Steam to work out a way where purchasers of their games could play simultaneously.
"Right now we're like 'Please, work together'," he said. "Our big concern right now is that these silos are being built. Everybody's separating out and it's really... as a developer who just wants gamers to be able to play games together, it's frustrating right now. Things like that are hurting the PC industry for gamers. This is frustrating for everybody right now."
Gibson asked gamers to put pressure on Steam and Microsoft to "play nice!".
I am not sure what he means, that players can't play between versions? That's the exception, not the rule! |
He's explaining himself: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24220125
| Quote: | going through the thread in regards to that bit of a conversation i had in london i figure i'll just make my hope perfectly clear.
in an ideal world all of the digital distributors and retail solutions be it steam, d2d, gfwl, gamespy, etc. would be using an open unified match making standard for online multiplayer. i wont hold my breath that it would happen, but it's a hope.
the quote is missing the word "sometimes" in regards to a retail guy sometimes not being able to play with one of the other 2 major online choices.
i use steam and have loved it and written about it for years. it is by far my personal favorite among the online choices. (...)
in regards to duke forever being available online and match making etc, we have not made any announcements yet. i imagine you guys will be happy though.
i think that about covers it. |
He gave some examples:
| Quote: | steam friends list is separate from your gfwl friends list. etc.
master server and authentication standards for non-dedicated servers.
it can be managed and worked around but it's all a bit of a mess. |
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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| Posted: Sat, 16th Oct 2010 20:05 Post subject: |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | | I think we as gamers should call out Randy Pitchford to stop consolizing games and being an over all douche bag |
What a dumbass comment. There are many more out there 100x more guilty of this. Just compare GOW/COD/so on to Borderlands on pc and even you will realize this.
And did you even listen to the interview? He wants platforms on the pc to work together instead of dividing pc gamers. What the fuck is wrong with that?
Systems of content delivery like Steam and G4WL are the future of pc-gaming, like it or not. And personally, I don't want every publisher coming out with their own platform so I need to have 20 different platforms that have no interoperability whatsoever.
Anyways perhaps think before you blurt out some smartass comment or at least qualify it with some semi-intelligent statement? I know the internet with its anonymity makes having a little respect for another human being hard, but try next time, huh?
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| Posted: Fri, 11th Jan 2013 19:29 Post subject: |
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http://translate.google.de/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.krawall.de%2Fweb%2FBorderlands_2_%2Finterview%2Fid%2C64056%2Fpage%2C2%2F&act=url
From the translation I got these things:
Pitchford talks about CoD. He likes it for what it is, but he's not a hardcore player. He believes it's easy to attract the younger generation who have no prior gaming experience and it feels fresh to them. He criticizes IW for making only CoD games. He believes the game sells so good because it's a very good game for the casual player to start playing, same as their own Borderlands game and Halo and Gears of War.
Finally he says Activision asked him to make a CoD title but he declined the offer because making the same thing over and over, there's no challenge in that.
| Quote: | Andre: Would you want to make a "Call of Duty"? If Activision came to you and said, "Hey, we'll do it with three development studios, instead of two!", What would you say?
Randy Pitchford: In fact, they were already there.
Andre: Really? And you've actually turned down?
Randy Pitchford: Yeah, that's not for me.
Andre: Why?
Randy Pitchford: I did not know what there was to reach there. For me, there are two scenarios in which a project makes sense for Gearbox: First, if there would have been the game without us ever. Or two, when we can contribute to an existing brand something new, a kind of unique perspective and a new approach. But that was not the case here. I think about the people delivering the "Call of Duty", which they want, you have to play by the rules of the series. You have to do what is expected of a "Call of Duty". In this I see but no real challenge for us. It would strengthen our reputation as a studio no further, it would not be really motivating for our team. |
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Fri, 11th Jan 2013 19:35 Post subject: |
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Fuck Pitchford.
He lied so much about DNF. SOOO MUCH.
"It is the best game ever. We are so proud of it etc etc etc"
FUCK THE SON OF A BITCH
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Sin317-"im 31 years old and still surprised at how much shit comes out of my ass actually ..."
SteamDRM-"Call of Duty is the symbol of the true perfection in every aspect. Call of Duty games are like Mozart's/Beethoven's symphonies"
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| Posted: Fri, 11th Jan 2013 19:41 Post subject: |
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| KillerCrocker wrote: | Fuck Pitchford.
He lied so much about DNF. SOOO MUCH.
"It is the best game ever. We are so proud of it etc etc etc"
FUCK THE SON OF A BITCH |
Right because he is allowed to say "Oh it is terrible and completely waste of everyone's time"
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| Posted: Fri, 11th Jan 2013 19:44 Post subject: |
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Let me repeat,
FUCK RANDY PITCHFORD. I don't think there is bigger liar in gaming industry.
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Sin317-"im 31 years old and still surprised at how much shit comes out of my ass actually ..."
SteamDRM-"Call of Duty is the symbol of the true perfection in every aspect. Call of Duty games are like Mozart's/Beethoven's symphonies"
deadpoetic-"are you new to the cyberspace?"
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| Posted: Fri, 11th Jan 2013 19:45 Post subject: |
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He didn't say it's the best game ever.
Did he say it's bad? No, why would he. 
Better be a "liar" than downright insane and stupid.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Fri, 11th Jan 2013 19:48 Post subject: |
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| 4treyu wrote: | 
I for one think Borderlands 2 to be a meterpiece of his and his people's. He's very humble putting it in the same sentence alongside Halo, Derps of War, and COD  |
Yeah, it's true that it has very basic gameplay ("shoot at anything that moves"), but still, far away from the viscerality® of the holy derp triad  |
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| Posted: Fri, 11th Jan 2013 19:49 Post subject: |
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I am not saying his games are bad. Those are mostly awesome but still... Fire inside me is raging when I hear his name
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Sin317-"im 31 years old and still surprised at how much shit comes out of my ass actually ..."
SteamDRM-"Call of Duty is the symbol of the true perfection in every aspect. Call of Duty games are like Mozart's/Beethoven's symphonies"
deadpoetic-"are you new to the cyberspace?"
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| Posted: Fri, 11th Jan 2013 19:56 Post subject: |
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| consolitis wrote: | He didn't say it's the best game ever.
Did he say it's bad? No, why would he.
Better be a "liar" than downright insane and stupid. |
SOMEONE bought DNF at full price, you see? 
| boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote: | | i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then |
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if he said Steam, then yeah sure. But Microsoft? Who likes GFW? I only like that many of the games natively support 360 pad. But what about saves? I have to use xliveless dll in GTA otherwise saves are stored who knows where. So basically only thing I like about GFW is that most of their games support 360 pads natively.
