[url]http://kotaku.com/5418213/games-on-demand-coming-to-games-for-windows-live[/url]
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Microsoft has announced that on December 15th, Games on Demand comes to Games for Windows Live, which is a very fancy way of saying it's going to start digitally distributing PC games.
It's really the next natural step in Games for Windows Live development. The Xbox 360 Games on Demand program has been doing well enough, and services like Stardock's Impulse and Steam have already proven the viability of the digital download store model, so now we're getting Games on Demand for Games for Windows Live.
"With Games on Demand, we didn't just want to create a cut-and-paste version of existing digital distribution services," said Mike Ybarra, general manager of LIVE Engagement Services. "We challenged ourselves to deliver an integrated platform that takes full advantage of the unique capabilities offered by the LIVE service. Our goal has always been to create a seamless online gaming experience for the Windows community, and Games on Demand is a great step toward that end."
From the initial announcement, the main difference between Games on Demand and something like Steam is the use of Microsoft points to purchase games along with actual cash money, but it's certainly a start. If they can keep prices competitive, they could be on to something.
Speaking of starts, the service's launch lineup will include Resident Evil 5, Red Faction: Guerrilla, and Battlestations: Pacific, along with Live-enabled versions of popular downloadable titles like World of Goo and Osmos. If those aren't enticing enough, there's also a free Live-enabled version of Tinker, the Windows Vista Ultimate Extra exclusive for those willing to download the Games for Windows Live client when the service goes live on the 15th.
You can download the Games for Windows Live client at Microsoft's official website.[/quote]
God damnit we have enough Horrible PC Distribution services already can you all please stop making these things
M$ should use Steam.
If they charge monthly or yearly they can fuck off.
Steam = free = best.
[quote]"With Games on Demand, we didn't just want to create a cut-and-paste version of existing digital distribution services," said Mike Ybarra, general manager of LIVE Engagement Services. "\Also, it's slower. And has less games. And it still takes three to four hours to download a game."[/quote]
More like.
Maybe there will finally be people playing GTA 4 online.
Game is a ghost town.
Why not make what little there already is of GFWL actually fucking work [i]before[/i] you crudely port extra shit to it.
Microsoft, newsflash, everybody and their mum hates Windows Live gaming.
GFWL is a shit program. Besides price, it's the only thing that's ever stopped me from buying a game
Good luck getting as much success as Steam has
This reminds me, GFWL still gives me an error no one can identify when I try to log on. It's been doing that for about a year now.
steam = most popular = more games = better
GFWL is utter crap, so much that it's region restricted and I can't play UaW (bought on Steam mind you) online at all because of it.
This'll be horrible.
Competition is good.
Shitty competition isn't.
GFWL is terrible, someone should tell them to just sell through Steam, because they won't get any money from us.
[QUOTE=SantanaDVX;18720134]Maybe there will finally be people playing GTA 4 online.
Game is a ghost town.[/QUOTE]
That's because there's all of 6 people in the world that can run it.
Windows live is a joke.
bad idea M$
[QUOTE=Arachnidus;18722273]That's because there's all of 6 people in the world that can run it.[/QUOTE]
and 5 of them left because 1.0.0.4 happened.
Nice!!!!!!!! I can't wait to buy Solitaire Pro and Ultimate FreeCell, and who can forget Minesweeper, with real explosions..........
Heh, will anyone actually use this piece of shit? Anyone remotely into PC gaming will just go buy their games retail or on Steam/Impulse/D2D. People don't want to fuck with the currency they use (buy points with real money to buy real games).
Microsoft is fighting tooth and nail to recover their losses from deregulating MS-DOS development rights years ago.
Even now, I still don't know what GFWL is used for, and how to get it to work in Fallout 3!
I wonder if it is going to be like pay-per-view, only for games. :v:
the only good thing about GFWL is that any key works with any game.
This sounds incredibly stupid.
Who cares, just another reason Steam can't be split for becoming to powerful and classified as a monopoly. It's not like M$ is going to be steam.
In other news, the chairman of D2D stated "There's someone worse then us now!"
Sad thing is that they are going to A. Get sales or B. Discourage people from trying PC gaming. It's a bit of a monopolies move on their part since this ships with the operating system, and people who have never heard of Steam will end up using it, and blah blah blah...
[QUOTE=Kybalt;18725449]Sad thing is that they are going to A. Get sales or B. Discourage people from trying PC gaming. It's a bit of a monopolies move on their part since this ships with the operating system, and people who have never heard of Steam will end up using it, and blah blah blah...[/QUOTE]
It doesn't ship with the OS.
[QUOTE=OutOfExile;18725622]It doesn't ship with the OS.[/QUOTE]
Then when did I end up getting Games for Live on my Vista?
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