Microsoft to challenge Steam

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“Speaking in an interview with Shacknews, Games for Windows Live general manager Chris Early confirmed that Microsoft has definite plans to distribute full PC titles through its Marketplace application in the future.”

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55877

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Also, before Steam was created, they apparently pitched the idea to both Microsoft and Yahoo, but both rejected: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/microsoft-and-yahoo-rejected-steam-says-valve

November 13, 2008 · Posted in Games, News  
　　　　

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  1. shegsNo Gravatar posted the following on 13.Nov.2008 at 3:59 pm.

    I will say that I am impressed with live… I used it with fallout and recently formatted my PC… next time I booted up fallout my saved games were sitting there looking at me without having to save and transfer them from my old profile!

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    1. roverxk9No Gravatar posted the following on 14.Nov.2008 at 3:40 pm.

      Yeah, I like this idea and hope steam rolls with it in the future, however I was wondering how Live handles it exactly. Does it sync with a local copy? Or are you required to have an internet connection to load / save games?

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    2. shegsNo Gravatar posted the following on 14.Nov.2008 at 4:30 pm.

      I think you have to sign in to access your live save games…
      when I first started playing I didn’t do anything on live then I logged in to live and I couldnt access my non-live save and had to replay the entire intro.

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    3. roverxk9No Gravatar posted the following on 16.Nov.2008 at 2:12 am.

      Thats kinda a bummer, hopefully the modify that in the future, I’m sure its an easy fix…they just need to sync it.

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  2. shegsNo Gravatar posted the following on 13.Nov.2008 at 6:30 pm.

    jus so you know… I added a forum link that links to your forum for discussion!

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