Poll: Gears IP sold to microsoft... PC release?

[fix-the-spade]

No.

Microsoft isn't even going to bother keeping the PC port of Gear 1 usable once GFWL dies, Microsoft is not in the business of publishing PC games anymore it seems.

Xbone game? Certainly. Downloadable Xbone versions of the old GoW games? Probably. PC releases? Yeah sure, they'll be out in a bundle with Halo 3, Reach and ODST.

 

[teebeeohh]

No.

Microsoft's tends to treat PC gaming as something to be avoided and between the failure of Halo 2's port (mainly due to MS's meddling) combined with GFWL dying and the resulting celebrations there isn't much chance of Gears going multiplatform.

didn't halo 2 also require vista? which is a horrible piece of shit that needs to be killed with fire.

OT: i would like gears on PC, gears one had cool modding and overall i found the games very enjoyable. but it's not gonna happen, MS are the kinda guys who won't give you a piece of cake if they think they can sell you a bakery.

 

[erbkaiser]

didn't halo 2 also require vista? which is a horrible piece of shit that needs to be killed with fire.

Technically, it required DirectX 10 which at the time was only available on Vista. I suppose it also worked with Windows 7 and 8 when GFWL was still limping about.

But yeah the decision not to port back DirectX 10 to WinXP was a dick move.

 

[Chicago Ted]

If they threw the series on Steam or something, I'd buy them no question. When I first played Gears, I hated it, it was a series that I could not stand playing except for co-op, but then the second came out and I enjoyed it, and by the time the third rolled around, I had bought the premium collector's edition. I still have that statue of Marcus Fenix sitting on my dresser. I don't know what it was, but that series grew on me fast after the first one. I really can't think of a series that went from such dislike and apathy to a personal favourite in a time span that quick. I think my tastes changed during the time and I enjoyed it more as a result. That and not getting instantly killed by people wall bounding with a Gnasher as frequently.

That said though, I didn't bother with Judgement. While it did star my favourite Gear in the series, Baird, I just had a bad gut feeling about it the entire time leading up to its release so I decided to avoid it. Turned out I was right from everything that I heard.

So yeah, I'd love if they released 1-3 on PC in some bundle, especially if it was acquirable on Steam. Chances of that though are slim to none, so oh well, too bad, I'll just keep playing more Payday then.

 

[Jynthor]

Don't count on it, the XBone has a real shitty library of exclusives right now. They need an exclusive like a new Gears game to sell more systems. Maybe they'll release it for PC a few years after, but the chance is low.

 

[clippen05]

Are you implying that Microsoft cares about PC gamers? Because that is simply untrue. I wouldn't get your hopes up about it.

 

[Mersadeon]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no.

I mean, really, do you expect the people that forced Halo 2 to be bound to Vista as a "OS seller" way to late after it was already out to bring old games onto the PC, spending money on a port that would never, ever make its money back?

 

[Callate]

It's pretty well established that Microsoft's idea of "catering to PC gamers" amounts to "here, you can use our branding if you shoehorn in XBox 360 controller support." They love to talk about how much they care about PC gaming... And then they show it with @$%&ing Shadowrun. If Microsoft hadn't left an enormous hole where their PC game support was supposed to be, Valve wouldn't be trying to sell the world on the idea of the Steam Box.

So, in short, no, it's not going to happen. Don't get me wrong, I'd love it if it did; the Gears games look pretty sweet. But I would put money against it.

 

[not_you]

Will they release the older games to PC?

Not likely.... Actually, highly unlikely...

Will Microsoft release the NEW Gears game on PC?

... I don't really care...
I never liked the games, and they never appealed to me... Besides, the whole cover mechanic doesn't function fluidly on PC if you have to press a button for it to work...
I point to Far Cry 3's cover system whereas you're required to position yourself behind the cover, but you can peek around/over it if you're facing the right direction... See, that form of cover doesn't really work on consoles because there's not enough finesse with the joysticks... That's the main thing that turned me off shooters on the console in the first place...

That being said, Gears is hardly a game that requires finesse, since all you have to do is aim in the general direction to begin with and if that fails then just wait for them to walk into melee range and chain-saw them apart....

But yeah, in the end, I voted "Who cares?" Not because the game/s is/are old, but because there's no point in releasing Gears 1/2/3 on PC because no-one would really care... Everyone who DID care (undoubtedly) already has a 360

 

[Gitty101]

Extremely unlikely to the point where I'd risk saying an outright no.

When it comes to PC games, they are a dumb company and with their own brand of DRM closing down permanently, I really don't think it'll even factor into their equations.

I can almost guarantee though that all future incarnations of the Gears franchise will be on the Xbox One exclusively. Shame really, I had great fun with 2 and 3.

 

[blackaddicus]

No chance in hell will Microsoft release any Gears of War games for PC. As several other people have said, Microsoft don't care about PC gamers, with Windows 8 being a perfect example of their intentions to PC gaming.

It also wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if for windows 9 they try to kill PC gaming off completely on their OS's, with some form of trickery in the code, considering that they will want to try and maximize XBone sales.

 

[Qvar]

Not even Fallout 4 would convince me to buy a Microsoft game again.

 

[Evonisia]

I doubt it, I mean hasn't Microsoft basically ended their relationship with PC gamers?

Though since the IP has been bought does that mean that it's continuing? Because if so I'm delighted. Gears of War 3 was such a fucking mess with a terrible ending and I'd like to see them try to fix it.

 

[DarkhoIlow]

Microsoft doesn't give two shits about PC. They have tried to screw us over with GFWL and failed and they pretty much quit on this whole market (their loss).

The only thing good coming out from M$ is a good OS every few years. I wonder if Windows 9 will be as good as 7.

 

[lee1287]

pretty sure it won't happen. Wouldn't bet big money on it though. Gears is my favourite series, my geek shelf is pretty much all gears, I'd love another one because I love gears (Yeah I even kind of liked judgement in a weird way) but I don't think they can top 3 story wise so I'm a bit apprehensive about a new one.

 

[J Tyran]

I doubt it, plus I do not really care if they do or dont. Gears outwore its welcome with me by the end of the 3rd game, I enjoyed it and thought it was a decent way to put the series to bed. The first game back then on the 360 at launch was great, never played a game like it and it looked great for the time but after three games and hours of horde mods I was pretty much through with it. Never even considered buying Judgement and I wont bother with any PC versions, the only thing I would consider getting when I get an Xbox: One (when its the correct price for its anaemic hardware and has no Kinect) is if they made a new series with new characters set in the Pendulum Wars.

Just Humans and no existing characters and just use the basic mechanics and the existing world, throw in a semi persistent online multiplayer too with a persistent war that resets when one side wins and give the "winners" some achievements or rankings. Either that or a Halo 4: Spartan Ops style co-op campaign, those are the only things that might persuade me to ever buy another Gears title.

 

[Ravinoff]

Yeah, no. Gears is probably going to live on as a zombie like Halo now that it's owned by Microsoft. And besides, I'm not really a fan of how the story played out anyways. There were so many plot threads left hanging for the sake of heavy-handed personal drama. Nobody ever explains where the Locust came from or what their conflict with the Lambent was, you're just dropped straight into the latter part of a war with an apparent native alien species that nobody's ever seen before, or that may have actually been created by human experiments, or something.

 

[Doom972]

Probably not, but we can't know for sure. I recall a certain document by a Microsoft employee regarding the Xbone, in which said employee mentioned how the Xbox team pressured for GoW exclusivity.

I would still like to play GoW 2&3 on my PC someday, but I doubt it'll happen and I won't hold my breath.