As we’ve already reported, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered – and apparently Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – are coming to the Windows Store. However, it appears that these titles won’t be compatible with their Steam versions.
According to the official FAQ, PC gamers owning the Windows Store versions of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and/or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered won’t be able to play with their friends that game on a different PC platform.
In other words, these version won’t support cross-play between their Steam versions, and their owners will only be able to play with other users of Windows 10 on Windows Store.
Needless to say that we strongly suggest avoiding the Windows Store version, and that’s because the Steam version will sport a larger fanbase. And given the fact that most of you will want to enjoy their MP modes, it will be ridiculous to obtain the Windows Store version over the Steam version.
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Jesus Christ recent CoD’s already die out pretty quickly but I don’t think the windows store one will ever even be alive.
i literally lol’d at this. i just can’t believe that microsoft is this daft. it’s almost as if they’re actively trying to piss off their pc player base. it’s just too consistent to be coincidence.
Last i checked microsoft didn’t develop the game.
Why would this piss people off? Microsoft had nothing to do with this. It isn’t their fault valve doesn’t allow Steamworks (what cod uses to matchmake) on games sold on the Windows 10 store
So it’s more Activision or dev fault.
Rocket league has crossplay with Ps4 users who don’t use steamwork.
More a dev/editor choice imo.
I really don’t understand why they would put it on the Windows Store if you can’t play with Steam users especially with a multiplayer game that don’t get many sales on pc in the first place.
In other words no one will buy windows store cod only idiots probably and the smart will stay on steam where they have plenty of friends , or there is a better option dont buy it anywhere
Valve corporation has had much stronger position in PC gaming than Microsoft for some time so either they couldn’t come to mutually acceptable agreement or Valve from their position of power said F U.
Anyway, CoD series has been dead for me for some time, I think Titsandflail II is basically Cod gameplay-wise with the cool add-on of various mechs and Butterfiend One serves as a playground for those preferring more peekaboo-like gameplay.
AFAI’m concerned, this fish is DOA.
But ofc millions of 10-year-olds will undoubtedly love it and their parents will gladly buy it for them to stop pestering them/have an excuse to further neglect their upbringing.
Servers are hosted by Activision, nothing to do with either MS or Valve.
Microsoft has a stronger influence when it comes to Activision, they do direct business and cross promotion…
Not so much anymore, Call of Duty is now Sony-sponsored. For some reason they dropped the Microsoft contract with the turn of the generation.
The reason is obvious. Playstation this gen is outselling Xbox so Activision is going for the side that has more money.
They made the switch far too soon for it to be “just” about console sales figures. As I recall, the switch happened right around the PS4/XONE’s launch, so it was something they were planning beforehand, rather than as a result of launch sales figures, &/or whatnot.
Not to mention, Call of Duty on the X360 routinely outsold its PS3 & PC counterparts at about a 2:1 ratio right through the IP’s sales peak, & CoD’s primary market has always been the US, which is an ardently Xbox-dominated market.
Granted, something could have changed in recent years, but that seems extremely unlikely to me, making Sony’s deal even weirder. Maybe it’s something as dumb as Microsoft signing EA-DICE & Battlefield, & Activision getting pissed off, maybe….. /shrug.
Hard to know who to blame anymore but seeing pc players not being able connect or play with each other on the same game because they bought it from gog, steam or windows store is absurd. One of advantage over consoles that pc gaming has is competition between the digital stores, but now they have all be come locked down platforms of their own it’s becoming as bad as consoles.
To be fair, GOG & Steam have a degree of Library sharing limited only by the IP holders themselves (you can even link your Steam account to your GOG account), & uPlay also has that, in its own semi-sort-of-kind-of way, whereas Origin & UWP are completely isolated, but yeah, if someone keeps introducing a new store every few years, fragmentation is going to be ridiculous in the future.
Though honestly, very few companies have the framework, or the vast, annual income required to support a completely-detached-from-Steam distribution centre the way EA does. It’s why even programs like Rockstar’s Piece-of-Sh*t Club haven’t gone nomad, ala-Origin.
As much as I dislike the Windows Store, this is all on Activision I say.
They don’t even put any effort on what they release on Steam. And the WS actually supports cross-play so… ¯_(?)_/¯
The “good side” of this (feels weird saying that) is that it will only help everyone realize how backwards it is in having the Windows Store set up as this clusterf of “wannabe-app-store-OSintegrated-walled-garden-exclusive-ecosystem-nocontrol-competitionguys” that it is today.
Which then makes this seems like a good move by Activision (?).
Ayyyy LMAO where are my meds?
The problem is, of course the developer, or, maybe even Activision. API’s like Steamworks and Xbox Live makes match making and MP easy to implement. Of course, The Windows Store needs Windows 10 and Xbox Live, which makes it difficult to use that system on Steam, for now at least. Might get better in the future for all I know, but right now, Xbox Live needs Windows 10, which makes it difficult to sell on Steam, as there is no way to restrict who buys it based on your system.
On the other hand, we have Steamworks, which also is complete BS, as it needs the Steam client, which makes selling it on the Windows Store difficult.
They can do as Shadow Warrior 2 do, and use GoG Galaxy cross play MP api’s, but then they’d have to sell it on GoG as well, which would be a big no no for Activision.
Then we have anotehr alternative, they can just develop their own multiplayer system. But as Flying Wild Hog said, that is difficult to do if you don’t have any experience with it, which is why they went for GoG Galaxy for cross platform betwene GoG and Steam.
“but then they’d have to sell it on GoG as well, which would be a big no no for Activision.”
Why? Sure, it’s true they’re not the biggest fans of GOG at the moment, but they’re not EA or Square Enix, either. Actually, they’re the one “Top-Tier” Publisher that has yet to use Denuvo on a single one of their games, AFAIK.
EA has a fair amount of games on GOG, Square Enix has a decent amount too.
EA & Square Enix have a fair amount of old games on GOG. Much the same applies to the others, in turn. They’re happy to provide old games they don’t care about anymore (mostly IP’s they butchered to the point of overkill), but recent AAA’s are another matter entirely.
Of course GOG wouldn’t allow Denuvo. You can’t have DRM on a platform whose main selling point is being anti DRM.
EA recently added Spore, DeadSpace 1/2, and Crysis/Warhead onto GOG. Hopefully it’s the start of a trend of getting all their games on there after a few years.
They doesn’t need no Denuvo , they already haves a DRM. It’s called a sh**ty campaign.
Man,
I actually think the Activision side of the house is going to be in serious trouble. For a while now they’ve been losing ground to Battlefield vs COD but more importantly they are losing franchises outside of COD which can help prop up a bad sales year for COD.
Here’s a quick take, name any other major Activision franchises? …..
Guitar Heroes? DOA
Tony Hawk? DOA
TMNT Turtles in Manhatten? Not really a franchise and it bombed
Transformers – I’ll give them that, but it far from major.
I can only think of 1 other major franchise they have Destiny.
This is exactly what happened to other major publishers before they collapse, like THQ. They have 1 or 2 tentpole franchises and that’s it, then all it takes is 1 of those franchises to start faltering (Cough COD cough cough) and that’s all she wrote. Destiny can’t carry that company alone, at least not in it’s current iteration Bobby Kotick’s yearly salary probably eats up much of that profit. (j/k..sorta)
The only difference right now between Activision and the now defunct THQ is Activision is married to Blizzard. But it seems to me Blizzard is carrying Acti’s water weight. While they are releasing new games that become big hits (Overwatch,Hearthstone, somewhat heroes of the storm) Activision is doubling down on a franchise that has fallen out of favor with the core gamers. Right now there are people posting negative reviews to metacritic on Infinite Warfare that don’t even own the game, after a certain amount of time and an upcoming competitor these things take a momentum of it’s on.
Remember this date, I am calling right now, don’t be surprised to here in the next 18 months that either Blizzard is divorcing from Activision or if that side of the house is just shuttered. All it’s gonna take is one more tone deaf release of the next COD game and no new franchises I can easily see this company go the THQ route.
That’s some really good points, the CoD franchise is walking on thin ice lately.
But still, I don’t know man, they still sell millions with CoD and Destiny to not have much of a risk for the next three to five years (according to my a$$). And they sit on top of a lot of licenses and IPs that they can sell to stay afloat.
Unless the market (and I’m talking about the consumer side) go for a HUGE change in practices I don’t see everyone getting that tired of sucking up more CoD and Destiny for a few years.
haha fair enough.
An really I’m part of the problem too, I bought Infinite Warfare for the Modern Warfare remaster… /slightly ashamed
On the upside I can say it performs surprisingly good, it’s got sli scaling right out of the box. Runs a bit better than black ops 3,
I was seeing some videos/impressions of IW and it got me surprised.
The campaign seems to be “good” or at least different, which shouldn’t feel weird to say. xD
Makes me think if they would go for a overhaul of the franchise from now on. MP got too bloated and has competition with other shooters, single player is expensive to make but now it seems that is going for a different direction which seems to be uh… “good”(?).
Maybe they will strike a balanced and focused approach next time (yeah, right… :p).
Straight stupid from MS. If this not even xbox live cross even more stupid.
This is Activision shenanigans.
HOW IS IT STUPID?MY MONEY IS READY LOL
Oh jesus not you again
Why would you buy anything from steam?
YEP YOU ARE RIGHT
um idk it only has the most massive catalog of games that exists in the online space, why would you buy a console is a better question
Not sure if serious.
PC gamers owning the Windows Store versions of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and/or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
NO THE ARE NOT PC GAMER TO ARE STORE CONSOLE GAMES LOL
Wat
omfg… they really want to kill pc gaming. its so clear. this is an insult to all the pc community
who the hell is giving those orders…. damn i can even smell the peasantry… PUKE
pc is already dead…sorry!
Addendum:
“A source told WindowsCentral that “the decision to segregate Windows 10 Store and Win32 PC platform players is entirely on Activision. There is nothing about the UWP toolset that prevents cross-play functionality, as seen with CD Projekt RED’s upcoming GWENT card game.” An official Microsoft spokesperson then told them “We support cross-play between devices and platforms for partners who want to enable it.”
So, this is absolutely either an Activision, or, even more likely, an Infinity Ward decision.
today pc gaming is very hard , you have steam,gog,uplay,origin,rockstar social club,windows store etc…console is better you have only psn network and xbox live is very simple LOL
Don’t panic, it’s not healthy. You should take care of yourself a bit.
And then when that one network is hacked or taken down, you’re utterly screwed over lol.
“Needless to say that we strongly suggest avoiding the Windows Store
version, and that’s because the Steam version will sport a larger fanbase”
Someone is going to be really mad 😀
Amiga well have to play alone then.
Eh, just play Battlefield. It’s better anyway.
Not to mention the bloody prices that barely goes down or goes on sale no matter how old the title is.