Itās a double edged sword
Can be good for population
Can be bad, as any 10yr old or lower end internet user will have access to it,
I see more bad connection players incoming.
I also see more people getting to experience the Gears universe.
Itās a win lose situation
Unfortunately no, i think its usually the same player base that keeps it alive, not many new people pick up this game,
Yea real talk honestly if this game crashes like gears 4 im done, i wasted a lot of time researching and testing drivers and causing a headache for myself cause TC made it a job to play this game on PC.
Right on point. They canāt afford another driver issues like Gears 4 still has. Which is why Iām waiting a few weeks to get the game. Iāll be damned if I buy the game day one, it still has a crashing issue of this caliber, and I cant get a refund for it because of the strict refund policies
Just get it through game pass for like a month, that way you can test it and itāll cost you a minimum ammount
New driver is out! 
You are mentally challenged if not completely limited.
Without a doubt Iām excited to have a larger player base. Iām tired of sitting in matchmaking for 10+ minutes to get into one match With game pass including gears 5, there will be many more people playing the game. As well as the PC playerbase not having to worry about having the wrong Nvidia equipment this time around.
Did you mean improvised or improved? lol
āSteam users wonāt accept garbage.ā Look Iāll be the first one to say that Iām a console gamer who can admit that PC is a better platform for gaming if you have a good setup. I occasionally game on PC because my laptop is a toaster that struggles to run any game newer than 2004. But Steam is the motherload of garbage when it comes to what is allowed on itās storefront. Asset flips and shovelware abound on Steamsā storefront. Thereās virtually no quality control.
TC Octus said either the majority or a good chunk of Gears players where brand new to the franchise.
And how often are those games actually bought and played for enjoyment, rather than the few who might still be making money off trading cards and achievements? What Iām meaning is that by releasing Gears 5 in a poor state, it would leave a very bad first impression and could potentially screw up Microsoftās potential with future games like Halo that will also be released on Steam.
Microsoft/TC knows they need to get the release as perfect as possible. Luckily, it seems like theyāre doing just that.
I understand what you meant. I was just pointing out that Steam isnāt the holy land like most people make it out to be. Itās a great service but with very little quality control. Plus from people who have played the tech test on PC, itās working perfectly fine. So this time around Iām fairly certain the PC playerbase wonāt run into any major issues.
So far STEAM is the best one though a lot of people use, it is not perfect but it is the top dog for what it is and does.
All Iām saying is that Steam needs better quality control. I never said it was bad. They just allow a lot of low effort garbage onto their service.
Totally not saying it is some holy land, just that people do have memories that last longer than 5 seconds and obviously Microsoft wants their future games to succeed otherwise they wouldnāt have allowed Steam releases in the first place. The Nvidia driver that went out yesterday seems to have fixed the Gears 4 crashes, so hopefully the few who crashed in Gears 5 wonāt have that happen again.
My memory lasts longer than 5 seconds lol. I know that people had issues playing gears 4 on PC. Iām just saying that thereās no point in whining and moaning about an issue that isnāt present in this upcoming installment.
Same thing?
What is an improvised anti-cheat?
They were Devās words. Not mine. I paraphrased them.