It’s not for you to worry about why someone would or wouldn’t buy HD. ![]() In other words, sales of AoE 2 HD stand to make Microsoft more money than sales of AoE 2 DE.Įxcept why would anyone buy HD when i can spend 20$ and get all the HD content and more, whereas HD costs me 50$ for less content? So, it’s now in Microsoft’s interest for people to purchase HD over DE. I can play both, and I prefer to play HD.Īnd the reason why Microsoft took the HD out of the title for AoE 2 HD is because they wanted to create a contrast between it and DE, to make DE stand-out more and visibly be the newer product so that more people would buy DE while it was new and priced higher than HD.ĭE is no longer priced higher than HD and is in-fact, as you’ve pointed out, priced lower than HD. There is a reason HD isn’t called HD anymore. Or its telling you that HD is done and you should move on to the cheaper, better option, that is getting constant updates and includes more content. ![]() It’s rather an argument in-favour of Microsoft making that needed update for AoE 2 HD. That’s not an argument against Microsoft updating AoE 2 HD to fix a fundamental accessibility issue. So, Microsoft loses no profit by adding a resolution fix to HD, and only stands to gain more profit from doing so. In other words, sales of AoE 2 HD stand to make Microsoft more money than sales of AoE 2 DE. Which is a strong argument in favour of Microsoft updating AoE 2 HD, because in order to get the full package of AoE 2 HD, people have to spend a lot more than they do to get the full package with AoE 2 DE. When i buy DE for 20$ i get 35 civs and ALL the original Campaigns + all the HD DLC Campaign (which would run HD another 30$) + the Last Khans campaigns (which HD doesn’t have access too) using all the new updates and balance changes. Like I mentioned above, both games are available for sale and both games are for sale for the same price.Įxcept when i buy HD for 20$ i got 18 civs and AoK and AoC campaigns and historic battles, using original AoK/AoC Balance. So, I hope this will be done for it, and for its fans, as well as for Microsoft. And it seems like fixing the high resolution issue would be a win-win situation for Microsoft, AoE 2 HD owners, and other players who want to try AoE 2 in both the DE and original style. And there’s only less incentive to buy both when one has a simple-to-fix but interfering issue with the resolution and UI scaling.Īdditionally, I think it would be in-line with Microsoft’s Xbox division’s new gamer-centric operational philosophy, which has been touted by Phil Spencer and shown in various Microsoft decisions such as bringing Microsoft’s games to Steam and pledging to do simultaneous console and PC launches for new titles.ĪoE 2 HD really just needs this one simple fix to be a solidly accessible game indefinitely into the future, and for those who own it to continue being able to enjoy playing it. Since they’re both the same price, Microsoft doesn’t stand to lose or gain something if people buy one or the other. So, by making AoE 2 HD future compatible with a resolution and UI scaling fix, that can only serve Microsoft by making it more attractive for people to buy both AoE 2 releases rather than just the only one that is playable on higher resolutions. And AoE 2 HD isn’t cutting into the sales of AoE 2 DE and isn’t a replacement for AoE 2 DE, and AoE 2 DE isn’t a full replacement for AoE 2 HD, either.Īlso, AoE 2 DE and AoE 2 HD are priced exactly the same on Steam. ![]() I don’t see a reason it wouldn’t be in Microsoft’s own interest to do this, as the fix is likely very little work for someone to do. If an option to select the resolution to run the game at, or if the viewport distance was fixed regardless of the resolution the game is running at (which it should be, if for no other reason than fairness and balance for multi-player) and the UI was always the same size regardless of the resolution being played at, then AoE 2 HD would be future-compatible. At 4K, it’s basically unreadable and extremely hard to play with because the buttons are incredibly tiny. And the higher the resolution, the more zoomed-out the player perspective is (so everything appears smaller while more is visible on the screen), and the smaller the UI is. ![]() In AoE 2 HD, there is no option to choose which resolution to run the game at, and the game defaults to the PC system’s native desktop resolution. While I understand moving on to the next project is the primary focus of publishers and developers, AoE 2 is owned by a huge number of people using Steam, and the game is lacking one critical feature for future usability. Since AoE 2 DE came out, AoE 2 HD hasn’t received another patch.
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