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General discussionWhy PC games should never become universal 'apps'(109 posts)(109 posts)
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Posted September 30, 2016
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mechmouse: As for MS taking choice away, VALVe already did that.
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Djaron: then explain me what i'm doing here on this website, and why i ever give up playing some games for up to 1 full year or so just so i will get it here instead (dying light) ?
You're doing the same thing, I'm doing. Fighting for the only other option on the table, no matter how limited, hoping that one day the games we want may be available here.

Yes we have a choice. We can choose not to play the games that we want, but that isn't consumer choice, that isn't commercial competition in action. Its a personal choice to not support a monopoly.
Posted September 30, 2016
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sherringon456: What I was saying was that if (And it's a big if, I think it's unlikely.) the Windows store gets big enough, sucessful enough and attracts enough devs and publishers, MS may remove that choice which everyone, including me and you, at least on Windows.
If Microsoft does that, they've successfully killed themselves. It is unlikely that they will pull such a trigger, and it is even more unlikely that they will throw all these years of backwards compatibility that they've maintained for so long and are well known for, if not for the consumer side then for the business side.

Much like mechmouse said, UWP apps can be sideloaded. This means that if a UWP appstore rises in the future, all it will have to do is utilize Windows 10's built-in sideloading. Even Steam themselves can use UWP apps.
Posted September 30, 2016
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sherringon456: You seem to be missing at least part of mine too. What I was saying was that if (And it's a big if, I think it's unlikely.) the Windows store gets big enough, sucessful enough and attracts enough devs and publishers, MS may remove that choice which everyone, including me and you, at least on Windows. I hope that the windows store improves though, don't get me wrong. As for having UWP apps outside the win store, I don't know if that is possible, I assumed not.
Microsoft already said they're not leaving win32? What's your problem insisting theoretical situation that's not even remotely possible?

Your argument to counter his really didn't make sense, at all.
Post edited September 30, 2016 by zeroxxx
Posted October 01, 2016
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sherringon456: What I was saying was that if (And it's a big if, I think it's unlikely.) the Windows store gets big enough, sucessful enough and attracts enough devs and publishers, MS may remove that choice which everyone, including me and you, at least on Windows.
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PookaMustard: If Microsoft does that, they've successfully killed themselves. It is unlikely that they will pull such a trigger, and it is even more unlikely that they will throw all these years of backwards compatibility that they've maintained for so long and are well known for, if not for the consumer side then for the business side.

Much like mechmouse said, UWP apps can be sideloaded. This means that if a UWP appstore rises in the future, all it will have to do is utilize Windows 10's built-in sideloading. Even Steam themselves can use UWP apps.
Indeed, I did say it's unlikely. As Mechmouse said, governements wouldn't stand for MS only being able to sell UWP apps on the Win 10 store and I think there would probably be lawsuits from the likes of valve and software companies, not to mention mass migration over linux.
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