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Well I doubt they'll get as much niche game support as Steam so good luck appealing to me. That said, KI is really fun.



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Lol OP must have been trolling the internet for some positive MS gaming fluff piece.
UWP is regarded as crap by all game devs because it can't target the most popular gaming platforms on the planet... the ps4 and Android. Because of that it's already dead before it gets off the ground. UWP is just another attempt at locking devs into a walled garden in order to secure a monopoly. Not gonna happen.



It's crazy some the shit people believe. This article is so out of touch.



I don't want Xbox games on PC; I'd rather keep the exclusives to ourselves. Yes, I'm that "petty", but I'm sure most are too.



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

MS has not won over gamers. The system sales number can attest to that.They can't even get people to switch over to Windows 10, even though the upgrade is free.



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I assume that a lot of Windows 10 users are like me, in that they pick up the upgrade, since it's free, and then go on using the same apps and systems they always have. Honestly I barely even remember I have Windows 10 most of the time, save that it looks a little different from Windows 8.1.



well i'm a consumer so i guess i'm won over...



Kerotan said:
KiigelHeart said:

With Windows 10 maybe? A number of people actively using it was insane, but I don't think it means much for gaming. They sure as hell haven't won over gaming consumers and they have alot more work to do for it to happen.

you answered your own question. they're doing fine on the PC side but they're a very small player on the PC side of things. As Kapi said above, they will only ever be another player on the PC plstform, they'll never take over it. Their chance to do it went years ago. 

I wasn't asking a question. I suggested an answer to another poster about this strange article.

Also, I don't really see how that article is positive towards Microsoft. Writer seems terrified that Microsoft might succeed with it's evil plan, or at least writers interpretation of the plan.



Sixteenvolt420 said:
MS has not won over gamers. The system sales number can attest to that.They can't even get people to switch over to Windows 10, even though the upgrade is free.

There are around 300m windows 10 users across all platforms, so that's certainly alot. I just think that this strategy is useless, as already a huge portion of gamers are upgrading. In fact, 35% of PC's on steam now run windows 10! So I feel its just destroying xbox one sales for absolutely nothing.



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

Yeah no thanks, I'll stay with steam.