Is PC gaming part of the MS ecosystem?

[DirtyP2002]

zarx said:

DirtyP2002 said:

zarx said:

Not really as they don't have any control or receive any direct revenue from 99.999% PC gaming. I would say the Win app store is really MS's ecosystem on PC. A ecosystem implies a 2 way relationship IMO and MS don't really have that for most of PC gaming. It would be more fair to say that Windows is a major peice of the overall PC ecosystem.

not sure if serious...

It's a self contained ecosystem that they control, I don't see what the issue is. Just the same as Steam is Valve's ecosystem, or the Mac appstore on mac is Apple's. The larger PC ecosystem has no owner or controller but there exist many sub ecosystems within it.

MS`s ecosystem on the PC is so much more than the appstore.

- Office
- Skype
- Azure
- SQL Server
- Windows itself
- .NET
- Internet Explorer

All belongs to the ecosystem MS built around the PC.