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Zkuq on 06 March 2016
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zero129 said:
Zkuq said:

Those are store features, not OS features. I'm assuming Sweeney is talking about features unrelated to the store. I think I don't have a single problem with store features being exclusive to the store they're associated with (although it would, of course, be nice if similar features could carry between stores in cases where it's possible, e.g. achievements).

I dont know, maybe im misunderstanding it or missing something. But it seems like by a PC game using this, that they lack more important features (Native full screen, Mod support, V-Sync etc) then they gain??. Like i dont understand what exactly are the exclusive features the game gain by using Windows 10 Store??. I just thought it was Xbox Achievements, Native recording and sharing gameplay(This works with all games on Windows 10)and Cross game Chat??. Are they classed as Native System Features or Store Features??.

It's not store features that are the problem here. It's features exclusive to Universal Windows Platform (UWP), and by default UWP applications can't be installed from outside Microsoft's store. (And as for the lack of the features you mentioned, they're practically irrelevant for most applications that aren't games. Also, Microsoft has promised to fix at least V-Sync and I think fullscreen, and is probably looking into fixing the other issues. If Microsoft wants its share of the gaming market on PC, it's going to have to fix them.)

It seems Sweeney doesn't specify the exclusive features. However, the most obvious benefit of UWP seems to be that it's cross-platform (i.e. the same application can work on desktop Windows, tablet Windows, phone Windows, Xbox...), and that can be huge these days. And it's not just that the same code runs on multiple platforms, it's also the fact that UWP has some tools and components that make developing for multiple platforms easier. So basically you don't need to develop the same application again and again for each platform, now you can develop it once to target multiple platforms. Should save a lot in development costs, because software development isn't cheap.

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