Universal Windows Platform is Atrocious for PC Gaming

[JEMC]

Pemalite said:

JEMC said:

I only use Origin for the free games they give every now and then, and I don't have a problem with it, and while UPlay doesn't work as well as it should, Ubisoft sells their games through Steam, so it's not the same case.

But the thing is that we can and should criticize MSoft for what they are trying to do with the PC gaming ecosystem, not for keeping their games to their own store.

All I ever wanted Microsoft to do is release the games on Steam without their own invasive DRM.
They can have those same games on the Windows Store with all their bells and whistles... And I wouldn't have cared.

But they haven't done so. :/
EA gets the same criticism from me as well, it annoys the hell out of me knowing I have Mass Effect 1+2 on Steam, but 3 will never be available.

I also wanted MSoft to launch their games on Steam. I'd love to play Quantum Break or the announced at last E3 Halo Wars 2, but they have the right to lock them to their store even if we don't like it. And I don't like it.

Not having Mass Effect on Steam is also a bummer, but even if it requires Origin, you can buy a physical copy of ME3 to play it. That's what I did (actually, that's what I did with all three ME games), and it's what I'll do with Andromeda if the game is good and there's a physical edition.

I'm not going to miss some games I want to play just because they aren't on Steam.