Kotaku:The Windows Store is a giant disaster. 98% of PC sales of RotTR were from Steam

[Mr Puggsly]

Chazore said:

Mr Puggsly said:

That's the thing some of you just don't get. Windows Store can be viable for content not on Steam.

If Origin content was on Steam, I'm sure that would sell significantly better on Steam.

Viable in what way?.

Well of course and just look at how well Origin is doing just selling only EA games on a client that has only a few tiny features going for it if just the one.

YOu can be viable by doing what Steam does, just selling only MS games isn't going to put you on the same elvel fo Steam, the comparisons in the future just won't line up until we see all the features and qualities Steam has reached that the competition should have emulated years ago.

If yout hink about it Valve's own exclusives games are sold on Steam OS, Linux, all the windows versions to date, Mac OS and of course consoles, MS exclusives are only sold one a single console system and one OS. The whole sell two two groups is never ever going to stack up against the multiple ones and isn't likely to make you look that much better either, you either play the same game and rules or don't play at all.

If exclusive software is selling well and many people are using the marketplace, then its worth supporting (its viable).

Windows Store doesn't need to sell games at the same level of Steam to be viable, something many of you don't understand. Also, the Windows Store makes money on others things like apps, music, movies, and TV shows.

MS making its games exclusive to WIndows is an incentive to sticking with WIndows. That allows people to enjoy MS 1st party and Valve games on Windows. Therefore, less reaons to move to Linux or Mac. Valve has encouraged more developers to support Linux but its not working out.