Xbox acquires Bethesda

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Mr Puggsly said:

Giving away GTV is impressive. But not incredible given the game is nearing a decade old. Also, if the goal is just having users then I guess MS should give away games.

All the digital store services have pretty significant discounts on games. Especially in the PC market. Again, Epic Store is likely getting attention from Fortnite, free games and exclusive content they buy to compete with Steam.

I use the Windows apps because I have Gamepass. Over the years its obvious activity is increasing and it should be given all the notable games being added. That's also apparent from the increase of user reviews.

On a side note I do believe Sea of Thieves was a hit on PC well before it came to Steam. Its the second most paid game on Windows Store and has almost always been.

Anyway, if your stance is Windows Store is irrelevant, I simply disagree but also argue they share games with Steam which is arguably a good idea to increase profit, the opposite of what Epic is doing.

Windows store has definitely improved... But it's still go a long way to go. It's still terrible.
So does the Epic store.

I personally avoid the Windows store like the plague... I think you will find most serious non-Xbox PC gamers do as well.
I would like to see gamepass rolled into Steam, but I don't think that is a path Microsoft intends to walk down... Until then, I am happy picking up MS games on Steam.

In terms of windows store success, it doesn't really say much when a game does well on it... Apparently Gears 5 sold extremely well on the Windows Store but it's multiplayer was barren... And often there was a cry to merge Windows Store and Steam games multiplayer populations to assist in resolving Multiplayer populations for windows store users.