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[Ryuu96]

trunkswd said:

Ryuu96 said:

What Microsoft really needs to do is a singular store first, I want all my Xbox purchases to transfer between Xbox, PC, Handheld, etc. For now, it's just 1st party "Play Anywhere" and some third parties but not all, I don't know how you convince the other third parties to allow licenses to transfer but you can at least make it less of a future concern by merging the stores. It'll suck a little to have a Xbox handheld if a 3rd party isn't Play Anywhere so I'd have to purchase it separately on Xbox and Handheld because presumably the Handheld would be running Windows OS/Microsoft Store.

Have Microsoft take a smaller percent of sales for developers that allow it. Right now it is 30%, but they could lower it to say 20-25%.

Windows Store is already 12%. So if they were to merge, I could see Xbox Store cut dropping.

You could probably say like, for future releases, okay we're merging the stores so you will lose money from people not rebuying titles but lets be honest, Windows Store wasn't large to begin with, so if we cut Xbox Store down to like 20% (or lower) that will cover what you lose in possible Windows Store sales, Lol.

But how do you get all the old licenses universal? Would probably have to pay off a bunch of publishers, Lol. That's really the only issue in this, I think working out universal licenses for future titles is negotiable but going back to negotiating thousands of older licenses across dozens of publishers? Lol.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 12 February 2024