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I Thought that Windows Store would atleast sell more Rise of the Tomb Raider based in the fact that they have 300 Millions Windows 10 Devices out there.



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This is why i avoid MS like the plague, as much as possible. I wish Google would just do their own OS.



Ka-pi96 said:
Swordmasterman said:
I Thought that Windows Store would atleast sell more Rise of the Tomb Raider based in the fact that they have 300 Millions Windows 10 Devices out there.

How would that help? Every single one of those 300 million windows 10 devices can also run Steam...

Also, the 300 Millions of Windows 10 users include Phone Users and Xbox One Users  and those devices don't count for Tomb Raider's  Windows Store Sales.



Swordmasterman said:
I Thought that Windows Store would atleast sell more Rise of the Tomb Raider based in the fact that they have 300 Millions Windows 10 Devices out there.

 

Ka-pi96 said:
Swordmasterman said:
I Thought that Windows Store would atleast sell more Rise of the Tomb Raider based in the fact that they have 300 Millions Windows 10 Devices out there.

How would that help? Every single one of those 300 million windows 10 devices can also run Steam...

Depends on how they're measuring the install base. It would be surprising if it literally meant 300 million end user PCs, but rather I imagine Microsoft is including laptops computers and tablets still sitting on shelfs that come pre installed which has to be tens of millions in its own right. What's more, does this figure include cell phones? Are they including Xbox? Servers? Enterprise? I have doubts. Talking about the spin master here



The WIndows Store is just awful. I bought QB and cant see it on the Xbox app, but I can see Killer Instinct that I also activated.

Is just a mess with AAA games and $0.99 mobile flash games next to each other, tells me they really have no clue what they're doing. Also it doesnt ask you where to install games like Steam and changing download directory is awful.

 

The way they've handled the 1 store on all platforms idea was really bad. Trying to fit everything together in 1, mobile and PC was bound to get you compromises.



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I want it to fail badly! These games should only be for Xbox in the first place! As for the XB1 and Windows 10, well expecting 40 million sales and 600 million downloads is downright arrogant. Or maybe its just Fable devs trying to make it look that way. Either way, I just want the windows store to fail!



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

bevochan said:
Don't all windows 10 games have issues? Borderless windows, no freesync/gsync support, no sli/crossfire support, overall horrible optimization, etc

Just the ones using UWP, I think. Which would probably be pretty much every game exclusive to the Windows store, because everyone wants their game on Steam (and probably a lot of other places too) unless there's a really sweet deal between them and Microsoft.



Sixteenvolt420 said:
This is why i avoid MS like the plague, as much as possible. I wish Google would just do their own OS.

They did, it's called Chrome OS. Bit useless for games though.



And not a soul was surprised, this is 100% deserved, the PC community is seething after MS promised they'd be "focusing on PC again" a couple of years back. If this is them focusing on PC; I'd rather they didn't and leave it to those who have a clue how to do things right and without forcing things on consumers.



Teeqoz said:
Wait, so 2% of the copies sold were through the Windows Store? That's more than I expected really

Hey now, don't forget about retail... so it's possibly closer to 1% lol.

 

Also at OP - .... but but... TellTale said W10 store has better reach than steam, I dunnot understands?



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