Comment by pjmlp
18 days ago
Depends on how much Microsoft decides Windows Store and XBox App are relevant for game developers targeting the PC going forward.
18 days ago
Depends on how much Microsoft decides Windows Store and XBox App are relevant for game developers targeting the PC going forward.
They can't stop publishers from targeting steam/proton, though. The publishers will go to where the market is. Sure maybe they can restrict the version published to whatever store windows has but they can't prevent the one distributed with steam targeting an older version.
They can on the studios they own, and publish.
Right now, they are not even making their own games exclusive to Windows Store or the XBox App (see MSFS 2024, Age of Empires series, Forza, etc...).
Because until recently SteamDeck was a non issue for Microsoft.
If it starts being a big issue, they won't ignore it.