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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Aside all other legitimate concerns mine is mostly that they'll use the MS store on PC...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Would be missing out on too much revenue, they all come back to Steam every time they try their own stores (which MS did already).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

They tried this and found it didn't work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

They tried for like a decade before finally giving up. Microsoft has learned a lot of lessons while trying to work on their gaming arm, and some of them have actually stuck. I would expect titles to be sold on Steam until Phil Spencer retires.