PC Gamer managed to have a frank and open discussion with Xbox’s Senior Director Kevin Unangst at Gamescom and he revealed some interesting information regarding Windows 10, Xbox and Steam.
“Games for Windows was a prior approach where it was more, at that time, like ‘how do we take things? [B]ut it wasn’t the right approach. It was the approach of ‘let’s just take those things and transplant them'”, he said of the now defunct platform. When asked if the new Windows Store included with Windows 10 and the expansion of the Xbox platform would be Microsoft’s way of challenging Steam Unangst replied in the negative.
“We are not intending to compete with Steam. If anything, we want Steam to be even more successful—they’ve done great things for PC gamers in terms of having a single store.
“Over time do we want more developers to come over to our store and offer it in addition to Steam? Absolutely. Is competition good for people? Absolutely. But our goal right now isn’t to do anything else other than support Steam and help it run great on Windows 10.”
What do you think of the Windows Store and Microsoft’s approach to Steam?
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