{"id":86630,"date":"2016-02-29T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86630"},"modified":"2016-02-29T15:15:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T13:15:36","slug":"microsoft-plans-to-improve-windows-store-because-its-terrible-at-the-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/86630-microsoft-plans-to-improve-windows-store-because-its-terrible-at-the-moment","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft plans to improve Windows Store because it&#8217;s terrible at the moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft\u2019s reinvestment into PC gaming is great news for PC gamers \u2013 if only their Windows Store didn\u2019t suck the big one.<\/p>\n<p>For those who don\u2019t know, Microsoft is refocussing their efforts on Windows as well as the PC platform in general, resulting in a number of games that where either formerly Xbox One exclusives or would have been, if not for recent policy changes, to come to PC.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those games include <em>Quantum Break<\/em> and <em>Gears of War: Ultimate Edition<\/em>, but reports suggest that a number of others will be announced shortly.<\/p>\n<p>There is one downside, however; <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/86512-gears-of-war-ultimate-edition-requires-both-windows-10-as-well-as-directx-12.html\" target=\"_blank\">like with <em>Gears of War<\/em><\/a>, all of these games require Windows 10 and are exclusively available through the Windows Store, a store we might point out that is terrible.<\/p>\n<p>Not only are games purchased through the Windows Store missing a traditional .exe file, but they lack support for CrossFire, SLI, Fullscreen\/Windowed display modes, modding and other useful features like v-sync.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <a href=\"http:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/391220\/discussions\/0\/405690850608756638\/#c405691147599297212\" target=\"_blank\">according to a Nixxes Official<\/a>, v-sync is not supported through the Windows Store whatsoever, and presumably forced on.<\/p>\n<p>At the very least, Phil Spencer states that Microsoft plans on improving the Windows Store.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">@BigMouthGamer We know lists like this include features PC gamers want to see from us, we appreciate the feedback and have plans to improve<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/XboxP3\/status\/703321279999275008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re not at all relieved by that statement \u2013 not if Games for Windows is anything to go by.<\/p>\n<p>We would advise holding off on purchasing any game through the Windows Store. Give Microsoft a reason to fix it.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/243012\/why-you-shouldnt-buy-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-and-other-pc-games-from-the-windows-store\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Geek<\/a> has put together a comprehensive list of missing features and issues the Windows Store currently suffers from.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>In other news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/86532-a-60-fps-trailer-demonstrating-the-division-for-pc.html\">A 60 fps trailer demonstrating The Division for PC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/86512-gears-of-war-ultimate-edition-requires-both-windows-10-as-well-as-directx-12.html\">Gears of War: Ultimate Edition requires both Windows 10 as well as DirectX 12<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/86269-there-are-reasons-to-be-upset-over-quantum-break-but-not-good-ones.html\">There are reasons to be upset over Quantum Break, but not good ones<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft\u2019s reinvestment into PC gaming is great news for PC gamers \u2013 if only their Windows Store didn\u2019t suck the big one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":86632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[91,1969,15397,13009,17398],"class_list":["post-86630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-microsoft","tag-news-2","tag-pc","tag-windows-10","tag-windows-store"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}