I don't know about you but I think that is it.
http://www.theguardian.com/technolo...-pc-games-development-epic-games-gears-of-war
Beware...
http://www.theguardian.com/technolo...-pc-games-development-epic-games-gears-of-war
Beware...
Microsoft has launched new PC Windows features exclusively in UWP, and is effectively telling developers you can use these Windows features only if you submit to the control of our locked-down UWP ecosystem. They’re curtailing users’ freedom to install full-featured PC software, and subverting the rights of developers and publishers to maintain a direct relationship with their customers.
What?
1. What features?
2. What is UWP?
3. What is "locked-down"?
4. What does any of this have to do with installing programs?
5. How does whatever UWP is have anything to do with rights of publishers?
6. Who is the customer here?
7. Do customers already have UWP?
8. Do customers want UWP?
9. What is the perception of current-state vs. future-state?
10. Why should anyone care about something so ambiguous?
With its new Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
1. mainly WDDM 2.01. What features? 2. What is UWP? 3. What is "locked-down"?
1. mainly WDDM 2.0
2. Universal Windows Platform
3. Microsoft's way or highway
From these 3 you have answer for all others.
Explain it to me like I'm 4.
I don't understand what he means. I have steam installed on windows 10 right now. there are games on it that I installed and play regularly, no side-loading necessary. Are they saying that if the same game were to appear on steam and in the windows store simultaneously, windows wouldn't let me install it from steam?
I don't understand what he means. I have steam installed on windows 10 right now. there are games on it that I installed and play regularly, no side-loading necessary. Are they saying that if the same game were to appear on steam and in the windows store simultaneously, windows wouldn't let me install it from steam?
Namely they have to participate in additional revenue sharing with Microsoft and this "UWP format" cannot be distributed outside of the Microsoft store.
Is it free to sell games on Steam?
No, but Valve is the only recipient. Microsoft gets nothing. Microsoft wants to change that.
Sounds good to me, if MS can start getting a little piece of the pie from all the software that runs on their OS it will make it easier for them to switch over to their new OS scheme of updates not new versions. They would no longer have to charge money for the OS as its ongoing development can be funded by all the software everyone buys to run on the OS.
Why should they get money from other developers. They are getting money from the OS, this has been fine for them for 30 years. Now they are getting greedy on the app store side of things. Screw that.
Why should they get money from other developers. They are getting money from the OS, this has been fine for them for 30 years. Now they are getting greedy on the app store side of things. Screw that.