MS ecosystem = One Store, One Dev platform, One OS, Many devices that use those "one things"
Group 1: Well for us, we want you to forget all of that and do what we are used to.
Group 2: That wouldn't make sense as it's not apart of their whole initiative throughout the whole company.
Group 1: We don't care, you fucked us over once, you'll do it again.
Group 2: New initiative, new leadership, new team working on said initiative.
Group 1: Don't care, it won't be successful and I refuse to buy into it, it will fail like GFWL
Group 2: It's not GFWL because it's not only games
Group 1: The first game that came out on the new stuff sucks and it has issues in which we won't deal with and won't buy from the store. Release it on what we like. Fuck their initiative.
Group 2: We agree that they have kinks to fix, they said that they are aware, it's something new and your group is a minority group so they probably went for a broad set of features to get the best bang for buck and then continue to improve from there.
Group 1: They should have had it working out the gate. Fuck them, they are doing the same bullshit as before.
Group 2: It's not the same, etc...
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I find it funny that people think that if QB is not successful that it will somehow release on Steam. If the Windows Store fails...you can best believe that MS will focus way more on Xbox One and just leave those games right where they are. I wouldn't bet on QB failing and it going to Steam at all. So it seems to me that you'll either get the game on the Windows Store or you don't get the game. If you're fine with that, so be it, but I wouldn't bet majority of users are in that same position. I think there's a number of users are going to be happy that they'll have to not even need an Xbox One and can just play those games that they bought the console for and get it through the Store while MS improves the service. It's not going to happen overnight. Either way, interesting time ahead. GDC, //BUILD/, and E3 will be entertaining this year.