The Store app’s woes directly cost Microsoft hundreds of dollars I would have spent on Forza Horizon 4 and other games. After that, I had to follow our advice: Serious gamers should avoid the Microsoft Store.
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Gears of War 4 chainsawed my desire to use Windows 10’s Store app ever again.ĭealing with those hassles aren’t what I’m looking for in games I paid full retail price for.
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(Windows Central has a fantastic record with Microsoft leaks, however.) The publication says the overhauled Microsoft Store will be updated monthly with new features and fixes after arriving this fall, and “should also provide a more stable download and install experience for large apps and games.” “Microsoft is working on a brand-new Store app for Windows 10 that will introduce a modern and fluid user interface, as well as bring changes to the policies that govern what kind of apps can be submitted to the store by developers,” Windows Central reports, citing anonymous sources. But nearly a decade after its launch, and after several years of almost active neglect, there may- may-be hope on the horizon. It’s so terrible that I’ve refused to use it for years, spurned by its crap-tastic mobile-centric curation and disastrous PC game management features.
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It remained terrible when the name changed to align with Microsoft’s now-defunct physical stores. It was terrible when it debuted as the “Windows Store” alongside Windows 8. Windows 10’s Microsoft Store has always been terrible.