Microsoft promises to improve the Microsoft Store for PC games

Microsoft’s CEO of the Xbox division, Phil Spencer, admits that the company still has a lot of work to do in the game field at Windows. He promises to tackle the Microsoft Store to improve the store for PC games.

Spencer made the pledge at Microsoft’s X018 event last weekend, in response to what he saw as the future of gaming. “I think we still have a lot of work to do on Windows,” Spencer said. “Windows is something I’m very committed to. I’ve heard the feedback about our Store. I’m going to play a bigger role in what’s going on at the Store and I’m going to optimize it for gamers who we know want the best .”

Microsoft competes with Steam in its Store and puts some exclusive games from its own studio in it, forcing gamers who want to play these games to use the store. The Verge lists some of the drawbacks of games from the Microsoft Store: they don’t support overlays like Fraps or Discord, some don’t support Shadowplay, and the installation often doesn’t go smoothly. In the past, there has also been criticism of the limitations of applications for the Universal Windows Platform in terms of gaming.

It is not the first time that Microsoft has promised to give more attention to PC games on Windows. In 2014, Spencer made a similar promise after admitting that the focus had been very much on Xbox.