Why isn't this on the front page of The Escapist? It affect the entire PC community. This makes GFWL look amazing in comparison.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/04/gears-of-war-developer-epic-games-tim-sweeney-games-industry-fight-microsoft
Gabe Newell knew what was coming when he saw Windows 10 development. I remember reading some of his comments about the ugly future that Microsoft has in store for PC as a gaming platform a few years ago. That's why Valve started working on SteamOS. We can only hope to god that it becomes a viable alternative sooner rather than later.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/04/gears-of-war-developer-epic-games-tim-sweeney-games-industry-fight-microsoft
Full text is in the link and I suggest you read it.Tim Sweeney writes: "Microsoft is moving against the entire PC industry - including consumers (and gamers in particular), software developers such as Epic Games, publishers like EA and Activision, and distributors like Valve and Good Old Games.
"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."
A key concern is that Microsoft is set to include and update features in UWP that won't be supported by older development platforms. This means that games studios will need to support and use UWP if they want games to remain at the cutting edge of games capabilities on Windows 10.
Gabe Newell knew what was coming when he saw Windows 10 development. I remember reading some of his comments about the ugly future that Microsoft has in store for PC as a gaming platform a few years ago. That's why Valve started working on SteamOS. We can only hope to god that it becomes a viable alternative sooner rather than later.