{"id":31243,"date":"2016-03-21T14:23:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T19:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=31243"},"modified":"2016-03-22T07:52:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T12:52:49","slug":"experienced-points-microsofts-uwp-is-games-for-windows-live-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=31243","title":{"rendered":"Experienced Points: Microsoft’s UWP is Games for Windows Live 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

My column this week is about the Windows 10 Store<\/a>. Sort of. I guess it’s really about trust of a company that’s has done – and continues to do – a lot of harm to PC gaming. <\/p>\n

This comment at the Escapist is worth reading<\/a>. It puts an asterisk on several of the points I made in my column. I’m not really inclined to take anything Microsoft says at face value, but the points are there for the curious. <\/p>\n

I remember a lot of teeth-grinding frustrations with GFWL that never made it into blog posts or columns. At the time I thought, “Bah, nobody wants to read more GFWL ranting. I should pace myself.” Now I genuinely wish I’d posted them for purely historical purposes. I always link to the same two anecdotes, and I don’t want people to walk away with the impression that I just had two bad experiences with GFWL. These are the tip of the iceberg, not the full story. <\/p>\n

And it’s not like GFWL went away:<\/p>\n

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"Yeah our platform is broken and we know it and there's no fix."<\/p>\n

These guys want to sell shit on the Win 10 store? pic.twitter.com\/RCrO8u3olf<\/a><\/p>\n

— Shamus Young (@shamusyoung) March 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n