Epic Games CEO: Microsoft’s Universal Windows Platform is a ‘fiasco’ which must die
Before you purchase a game via the Windows Store, stop and consider the ramifications. That “universal app” version of the game has multiple limitations when compared to the same game sold via Steam.
Modding is one of the reasons to even use a PC for gaming, but you might as well kiss that goodbye if you buy the game from Microsoft’s store. If you are a PC gamer who dropped the dough for multiple graphic cards, too bad so sad as games sold via the Windows Store currently don’t support Nvidia SLI (Scalable Link Interface) or AMD Crossfire. There are plenty of other shortcomings such as V-sync always being on and no executable file – as in forget about adding it to Steam; the game runs in “borderless fullscreen mode” which means the windowed game “can’t have exclusive access to your graphics cards” and you can’t get top performance from your high dollar graphics card. These reasons and more led to gamers being advised against purchasing Rise of the Tomb Raider from the Windows Store.
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