straycat19 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Why buying games from the Windows Store is a bad idea Microsoft has said it wants to make it easy for gamers to cross-buy games for both the Xbox One and PC, but there are some significant limitations to buying titles from the Windows Store. Full credit for digging this up goes to HowToGeek, which laid out the differences in a recent post. The long and short of it is this: If you buy a title in the Windows Store, you don’t get SLI or Crossfire support, V-Sync is always locked on, and borderless fullscreen mode is mandated. Borderless fullscreen makes certain that Alt-Tab always works properly, but there’s often a performance penalty associated with this mode. Windows Store apps also don’t allow modding and will only work on Windows 10, even if the game otherwise supports Windows 7 and 8 if distributed via other methods. Every gamer will evaluate these restrictions differently, but as far as I’m concerned, modding is what makes the PC platform superior to other systems. I’m not sure why modding would be locked down if the Xbox One will also support PC mods (and the Fallout devs have said it would). For now, I’d recommend shutting the Windows game ads off and planning to buy titles from stores that allow you to use them more flexibly. Article (bottom of page) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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