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"...Age of Empires 2 running as a modern desktop app..." I could not care less. If I'm a developer who has a game in Steam, why would I want to do this? To div
by gagege 11y ago
"...Age of Empires 2 running as a modern desktop app..."
I could not care less. If I'm a developer who has a game in Steam, why would I want to do this? To divide my user base?
- Someone1234 11y agoWhy would it divide your user base? Isn't it being used as a glorified package manager? Everything is still Win32 under the hood.
- gagege 11y agoWell, since the game is no longer married to Steam at that point, my users would be losing Steam's achievements, mods and matchmaking. Am I not understanding that right?
- cwyers 11y agoThey showed off installing mods from Steamworks in Age of Empires II during the demo.
- gagege 11y agoThose were mods from SteamWorks? Sorry, I didn't catch that part. I still genuinely wonder why I would want to convert my app into a "modern desktop app".
- Aleman360 11y agoSandboxed security. Easier install/uninstall. Backup/restore. Live tiles and notifications Downloadable from the Windows Store (which means it will show up in Cortana search results when searching for it, even if it's not installed) Ability to use excellent new WinRT API's Deep linking Share to other apps easily (e.g., post to Facebook) etc.
- gagege 11y agoThanks.
- UK-AL 11y agoTo make is discoverable by non steam users?
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- Mafana0 11y agoYou missed the idea. He was discussing that even complicated programs (and games) can be converted to use Windows 10 features (i.e. modern desktop) flawlessly without breaking existing code. He wasn't talking about replacing Steam.
- imaginenore 11y agoTo have a second, larger, market. Window userbase is huge, much bigger than Steam's.