Why serious PC gamers should ignore the Windows Store
It’s no secret that Microsoft wants to compete with the likes of Steam and GOG by providing a one-stop shop for AAA PC game titles such as Rise of the Tomb Raider and the upcoming Quantum Break. Be warned, however: Games purchased from the Windows Store are Universal Windows apps, which are severely sandboxed and can’t touch other apps or programs.
Universal Windows apps are a great way to get mobile games like Candy Crush, Lara Croft Go, and Minecraft: Pocket Edition onto your PC. But AAA titles requiring a dedicated graphics card are different beasts, and games purchased via Windows 10’s Windows Store today are plagued by a host of restrictions that aren’t present on other PC gaming platforms that sell games as traditional PC programs, as How-to Geek and Reddit users first reported.
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