Games for Windows Live Getting a Marketplace
Posted by Chris on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 at 3:09 pm under Computer, Game Companies, Game Platforms, Gamer Life, Microsoft
Among the many complains people have had about Games for Windows Live, having to pay for certain features and a lack of a Marketplace similar to Xbox Live’s have been among the biggest. With Microsoft’s announcement that Games for Windows Live is now entirely free out of the way, they’ve also announced that a Marketplace is coming go GFW Live.
Over on Gamerscore Blog, Kevin Unangst said, “We also announced that this fall we’ll be delivering a new Marketplace for Games for Windows – LIVE. I’m excited because we’ll have a central place to get great new content for existing games (including free content of course) and demos, trailers and more.”
I’m not sure how much of a need there is for a service to download demos on PC; that’s why you’ve got FileFront. But this hopefully means that we’ll see the Xbox Live Arcade and XNA Community Games come with it.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 7:35 pm
steam is better.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:02 am
lol, i never thought i would see some one say steam is better…than anything…but hes right.
July 24th, 2008 at 8:06 am
great now i can pay for my patches for my pc games that should be free. im sry Microsoft but you are not gonna win anyone over with your crappy windows live
no mod support and crappy ports that what Microsoft has made of pc games.