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Microsoft will no longer sell PC games through Xbox.com

article published on 16 August, 2013

Microsoft has announced they will be closing down the PC Marketplace, for good. On August 22nd, the company will shut down the platform and stop selling PC games via Xbox.com. The company recently announced it would be doing away with its virtual currency, Microsoft Points, finally allowing gamers to use their own local currency. That update is scheduled to hit when the next Dashboard update does. ... [ read the full article ]

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18. August 2013 @ 05:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Is this so PC games don't compete with the Xboxs?

Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

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18. August 2013 @ 11:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'd imagine it's more because their store was a flop. Their pricing was ridiculous.
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18. August 2013 @ 12:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is the one that comes with that annoying app in Win8?

Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

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20. August 2013 @ 00:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Jemborg:
This is the one that comes with that annoying app in Win8?

Windows 8? LOL! I am still on Win 7! There is a reason why, too!

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20. August 2013 @ 06:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by joebloe12:
Originally posted by Jemborg:
This is the one that comes with that annoying app in Win8?

Windows 8? LOL! I am still on Win 7! There is a reason why, too!

Windows 8 needs taming indeed. Apart from that it's not that bad. At least it's fast.

Its a lot easier being righteous than right.

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20. August 2013 @ 07:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Doing away with point cards is a sad day for those that know how to price shop them.

No time for Leap frog!!!
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20. August 2013 @ 10:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by bhetrick:
I'd imagine it's more because their store was a flop. Their pricing was ridiculous.
And the PC store never worked properly.

MS wanted to force ALL devs top only use their store hence the whole games for PC but the MS XBox software on PC is really poor.

Install a game it get's deleted when you try starting it up, you install again from CD it instead tries to download it.

Then it doesn't take the key or says it's used or takes it but the game still doesn't work.

Also real hassle trying to log into it or getting a new account to work.
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