By Joe Osborne
It’s no shocker to say that, for everything Microsoft has done for its Xbox app on Windows 10, the app is still not considering the needs and wants of PC gamers first – and Microsoft gaming lead Phil Spencer has just publicly recognized this.
For those out of the loop, the Xbox app for Windows 10 has brought many helpful, native gaming features to the platform, including broadcasting, party chatting with Xbox One and PC players alike, and a Game Mode that improves performance (albeit marginally).
Speaking during an E3 2018 Q&A, Spencer responded to an audience question regarding the state of the Xbox app for Windows 10.
“I’d say our early work in … Xbox Live stuff for Windows was well intentioned, but anybody that’s a PC gamer – I play a lot of PC games myself – saw this kind of impostor console work coming over,” Spencer said. “You’ve probably seen us slow down on some of the progress we’ve made on some of our apps, and some other things because we’re reworking how we’re thinking about the PC audience to try to be more reflective of the PC community that’s out there instead of trying to …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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