![PowerUpGamingUK's tweet photo. BREAKING:
In an internal Town Hall meeting held yesterday, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shared her thoughts on Microsoft's plans to improve its presence in the PC gaming landscape.
"On PC historically, we've taken a one-shot approach. We've had one app, and that's what we've focused on. As we have dug in, we're leaving a lot on the table. It turns out that https://t.co/RQRgzAIOXE supports an audience that we're not reaching outside of it, and it is awesome at it. The retention is nearly as good as Steam's retention, and we've never really put any work behind it as a platform. And so, we are doing that. We are doing it the right way for that community. It'll be great for our first-party games, and great for select third-party games too."
"We will continue to invest in other PC apps as long as they reach distinct audiences. The Windows app [Microsoft Store] reaches a lot of people around the world. In fact, in China, it is the number one store,"
We're collaborating across the board, we're doing a lot this fall [in terms of offers] through OEMs. We have an offer going out to 14 million OEMs. I saw some great pre-install work that's happening for [World of Warcraft], and some great conversion numbers. We will continue to succeed on Windows. There are a billion Windows PCs. There's no reason we shouldn't be serving our audiences there."
"Right now, it is simply very hard to work with Xbox. So, we are simplifying the targets, we're moving to a headless partner center, we're taking the cruft out of our APIs, and we're making them machine-readable. There's a lot of work here. We need developers to be able to work with us, understand how they are performing, and have tools that actually grow their business. There's a lot we can do here. I'm encouraged by the work happening."
Do you use any of Microsoft's storefronts to play games on PC, and do you think Microsoft will be successful in its goals?
#xbox #microsoft #pc](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HUCp4zmWEAAOaiy.jpg)
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BREAKING:
In an internal Town Hall meeting held yesterday, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shared her thoughts on Microsoft's plans to improve its presence in the PC gaming landscape.
"On PC historically, we've taken a one-shot approach. We've had one app, and that's what we've focused on. As we have dug in, we're leaving a lot on the table. It turns out that https://t.co/RQRgzAIOXE supports an audience that we're not reaching outside of it, and it is awesome at it. The retention is nearly as good as Steam's retention, and we've never really put any work behind it as a platform. And so, we are doing that. We are doing it the right way for that community. It'll be great for our first-party games, and great for select third-party games too."
"We will continue to invest in other PC apps as long as they reach distinct audiences. The Windows app [Microsoft Store] reaches a lot of people around the world. In fact, in China, it is the number one store,"
We're collaborating across the board, we're doing a lot this fall [in terms of offers] through OEMs. We have an offer going out to 14 million OEMs. I saw some great pre-install work that's happening for [World of Warcraft], and some great conversion numbers. We will continue to succeed on Windows. There are a billion Windows PCs. There's no reason we shouldn't be serving our audiences there."
"Right now, it is simply very hard to work with Xbox. So, we are simplifying the targets, we're moving to a headless partner center, we're taking the cruft out of our APIs, and we're making them machine-readable. There's a lot of work here. We need developers to be able to work with us, understand how they are performing, and have tools that actually grow their business. There's a lot we can do here. I'm encouraged by the work happening."
Do you use any of Microsoft's storefronts to play games on PC, and do you think Microsoft will be successful in its goals?
#xbox #microsoft #pc
![PowerUpGamingUK's tweet photo. BREAKING:
In an internal Town Hall meeting held yesterday, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma shared her thoughts on Microsoft's plans to improve its presence in the PC gaming landscape.
"On PC historically, we've taken a one-shot approach. We've had one app, and that's what we've focused on. As we have dug in, we're leaving a lot on the table. It turns out that https://t.co/RQRgzAIOXE supports an audience that we're not reaching outside of it, and it is awesome at it. The retention is nearly as good as Steam's retention, and we've never really put any work behind it as a platform. And so, we are doing that. We are doing it the right way for that community. It'll be great for our first-party games, and great for select third-party games too."
"We will continue to invest in other PC apps as long as they reach distinct audiences. The Windows app [Microsoft Store] reaches a lot of people around the world. In fact, in China, it is the number one store,"
We're collaborating across the board, we're doing a lot this fall [in terms of offers] through OEMs. We have an offer going out to 14 million OEMs. I saw some great pre-install work that's happening for [World of Warcraft], and some great conversion numbers. We will continue to succeed on Windows. There are a billion Windows PCs. There's no reason we shouldn't be serving our audiences there."
"Right now, it is simply very hard to work with Xbox. So, we are simplifying the targets, we're moving to a headless partner center, we're taking the cruft out of our APIs, and we're making them machine-readable. There's a lot of work here. We need developers to be able to work with us, understand how they are performing, and have tools that actually grow their business. There's a lot we can do here. I'm encouraged by the work happening."
Do you use any of Microsoft's storefronts to play games on PC, and do you think Microsoft will be successful in its goals?
#xbox #microsoft #pc](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HUCp4zmWYAAmfqk.jpg)
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