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  • Steam has about 80% of the PC digital distribution market for new releases.

    So it is a bad thing now that Steam makes new releases more discoverable than the other storefronts that have a larger installed base than Steam?

    Microsoft’s store has a close to 100% penetration of home installation of Windows 10 and newer.

    Opening Microsoft Store: Boom, top spots for Microsofts properties (Activision Blizzard sale, Minecraft, Candy Crush).

    Switching to the Games tab: PC Game Pass, more Activision Blizzard sale, COD Black Ops 6 with a dedicated banner, more Minecraft, more Candy Crush.

    Visiting one of Microsoft’s other game stores, Battle.net: 100% Microsoft exclusive. Not just Blizzard games but Doom, Avowed, Sea of Thieves, PC GamePass. That’s unregulated Microsoft on full display. Not a single 3rd party game even available but the rest of the Microsoft catalogue integrated after the takeover of Activision Blizzard.

    Compare that to Steam: Huge banner advertising the sale promotion of EA.

    Scrolling a bit further down, Microsoft games advertised, some convention for narrative games.

    Nobody but Microsoft and Epic are to blame for their huge installed bases not converting to sales of 3rd party games. Mostly advertising their own properties and paid exclusives.

    All your emotional outbursts do not change facts.