Steam vs MS Store (Xbox App)

[StregKoden]

Hello. First of all, thanks for reading this.
I know this has been ask in some way before.
But I kinda wanted to ask it again, or in another way.
(maybe some stuff have changed since last time)

So if I buy this on Steam, let's say at the next Steam sale. (Black Friday)
Would I be able to download through Steam client?
Or am I totally forced to use "MS Store / Xbox App"

I want to ask this, because last time I used the "Xbox Game Pass" for Windows.
Created a lots of extra weird folders, and very time I open the drive.
And I got 3 months very cheap. So my OCD got a bit crazy about it at the end.

At the time I played Flight Simulator, but was kinda disappointed over that game.
So as soon my time ended, i just deleted everything.

Maybe at this point, my I should consider a SSD/HDD drive just for Xbox games?
So I don't have to look at weird folders in a partition. :)

[FloosWorld]

If you buy it on Steam, you download it on Steam. A Xbox account is not required to play.
The Xbox account is optional and only makes sense if you want to sync your achievements between both platforms.

[StregKoden]

Originally posted by FloosWorld:

If you buy it on Steam, you download it on Steam. A Xbox account is not required to play.
The Xbox account is optional and only makes sense if you want to sync your achievements between both platforms.

Thank you so much for this reply! :)