Windows store games

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

When will it be possible to use windows store games you think on steam os? You can start literally any windows application but you can’t access the windows store yet. Would be cool if bottles would at the windows store at some point

[Big Laugh]

Originally posted by Mr Jt (Gog is king):

When will it be possible to use windows store games you think? You can start literally any windows application but you can’t access the windows store yet. Would be cool if bottles would at the windows store at some point

there's already an OS for that m8

[Yoman]

Originally posted by Luca 🏴‍☠:

Report his profile as well for trolling, flaming, and general distruption of the steam community

We will report you and your profile

[Yoman]

Stop derailing the thread you are the only troll here. Are the fortnite servers off?

[Yoman]

@ Op I don’t think it’s possible. Only if Microsoft brings gamepass to steam or if they make an application

[Master]

Yes. I'm sorry: I misunderstood the topic, my bad.

[Der tüddelige Fußgänger]

Hey hey hey, looks like some trolling happened here before. Seems like a normal day on the internet. :P

Jokes besides. Windows store apps use their own universal windows app binaries. Not a normal .exe. I think Ms got a little creative. Anyways, there is no way as of now from what i know to execute such files.
Microsoft is getting more and more friendly towards Linux, but i doubt they're gonna open up completely.

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

But you can start games from an exe. They allow you know to install games normally where you have access to the exe and you can also launch it from there

[Marlock]

it seems from a quick search that you can actually run some UWP apps on linux already, even though Microsoft tried to make them especially hard to get:
https://www.linuxadictos.com/en/uwp-how-to-run-this-type-of-windows-applications-in-linux.html

if you need to use a 3rd party website to fetch them, scan the .appx with Jotty or VirusTotal before using, as a malicious website might distribute infected versions of the .appx file and WINE is not a perfect sandbox

99.9% chance a windows virus wouldn't cause damage on linux, but a couple can

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

I mean games. You can install them normally with an exe as well. Uwp apps are something different

[Cray]

If they really wanted it to run on Linux, they would've made it so it can launch in Wine.
They didn't, so I'm assuming they don't want it to happen. Which is not to say they'll go to great lengths to prevent it.

Tbh. it's perfectly fine with me if the windows store remains incompatible, since I have little but contempt for microsoft's business practices and software behavior. Let steam be the goto place for buying games, let windows store be yet another one of microsoft's flops.

On that note, if they let it run on Linux, they let it run on steamdeck, which means that even if someone has anything in windows store, if they're using steamdeck then they're still on steam and will be doing the majority of their purchases and gaming related activities there, driving customers toward a competitor.

Interesting times, though. Steam and Steamdeck are causing a push toward Linux use, and when all your games can run on Linux and the OS itself offers all the features desktop users and gamers need, then there's no real need for windows for a lot of users. We may end up seeing windows diminish to insignificance in the long run.

windows was never about "it's such a great os" as much as it was "all the software and games i use run on it, leaving little choice". It's an os resting on a software compatibility monopoly, its features are a secondary factor.

microsoft is more likely to grasp at retaining control, so it's quite likely they'll "nudge" their store toward only running on windows. Can't be sure, but you can be sure of one thing; whatever they do, they'll to it with the sole intention of having a monopoly.

[petran79]

Originally posted by Cray:

If they really wanted it to run on Linux, they would've made it so it can launch in Wine.
They didn't, so I'm assuming they don't want it to happen. Which is not to say they'll go to great lengths to prevent it.

Tbh. it's perfectly fine with me if the windows store remains incompatible, since I have little but contempt for microsoft's business practices and software behavior. Let steam be the goto place for buying games, let windows store be yet another one of microsoft's flops.

On that note, if they let it run on Linux, they let it run on steamdeck, which means that even if someone has anything in windows store, if they're using steamdeck then they're still on steam and will be doing the majority of their purchases and gaming related activities there, driving customers toward a competitor.

Interesting times, though. Steam and Steamdeck are causing a push toward Linux use, and when all your games can run on Linux and the OS itself offers all the features desktop users and gamers need, then there's no real need for windows for a lot of users. We may end up seeing windows diminish to insignificance in the long run.

windows was never about "it's such a great os" as much as it was "all the software and games i use run on it, leaving little choice". It's an os resting on a software compatibility monopoly, its features are a secondary factor.

microsoft is more likely to grasp at retaining control, so it's quite likely they'll "nudge" their store toward only running on windows. Can't be sure, but you can be sure of one thing; whatever they do, they'll to it with the sole intention of having a monopoly.

Microsoft even resorted to piracy to beat Linux in China
https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100134488/

[CJM]

Originally posted by Cray:

If they really wanted it to run on Linux, they would've made it so it can launch in Wine.
They didn't, so I'm assuming they don't want it to happen. Which is not to say they'll go to great lengths to prevent it.

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microsoft is more likely to grasp at retaining control, so it's quite likely they'll "nudge" their store toward only running on windows. Can't be sure, but you can be sure of one thing; whatever they do, they'll to it with the sole intention of having a monopoly.

"Halloween Documents" aside, I am currently using Microsoft Edge on Kubuntu Linux.

Considering that Ubuntu Linux is the official Linux distribution that Microsoft includes with its Windows Operating System, I wouldn't be entirely surprised if there was a future where the Ubuntu One Software Center was augmented by Microsoft's Store apps.

I wouldn't take bets on whether Proton or some other proprietary kind of Microsoft on Linux layer might be utilized. Edge Chromium is the strongest contender so far, already allowing Microsoft Office to run on Linux.

Originally posted by petran79:

Microsoft even resorted to piracy to beat Linux in China
https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/07/23/100134488/

And what else will they resort to in order to get a share of that sweet sweet Software as a Service income stream.

There is also Google's massive advertising revenue stream, and the "free" Android Platform to contend with that is considered a threat to Microsoft's dominance.

We are in a very weird time where Microsoft is likely hedging its bets. The seeds of doubt regarding the future of the x86 computing sphere are being sown, and Microsoft's dominance is entirely in the x86 computing space.

[Aoi Blue]

Originally posted by The Nintendo Guy:

Hey hey hey, looks like some trolling happened here before. Seems like a normal day on the internet. :P

Jokes besides. Windows store apps use their own universal windows app binaries. Not a normal .exe. I think Ms got a little creative. Anyways, there is no way as of now from what i know to execute such files.
Microsoft is getting more and more friendly towards Linux, but i doubt they're gonna open up completely.

Technically newer versions of Wine-Mono can execute most of those EXEs.

However, it does not support the DRM used by many Windows Store apps. Advanced Interprocess communications are FUBAR on Wine-Mono for now, especially through the secure kernel methods. (As of Early 2023)

Edit: Add more detail on the problem, and date.

The list of things needed to create a dedicated Universal Windows App execution stack on Linux (which would be the ideal way to run them) is pretty long. Especially one that is compatible with DRM.

[Death Approaches]

There's a reason Microsoft bought up BILLIONS OF DOLLARS of gaming companies over the pandemic when people were freaking out about the future and they probably low-balled offers left and right. It's called MONEY. They used to have a stranglehold, then Apple got popular and at least as affordable as a top-end PC, then the Windows 95 fiasco pushed so many more over to Macs, then 2007 came around and that was that... the iphone smartphone. Some tiny independent game guy by himself can make an addiction machine match-3 game and make millions of dollars A DAY, but we can't give away our new OS?! This world is scary!

They are scared for the future too, and they're just being what they are: Robber-Baron Capitalists. Taking advantage isn't evil, it's good business practice! There is no way they're going to let Microsoft code run on linux -- unless there's profit to be made, from anything from even just the usage metrics phoning home when someone upgrades.

The only remaining niche is powerhouse on-site servers; let's see macOS run 8-cpu 16-core xeons with 2TB RAM and 8 RTX 4080s... any bigger and you'd just lease time, and any smaller... what's left... OH! Gamers! Gamers are addicts and will spend thousands to build top of the line rigs! That macs still cannot touch, even with intel chips and off-case eGPUs. Yet.

Microsoft most definitely has a plan, and believe it, it involves you, your privacy, your identity, your machine, and your MONEY most of all. Even open source isn't safe, why would they buy github, out of the goodness of their corporate giving program? You are delusional if you think that...

If you voluntarily climbed in bed with MS, you better expect to get fuc... to experience fornication. Some like that, others do not. But if you think they won't find a way to monetize linux the same way Google became a multi-billion dollar company off of FOSS?

I'm sure you'll get your MS gaming experience in aome variant of linux, eventually. But if you don't believe that? Well, your lack of imagination is not microsoft's problem. They have a plan.

[^1K^7r3m]

Originally posted by Death Approaches:

If you voluntarily climbed in bed with MS, you better expect to get fuc... to experience fornication. Some like that, others do not. But if you think they won't find a way to monetize linux the same way Google became a multi-billion dollar company off of FOSS?

I'm sure you'll get your MS gaming experience in aome variant of linux, eventually. But if you don't believe that? Well, your lack of imagination is not microsoft's problem. They have a plan.

That's just called winning. That's the beauty of capitalism. If you know the rules and play the game right, you win. ;)