"Microsoft may crush Steam on Windows", why Tim Sweeney at the top of Epic Games worries

"Windows 10 introduced in"Universal Windows platform(UWP) "is an integrated platform that allows you to run applications for Windows even on different devices such as PCs, mobile terminals, and Xbox. If you develop an application for UWP, there is a convenient impression that it can work with all Windows 10 devices, but Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, will update Steam for UWP update I'm ringing a horn as a possibility.

Tim Sweeney thinks Microsoft will make Steam 'progressively worse' with Windows 10 patches | PC Gamer
http://www.pcgamer.com/tim-sweeney-thinks-microsoft-will-make-steam-progressively-worse-with-windows-10-patches/

Tim Sweeney claims that Microsoft will remove Win32, destroy Steam | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/07/now-tim-sweeney-thinks-that-microsoft-will-use-windows-10-to-break-steam/

The magazine that conducted the interviewEdgeAccording to Mr. Sweeney, Windows 10 updates think that it will corrupt the convenience of third-party applications and the download sales platform of PC games such as Steam.


Sweeney said, "There are two programming interfaces on Windows, and all applications need to choose one. Most of the PC games sold at Steam are Win32 "If Microsoft recommends that all developers use UWP, developers will get out of the Win32 application application, and if that happens, All apps and gamesWindows StoreIt will only be delivered. At that time, the application platform for PC will be a closed space, "he said.

Although what Sweeney says is technically correct, it is unlikely for Microsoft to deliberately distribute apps and games on the Windows Store and intentionally crush the platform like Steam. In this regard, Mr. Sweeney said, "In the next five years Microsoft will deliver an update that weakens Steam, Microsoft will never completely destroy Steam, it will be a step beyond the point of failure, Is aiming to think that the Windows Store is better to use instead of Steam.This is the technique Microsoft has been doing to overcome competitors in other fields and the next aim is to use Steam "I said in an interview.

Peter Bright, an expert on Ars Technica 's technology experts, is arguing straight from Mr. Sweene' s remarks. Mr. Bright, who has worked at the British Library's digital archive, said, "UWP is not bound to the Windows Store, any developer can install and operate on Windows without using the Windows Store We can make a possible UWP, even if Microsoft removes Win32, we will not force you to use the Windows Store, "he refuted Mr. Sweeney.


Furthermore, "UWP is built on Win32, it becomes a subset of Win32sandboxIt works in the environment. However, there is no way to remove Win32 from UWP as it is from Windows. Windows core applications such as Explorer Shell and OfficeSuite are dependent on Win32. To avoid using Win32, it should take a tremendously long age. "

As Sweeney says it is not certain whether Microsoft is planning to lose other distribution platforms. What kind of strategy will Microsoft adopt in UWP, the next five years is likely to be the key.