Take Mass Effect 3, they sell it on Steam and it has online multiplayer aspect. My point is that Steam behaves the same way with all of it’s other library of offline games. Yes, Steam currently only installs the launcher for MSFS. It’s just like FTP but with a bit more sophistication. How do you think you can install Microsoft Office 365? How do you install Microsoft Store Apps like Solitaire, Minesweeper? The servers are there online to store a single master copy of the data, where users can just click “install” and they download the files from these servers. You leave the servers online for installation with the same reason as any other store leave their servers online for installation. You’re still looking at based on what it’s doing right now, rather than the potential of what it could do. Steam only installs the launcher, all the rest for the MFS comes from the Asobo servers.
Why would MS leave the servers, in case, online just for the installation? For offline functionality? The MFS then already doesn’t offer what it is made of (Bing, real weather, Azure ATC) and is then really nothing more than an FSX. After registering a free Games For Windows Live account, a new user would be able to instantly start building Gamerscore cred with the free games included on Windows PCs.I think your suggestion is the worst. If true - and hey, our tipster's batting a thousand (that's sports talk for reliable) - adding Live functionality to these games would be an ideal gateway for Microsoft to usher new users into Live and the Achievements system. While unconfirmed by our source, we'd anticipate this to be a free update. Reportedly, each Windows game will not only get Achievements, but also chat and leaderboard support.
This tip comes courtesy of our trusted source (who accurately predicted Lucidity, NBA 2K10 Draft Combine and Tecmo Bowl: Throwback). Microsoft is allegedly preparing to implement Live functionality into the free suite of games that comes with all Windows-enabled PCs: Solitaire, Chess, Checkers, Spades, Hearts, Backgammon, Minesweeper, Purple Place, Spider Solitaire and Freecell.
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