

Right now, however, Game Pass delivers versions of games that are slightly different from the ones that developers and publishers launch on Steam, which could complicate any integration plans there. “If your customers want it, then you should figure out how to make it happen,” he told PC Gamer. Newell said that Valve and Microsoft have spoken already about selling Game Pass subscriptions on Steam. Steam Deck review: Meet my new favorite consoleįurther, last week Bethesda Softworks - which Microsoft acquired in 2020 - announced it would retire the Launcher for its games on PC, another sign that Microsoft doesn’t see proprietary storefronts or launchers as all that helpful to its games distribution.
