Tim Sweeney blasts Microsoft's Universal Windows Platform
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Epic Games co-founder Tim Sweeney is the latest to heap scorn on Microsoft's Universal Windows Platform. In an op-ed in the Guardian newspaper this morning, Sweeney expresses concern that the UWP and the Windows Store is a first step "towards locking down the consumer PC ecosystem and monopolising app distribution and commerce." He also says "if Microsoft does not commit to opening PC UWP up in the manner described here, then PC UWP can, should, must and will, die as a result of industry backlash."
Sweeney points out that Microsoft has launched new Windows features exclusively under the UWP. He says most games and applications-most notably Steam-can't take advantage of those features because older software uses the Win32 ...