Microsoft Says It's Not Shutting Down Games for Windows Live

People need to get off their high horse here. Yes GFWL is a terrible service, but the fact MS are still supporting it is a good thing, solely for the reason that there are games out there that would simply be useless if GFWL went away.

I'm happy that MS have finally broke their silence on the matter. We can now all move onto better things.

Uplay has to be the next to go. I don't understand how they can justify using BOTH Steam and Uplay. You have to enter two services to start a video game. That doesn't make sense to me.

Dear Micro$oft,

Nothing brings out the hate train sheep like a gfwl article.

So much PR crap. Just stop it, MS. The PC community aren't stupid like your console community.

Rumor!? Several studios just busted their tails to switch off of GFWL because of this "rumor" and now Microsoft says it isn't going to turn it off after all??

It should, windows live sucks ass.

I already sold the old games for windows live and brought steam versions.

to late M$

Thanks MS for saving this service as some games were not going to get support away from this and thus die. Glad that is now over with for now.

Dont get why everyone is so against them not shutting it down.
This doesnt mean they are gonna use it on new games. hence the shutdown of the marketplace, they will just leave it up so people who buy these games can still play them :)

Im relieved, now i dont have to rush in to play the ones i got

Guess what service I won't be buying games for...

PR doublespeak at a time they are desperate to make Xbox One gains and want to avoid negative headlines with Microsoft and gaming in the title, on account of of console buyers that may assume it has something to do with Xbox. Microsoft officially killed GFWL when the marketplace was closed and no more games could be purchased through it. That's why the "Microsoft is still committed to PC gaming" line in this new press statement is bull$hit.

Its been on life support ever since they closed the marketplace, and they simply realized now that it costs them nothing to keep the servers up a little while longer relative to the negative press it helps them avoid. The bad news is it gives more time to procrastinating developers from hurrying up and moving their titles to Steamworks.

MS is simply kicking the can down the road.

@Bowser05 @yetanotherus3r The games I had most trouble with were GTA IV, which dropped my previous offline gamertag, and Bioshock 2, which required a specific version of GFWL to operate - newer version wouldn't have it complaining about some fatal error (they patched it afterwards, but for a while I had to downgrade, cancel auto-updates, and avoid playing anything else in fear it may break my precarious setup).

I'm fine with it being still aroud, I guess, if that means I can still download and (attempt to) play the games I have there. Unfortunately that's only DIRT, since I'm locked out of anything else due to the parental control bug-thing, but god help us if they keep bundling retail games with it!

Lmao I was 100% sure that they would do this. Guess they just needed some good rep to boost PC sales back then. Nasty M$. smh

Well, looks like another 180

They want to do exactly the one thing no PC gamer really wants?! That's real and honest dedication to a platform and its users, kudos!

GFWL just needs to die already, implode or something man. It should've never existed to begin with.

I can smell the BS lies from MS from here....watch it die on July 1st and witness the backlash

Gov'ment came and took my baby!

This is the 3rd 180 MS has pulled in a year. What the hell is wrong with that company?

As someone who has never had any problems with GFWL and actually liked it, I can say that I actually feel a little bit relieved.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! You got to be kidding me!

@grenadehh So much bait it's not even funny.

As long as I can continue to acquire my games that I have on there, I won't complain either way. I don't care about the Live features I just want to play.

Rumors? This was out right CONFIRMED. Why the sudden 180?