What Gamescom code? I was there and I got nothing! I am really, really feeling out of the loop now lol
About Win10/WinStore exclusivity:
I'll be honest, I personally don't care. I feel Steam is overrated and all Windows are the same, but from what I can see I am an exception and most people, even here in HG will disagree with me.
Anyhow here is what I think setting aside my own preferences: I feel that keeping the exclusive for some time there is okay, is M$ property and they decide what to do. Also it may motivate a fraction of the audience to get some people into those systems (just like Galo does for Xbox)
But making the game a permanent exclusive, will, in my opinion, really hurt the game sales. So far I have seen NO ONE here willing to get Win10/WinStore in order to obtain AoEDE and if hardcore fans are not willing to that, what can we expect of more casual people that make the bulk of the market?
I don't know if anyone with power over this will read what I wrote, but if they want to make sales (something that governs game industry nowadays), they better be thinking about implementing the steam/older windows compatibility, because I fear the potential success of the game will be greatly diminished, if M$ keeps making these weird decisions that alienate their own gamer fanase.
[This message has been edited by Suppiluliuma (edited 10-08-2017 @ 07:48 AM).]