Problem was: the service was not very popular because of its buggy nature. Games for Windows Live was a Microsoft service that publishers and developers could integrate into their games to add support for a variety of features, including social features such as friends and messaging, achievements, but also digital rights management (DRM) and in-game content purchases.īack then, Microsoft's service offered some features that other gaming platforms, including Steam, did not offer.
More than seven years later, Bethesda, now a Microsoft-owned company, removed the Games for Windows Live dependency from its Fallout 3 GOTY game. Microsoft shut down Games for Windows Live on July 1, 2014.
