Ubisoft's Uplay doesn't do anything special - and the store section displays its website in a shell like Steam and Origin. For example, Project Cars appears in the Sports category, which ought to only be under Racing.ĮA's Origin does its best to suggest upgrade options for its games, hoping to get more money out of your purchase. Steam appears clunky and badly organised so it's hard to find what you want.

Microsoft's Windows Store looks like it was designed for tablet screens with its big icons, and it focuses more on user reviews instead of trailers or videos.

So with that in mind, here's a comparison of the Windows Store, Steam, Origin, Uplay, and GOG. There are pros and cons to using each store, which in turn has complicated things for players. But there are other options beyond those two, and depending on the game you choose to pick up, you might have a few options to choose from. If you've bought a new game on the PC in the last few years - be it digital or retail - you have probably come across one or the other video game store, from Valve's distribution platform Steam, to Electronic Arts' Origin.

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