Once again, Microsoft “relaunched” Games for Windows Live, either gambling that if they keep relaunching the same thing, eventually everyone will just give up and start using it, or perhaps that if they keep relaunching the same thing, eventually everyone will just give up and buy an XBox 360 instead. I don’t know. But it is really getting ridiculous.
Unlike the last time it “relaunched”, however, this time it actually has a new feature as well: it is now possible to view (and use) their store from a browser, or so they claim. And what’s more, games can now, apparently, be bought using money, actual human currency, rather than imaginary Microsoft Points.
In practice? Not so much. (more…)