Nice — Microsoft Store rolling out new 'Arcade' section with dozens of free, no-download games to more users

[Windows Central]

The Microsoft Store has a game collection that can be played without a download and shows more commitment to the casual gaming audience.

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[Zachary Boddy]

Can't say I'll be rushing to the Microsoft Store to while away the time with these free, instantly playable games, but I can see how this feature could be handy for casual users. Just needs to be more obvious.

 

[fdruid]

I just clicked on one and it started dowloading something. Unlike the Prime Gaming ones which are web based.

 

[Zachary Boddy]

I just clicked on one and it started dowloading something. Unlike the Prime Gaming ones which are web based.

That's odd. The games we tried (including me, just now) haven't required any download. That's also how the entire collection is advertised.

 

[fdruid]

Another example I just tried: Marble Mission. Click on it, it says "acquiring license" and then literally "Downloding". And the same icon with the white square and the circular progress indicator as regular downloads. Yeah, it's 95 mb or something but it doesn't even hide the fact that it's being downloaded.

I know online games do download resources behind the scenes, because assets are not magically in your PC even if it's a web game. But I thought this would be more streamlined. It ended up being a download of small games.