In his eagerness to continue captivating users and to provide the best possible performance, the last update that Windows 11 has received provides an interesting series of functions. One of them, curiously, is aimed at that we can download games in a simpler way.
At the moment, this novelty is only available in the Windows Insider version, but as is usually the case, it will be a matter of time to see it in the public edition. What Microsoft wanted to do in this case has been to solve one of the aspects that generate more headaches among gaming lovers: the download of the games.
Improving the Windows 11 Microsoft Store
The battle of Microsoft in the gaming market is against Steam, so, as you can imagine, it is a confrontation from which it is difficult to get airy. The Valve platform has been established for a long time and is the reference between those who wish to play on the computer. However, this does not prevent the company from trying to improve the Microsoft Store with news that invite Windows 11 users to better enjoy video games.
Although he is aware of having many improveable aspects in which Steam surpasses his store, Microsoft has decided to turn, this time, in the download of games. And does so responding to a request that had been carried out for a long time: the opportunity to carry out the modular download of the games. This concept, which is very common in the gaming sector, provides users with a way to play before, since they do not have to wait for games to be downloaded in their entirety. In addition, it can also be a way to save space on the hard drive.
How does it work?
What we are in the Build 27888 of Windows Insider is a system with which we have a large volume of freedom when deciding how to download the game. It is not about downloading it by parts as in a console letting it be the system that decides which parts to download first. Instead, what Microsoft is looking for is that you have a great level of control and that you can decide which content will be downloaded from the game file.
There are several categories, so flexibility is high. You can indicate, for example, that you just want to download a game campaign mode. This is a very good option, since there are users who are only interested in the monojugator and who do not want to have to download the online game options. With this decision, they will be saving a precious space on the hard drive and preventing the connection from being saturated longer while downloading a content that is not interested.
Another option is to decide whether or not you want to download the highest resolution textures. Today it is common for games to carry different types of textures in order to look in the best possible way depending on the technical characteristics of each computer. By customizing the installation in this way we will also be getting the same thing we have mentioned before, so it will be very convenient. After all, there are many people who do not have high -end equipment and, of course, will not need the highest resolution textures.
The most interesting thing is that, even if we have downloaded only a series of elements or components of the game, we can always go to its profile with the intention of continuing to download the rest. Microsoft seems to have found a good system to customize the user experience and that, in this way, we can download the games with greater simplicity. Of course, surely more factors can think of helping downloads.
