Windows app
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Windows Store on Windows 10
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| Type | App store, online music store |
| Included with | Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10, Xbox One |
| Replaces | Windows Marketplace, Windows Phone Store, Xbox Video, Xbox Music |
| Service name | Windows Store Service (WSService) |
| Description | Provides infrastructure support for Windows Store. This service is started on demand and if disabled applications bought using Windows Store will not behave correctly. |
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| Active / +669,000 apps | |
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Windows Store is a digital distribution platform for Microsoft Windows. It started as an app store for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 as the primary means of distributing Universal Windows Platform apps. With Windows 10, however, Microsoft merged its other distribution platforms (Windows Marketplace, Windows Phone Store, Xbox Video and Xbox Music) into Windows Store, making it a unified distribution point for apps, digital video, digital music, and e-book. In September 2017, however, the online music store was spun off and was acquired by Spotify.
According to Microsoft, as of September 28, 2015, there are over 669,000 apps available on the Windows Store, which includes apps for Windows NT, Windows Phone, and Universal apps, which work on both platforms. Games, Entertainment, Books and Reference, and Education are the largest categories by number of apps and the majority of the app developers have 1 app. Both free and paid apps can be distributed through Windows Store, with paid apps ranging in cost from US$0.99 to $999.99. As with other similar platforms, such as the Mac App Store and Google Play, Windows Store is curated and apps must be certified for compatibility and content. With all app sales, Microsoft takes 30% of the sale price. Prior to January 1, 2015, the cut was reduced to 20% after the developer's profits reached $25,000.
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