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Yesterday, Microsoft kickstarted its this year’s efforts with the bigXbox Developer_Direct 2025show.

The Microsoft Store does have huge advantages, particularly when you factor inXbox Play Anywhere.

Ninja Gaiden 2 Black

Pilot Ryu Hayabusa on a bloody rampage against demonic entities in Ninja Gaiden 2 Black, remastered for modern systems.

But it’s disappointing that there are often version discrepancies between the Microsoft Store and Steam versions of games.

As more and more games come to PC Game Pass, Microsoft risks expanding the quality disparity too.

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From John Linneman on BlueSky: “Huge gripe: Game Pass versions of PC Games missing features. NinjaGaiden 2 Black does not allow DLSS with the GP version and, frankly,the game has seriously demanding performance that would benefitfrom it and DLSS frame-gen. FSR3 frame-gen is basically broken forme in this game."

Detailed by Digital Foundry’s John Linneman, Ninja Gaiden 2 Black has some big technical omissions on the Microsoft Store for PC.

See at:CDKeys.com

Price check:$49.99 at Best Buy

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (3-months)Was: $49.99Now: $29.79 at CDKeys

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