Games for WIndows Live was phased out?

Hi Ackis,

The most officially listed reference to this occurrence regarding GFWL being shut down is located in our support article entitled Games
for Windows Live:

"Games for Windows Live is an app that allows you to connect to the Xbox Live service from your Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 devices....If you have a Windows 10 device, you can now use the Xbox app to connect to the
Xbox Live service. "

This means that the GFWL functionality is no longer supported on Windows 10 and has been phased out/replaced by the Xbox app and has been in effect for the past few years, specifically since 2014, in order to have the most up-to-date platform for gaming.
As you have mentioned before, and most people are aware of, if you'd like to play these older games, then it would most likely need to go through Steam.

If you're using Win7, 8 or 8.1 then chances are you'll still be able to play these older games on your PC; however, this does not negate the fact that there is no longer much, if any, upkeep being allocated for GFWL which means that if you cannot access
any games on those OS types, then it may be due to the GFWL app no longer being functional or available (hence, phased out).

Additionally, I'd like to remind you of the Xbox Forums Guidelines regarding the following:

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As there is no other information to add to this and no other answer available, we'll be locking the thread at this time.

Thanks again for posting in the forums and happy gaming.

Here's a list of all the GFWL games:
https://www.trueachievements.com/gameslist.aspx?platform=Games+For+Windows+Live

I personally own most of them.

As Windows Phone is slowly being phased out, there are some companies out there that are keeping XBL enabled games alive, Gameloft, for instance. It would be down to the developers, whether they want to keep them running - I personally don't see
them continuing past 2021, instead, full shift moving to Windows 10 PCs. :/

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As Windows Phone is slowly being phased out, there are some companies out there that are keeping XBL enabled games alive, Gameloft, for instance. It would be down to the developers, whether they want to keep them running - I personally don't see
them continuing past 2021, instead, full shift moving to Windows 10 PCs. :/

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Basically my friend was using Spencer's words about gaming consoles like him saying "this may very well be the last Xbox console". He used those words to draw up a conclusion that Spencer will be phasing out the gaming consoles due to us having access to play our games on PC