Huh? The game studios pay the licenses, the artists etc. Why on earth would you then hold the store accountable? This is double dipping. That’s like charging a CD store for selling your CDs.
This shit is why the music industry is despised.
Lol, what competition? If anything this’ll increase it, since suddenly, there’s room for others.
Xbox needs a subscription? To play the games you own?
No, you don’t. You can play the games you own just fine without one. They probably mean either the gamepass subscription or xbox live subscription.
But that rule is only when using steam keys for distribution on other platforms no?