Emuva ngo-2016, umphathi we-Epic Games u-Tim Sweeney wayeqinile (I-Universal Windows Platform) kanye nezenzo ze-Microsoft ngokujwayelekile. Wayekholelwa nokuthi Windows 10 kuzoba njalo . Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo washintsha kakhulu umbono wakhe.
Engxoxweni esanda kushicilelwa ne-VentureBeat, umsunguli we-Epic Games ugcwele indumiso ye-Microsoft. "I-Epic ijabule ngakho konke okwenziwa yiMicrosoft, futhi sijabule kakhulu ngendlela abahambe ngayo kuwo wonke amapulatifomu abo," kusho uTim Sweeney. - I-HoloLens manje isiyinkundla evulekile. IWindows iyinkundla evuleke ngokuphelele. Futhi iMicrosoft yethula izinsiza ezintsha zazo zonke izinhlobo eSitolo Se-Windows. Kukhona neMicrosoft Game Pass. Futhi zikhona kanyekanye nazo zonke ezinye izinkonzo. Futhi kuwuhlelo lwemvelo olunempilo lapho wonke umuntu ebamba iqhaza. ”
U-Tim Sweeney akakakhohlwa futhi nge-Xbox. “Ama-consoles ayinto ehlukile. Lawa ngamadivayisi emidlalo axhumeke ku-TV ahlukile kunkundla yekhompyutha evamile. Awuwenzi amaspredishithi kuwo. Ngakho-ke kuyinto ehlukile, ”kusho inhloko ye-Epic Games. - Futhi, ngokomlando […] i-hardware yekhonsoli ikhokhelwa ngemali evela ekuthengisweni kwesoftware. I-Epic ijabule ngokuphelele ngemodeli yabo yezomnotho efanelekile. Uma iqembu lonjiniyela lihlangana ndawonye futhi lanquma ukwenza ikhonsoli, cishe singenza into efanayo. Ukuxhasa idivayisi ngesofthiwe kuwuhlelo olunengqondo ngokuphelele. U-Epic uthanda iMicrosoft."
Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, kumenyezelwe ukuthi iHoloLens 2 izothola ukwesekwa okugcwele kwe-Unreal Engine 4, injini ye-Epic Games. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule isethulo sobuchwepheshe sisebenza.