"There is the Windows Store, but with its limited OS support I'm not sure how successful it will be" - this is a curious comment. How is the OS support limited? It's the Windows store, so it supports .... ahm Windows.

The Windows Store is not available for the most popular version of Windows atm, Windows 7.

The Windows Store is pretty woeful, the last time I looked. It's also just not the way that people on Windows get software. I think Microsoft would have to do a much better job at getting developers onboard for it to turn into something that the average user actually uses.

I think the only thing that I have ever purchased from the Windows Store was GameDev Tycoon - and as soon as they got on Steam, they gave me a Steam key, and that is how I've reinstalled it since that initial purchase.

There are some "app stores" on Windows that are pretty reasonable, and that I use regularly, but they are pretty much just Visual Studio specific. The Visual Studio extension manager and NuGet are nice steps forward. I probably ought to use Chocolatey, but I just don't

It's also just not the way that people on Windows get software.