Games for windows live closing July 1st 2014

I wonder if it's AoEO or all of Games for Windows. It kinda makes sense, they haven't pushed for PC gaming or connectivity with consoles, but I think it's a bad move. I liked the idea of compatibility between Windows Phone and PC games, and Microsoft could be a strong force as most games are developed for the OS. Microsoft could provide a strong platform to connect mobile gaming and PC gaming, and unless they are doing this to replace GFW with something better, I figure Android will dominate that market of mobile/tablet/PC platform.

www.egmnow.com/articles/news/microsoft-r...live-down-july-2014/

AoEO just seems to be the avenue the news got revealed, leaked, etc... I don't think there is an official statement from Microsoft, just the update from AoEO that reveals it.

garfi3ld wrote: yeah, this would also explain other games loosing games for windows live as well

news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-Arkham-Ga...-Report-367239.shtml

This would be great! But my question is, if its not a Steam game, lets say its a retail copy of a game that has GfWL, and they shut down the GfWL part... wouldn't they have to release a patch to remove the GfWL part or you can't play the game?