Remember Microsoft’s repeated messaging since E3 that all first party games will be coming to PC as part of its Xbox Play Anywhere program? Well, uh, scratch that. Despite issuing a statement saying just that last week, Microsoft has now silently edited its own Xbox Play Anywhere blog, adding one important caveat.

Just a matter of days ago the headline on Microsoft’s site said "Every new title published from Microsoft Studios will support Xbox Play Anywhere ..." Since then his now been changed to "Every new title published from Microsoft Studios that we showed onstage at E3 this year will support Xbox Play Anywhere ..." See what they did there, the cheeky so and sos.

While a fairly small change on paper, I believe it does have important ramifications for how Microsoft is treating PC. Whereas before the assumption was that Microsoft was going all-in on PC gaming, this tiny change is an important get out of jail free card. Should the experiment fail, Microsoft is clearly willing to pull the plug and stick to Xbox One exclusives.

It then becomes a question of seeing how these games talked about at E3 perform on PC. The Windows 10 Store is digital only and as such we have no access to sales figures. Word of mouth surrounding Quantum Break is that it hasn’t done too well on PC, but will this still be the case for the likes of Gears of War 4 and Forza Horizon 3? If it is, Microsoft could well decide to pull support for Xbox Play Anywhere on PC.

What do you make of the change from Microsoft? Do you see this as backpedalling on its promises already? Can games on the Windows 10 store ever be a success? Let us know your thoughts!