Windows Store slowly going global, 26 country specific markets launching with next update

The Windows Store, though still very much in the trial stage, is already growing - and not just in terms of catalog size. At launch, alongside the consumer preview of Windows 8, the Store was only accepting submissions from devs in five different countries and had region specific markets to match. With the next preview release of its upcoming OS, though, Microsoft plans to expand that greatly. Soon enough 33 more nations will be open to submitting apps and the number of country-specific store fronts will jump from five to 26.

Engadget

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