Microsoft will reduce Windows Store sales cut to 12 percent for PC games The change brings Microsoft's store in line with Epic Games and undercuts Steam's 30 percent cut According to The Verge, Microsoft will make the switch on August 1st. Going forward, the company will take a 12 percent cut from PC game sales. However, the company plans to continue taking the 30 percent cut from Xbox games. That decision likely stems from differences in how the console marketplace works — The Verge explains that console companies like Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo often subsidize the cost of the console so that customers can more easily afford them. In return, they make money off the 30 percent cut of store sales.