Speaking to Shacknews earlier today, Microsoft’s Chris Early has apparently confirmed that the company is working on plans to launch digital distribution platform on the PC in line with Valve’s Steam.

“Clearly it’s on our road map,” said Games for Windows Live main-man when asked if the firm was planning to to start selling full games through the service, in much the same way the Xbox Live Marketplace on the Xbox 360 currently does

This could get messy!