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Forums - Gaming Discussion - I think Microsoft is done with consoles after the Xbox One.

Their recent decisions seem to indicate this move. The past couple days we've seen the acquistion of Mojang, introduction of a PC controller, and plans to stream Xbox 360 and One content on PCs. I can see Microsoft creating, relatively, cheap gaming PCs ($499) bundled with an Xbox One PC controller in a few years. Access to Steam, Origin, and a new Microsoft alternative gives an instantaneous game library. 

I think this would be a brilliant decision and set Microsoft up for great success.



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So what you're saying is that you see Microsoft doing Android and iOS games instead of games for consoles...and retiring from the hardware business? I don't see it.



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BraveNewWorld said:

 I can see Microsoft creating, relatively, cheap gaming PCs ($499) bundled with an Xbox One PC controller in a few years. Access to Steam, Origin, and a new Microsoft alternative gives an instantaneous game library.

If you mean a new platform like Steam, then please no. It's way too hard to compete with Steam and Microsoft making their own platform will just annoy people because they have to use another service to access their games.



So basically, Microsoft would make Steam boxes? With Origin?



Well... I can see their surface pro having something like that but currently, their surface pro tabs suck at gaming although, I suppose 5 years later, that may not be the case... So maybe. Plus with Windows 9, they are continuing with their Metro UI thing so I guess making games for Windows Store/Metro UI exclusively, will also make sense



                  

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I agree. As much as they want X1 to succeed, they want the PC to succeed even more.



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

there will probably be 1 more gen of "consoles" but i think gaming is moving to be cloud services. there will be hardware options instead of a "one size fits all" console with a budget model and feature rich models.

this is for both ms and sony. nintendo will do whatever nintendo does.


i for one welcome the idea of buying a box that can access both sony and ms's library of games via two services like netflix and hulu.



I don't see them directly being in the game market anymore, they might just drop the gaming aspect and just make it a all out entertainment device. But for a 9th gen gaming machine from Microsoft no.



Microsoft is obviously headed towards cloud gaming in the future, so in that sense, yeah they won't be making consoles anymore... However, the same can be pretty much said about every console manufacturer...



Makes sense, be a publisher on all platforms or lock them selves to minority console share.