It's beginning. The death of video game consoles.

Fixed, Sony and Nintendo exclusives will stay exclusives

It's not about exclusives. It's about the future. If Microsoft first-party games are being released PCs, what is the difference between an Xbox and a PC? They use the same operating system, they play the same games. Xbox is just a brand. It's like a Steam Machine.

You know what else runs on that operating system? Windows Phones. Uh huh, yup. Only a matter of time before we start to see Ryse etc. ported to Windows Phones. Maybe MS will brand one the "Xbox Phone," and people will debate whether it counts as a handheld console because MS wrote "Xbox" on it. It doesn't matter, because when Ryse 2 gets a simultaneous release across all Windows platforms, and it has to be scalable enough to run on everything from a high-end PC down to a several-years-old Windows Phone...

Sony has already hinted that PS5 will not be a physical console, but more of a program that can run on a variety of hardware. Most likely including PCs, Smart TVs, and mobile devices.

Welcome to the future of video games. Nintendo is looking more and more like our last line of defense against an all-mobile industry. Now look at the Wii U. Scary, huh?

I wouldn't say they "lost it". More like they're "sharing it". I'm okay with that. As long as I get to play it! Was one of my most wanted games after seeing it at E3. I'll only worry if the PC version is way better than the Xbox version (I'm no PC gamer.).

It didn't lose it obviously but it lost its exclusivity.

Nintendo is going toward a similar path as the others. Only their platform will be tied to select hardware as opposed to stiving to be available on everything. Sony and Microsoft want to be Android while Nintendo wants to be Apple.

Who will win? I don't flippin' know, but CHANGE IS A-COMIN'!!! Also I like Apple better, so it's alright by me!

So it went from being exclusive to one M$ platform to two? OMG MEGATON!!!

By the same token, PS4 "exclusives" like No Man's Sky and Street Fighter V aren't exclusives either, because they also will be appearing on Windows platforms.

LMAo no not even remotely the same token.  

Sony got 3rd partys to side with them, they strengthend the PS brand.  MS is weakening their own, they are by choice decreasing a need for peopel to buy a xbox console.  durr.

Moderated,

-Mr Khan

I'm just glad that I get to play their exclusive in another platform, giving me more time to think about whether to get an Xboxone or not, I don't care about fanboy wars.

This is nothing new... many of the early 360 console "exclusives" last gen like Mass Effect, Gears of War, Bioshock, Left 4 Dead and Elder Scrolls IV were also released on PC and some were even ported to PS3 later on.  Didn't hurt the 360s sales last gen, and it won't hurt the X1's sales this gen.