Later this summer, Win10 will launch. As usual with new OS launches, a large batch of new apps/games come streaming out for the new users of the OS. By summer of 2016, there will be about 300 milion new PC's running Win10 and 30-50 million older PC's running Win10 for a total exceeding 330 MILLION Win10 users.
Microsoft has gone out of their way to make a "one OS" for all of their devices with Win 10. So, their 100 million+ phone users, 330+ new Win10 PC users, and their 20 million + XB1 users should dictate that their will be a lot of opportunity for developers to make money.
What does that mean really?
I would think that within 18 months of the launch of Win10, there could be 1000's of new games made available for XB1. Why wouldn't any developer that takes the time to release a game compatible with Win10, not make the needed adjustments to release it on XB1 for minimal cost? They would know that XB1 users are GAMERS and that they would be far more likely to buy the game. OR, as Microsoft has mentioned, maybe the games will release with cross platform buys(buy it on Windows and play it on XB1 or vice versa).
After the release of Win10, every game that a developer releases for XB1 or Win10 can be a cross buy if they want. This will be a big selling point. THey don't even have to make it free. Maybe they "only" charge $10 for the windows version if you have the XB1 version or vice versa.
If anything, there will come a point where Sony will do the same without having to stream it, you will just have to have PSN to access the games. The need for the console is only diminshing...
You never know, the library for XB1 could EXPLODE!
It is near the end of the end....
