The OP is actually correct. Consumers being locked out of content basically because of their platform choice is anti-consumer in the end. But I don't expect the "console warz" crowd to agree.

Just confirming my stance that I had since 2 gens already, PC + PlayStation is the perfect combination.

It's great for PC gamers all XBox titles are now on PC. Just don't pretend it does XBox any favours.

Sadly the Windows Store exclusivity just hurts them as I mostly refuse to use this overpriced DRM shit. Just put it on Steam already.

Switch is the perfect complement.

While I definitely think that Microsoft's efforts to bring their games to PC is great for consumers (choice is always a good thing), I do think there's a valid complaint still lingering about the quantity and quality of MS's first party offerings. When I buy a console, I tend to do so with the expectation that, in return for spending a lot of money on a fairly narrow-scoped machine, I'm going to be well served by the platform holder. I want the platform holder to do absolutely everything in its power to give me the very best offering it can to keep that platform interesting, strong, and alive with content.

I really do think MS tries its very best to make this happen, but if I owned an Xbox I'm not convinced I'd be satisfied with what MS does to return the favor. They're not bursting with the internal development variety that Sony has, and while that used to be okay when games were cheaper to produce and MS could broker better deals with external companies to guarantee a strong lineup that wouldn't exist without their support, both the cost of development and the fact that Xbox One represents such a small fraction of the marketplace means it's getting harder and harder to serve their audience in the way they used to.

By god, MS is trying, but it seems like all of its major franchises are waning (with Forza as a major exception of course) under the studio structure it set up after Bungie and Epic went separate ways. Sony has complete ownership of most of the studios that have always made its biggest franchises (again, with exceptions) and seems to allow them greater artistic flexibility. Sony's studio structure certainly has flaws too, but at least it guarantees that Sony will always be fronting development specifically for its audience, making a PS4 a safer bet for a stronger lineup. Just my thoughts at least, as an ex-Xbox fan that jumped ship around the Kinect era.

I'm fine with them releasing their games on PC as well, but I think the issue may be that when Microsoft does that it takes away the justification for getting and Xbox One. Personally, I have no reason whatsoever to ever buy one since I can play whatever games I want on PC instead.

I fear some just want to be able to say XBox 1 has 1 less exclusive because some of the X1 games come to PC. It's a very short-sighted viewpoint that misses the bigger picture: that Microsoft's software is being made more readily available by being put on a platform that doesn't require a yearly subscription.

Sharing PC games is objectively great. More people playing their on another platform they own.

People cant seem to grasp Xbox isnt their only focus.

Some can't seem to grasp that MS is all about making games that fit on both platforms, rather than making content for one platform and ignoring the other. The days where MS makes games exclusively for PC and then exclusively for Xbox are nearly gone. it doesn't fit into their bill because that requires more work and different teams, when instead they could just have a core team working on games to fit both platforms. 

Microsoft lowered the standard in first party development in the console industry. The don't operate traditionally like a competent console maker. It's influencing a new generation of gamer who will learn to not care for individuality and competiton and that creatively can only hurt the industry instead of help it. Honestly, Microsoft did a lot helping with online but the only way they could possibly compete is by buying ips rather than making them. This is why their library is weak. Outside of simulation there is no objective to creativity and quality. There is no identity.

Truth. It's almost better this way because they act like the only good thing consoles are for is to spread their eco system like Apple. Microsoft is actually one of the reasons why I stopped PC gaming and now I have contemplated going back to PC next gen instead of getting an Xbox.

I'll praise them when they make those games available on the PS4.