Foamer said:
Actually, there is a very good reason for MS supporting PC gaming- the vast majority of it is done on Windows and Windows and its Office and developer ecosystem is the cash generator for the company. Losing significant market share there is far more detrimental to the company than the prospect of losing out on licensing fees for 360 sales if people buy them for the PC instead. With Apple slowly moving into contention with an OSX Steam client, many games going cross-platform to the Mac with Steamplay, and the iphone absolutely wiping the floor with Windows-based smartphones, there's a real danger that the current small and steady slippage could become something much larger. |
I still say there isn´t.
Windows is their biggest selling product, sure, anyone agrees with that, but, at the end of the day, Windows is an OS, not a gaming platform. It will sell regardless of MS supporting games for it or not. i said this back in 06, and i say it again, MS need to decide between Game for Windows or the Xbox, because it doesn´t make sense to have it both ways when it comes to games.
As it is, the Xbox lives on Halo, Fable and Forza alone (not talking about Gears, as it is 3rd party). Now imagine Halo and Fable going to the PC (Fable III is already there, Halo I and II were released there). Who in their right mind would buy a console to have one game alone (Forza)? To tell the truth, there is real reason to buy a 360 at this point (i bought mine in 07, when it was the best thing ever, i would never buy it in this day and age), much less if those games go to the PC as well. Exclusives are extremely important, and when i mean exclusives, i mean going to ONE patform only.
