Microsoft's Phil Spencer May Free Apps From Xbox Live Gold

[selnor1983]

Fusioncode said:

selnor1983 said:
Xbox live is still a faster and much better service in the uk. This wont affect most, but for the minority great. Phil spencer is the guy that will take xbox to winning in sales. Once xbox gets the thousands of apps from windows 8 this year, psn becomes really far behind. Having the choice to use your 50 inch tv for checking the weather app or imdb app is what ive waited ages for. 1 device that does everything. And not on a 6 inch phone screen 18 hours a day.

What? Windows 8 apps can run on XBO yes, but devs will still have to develop the XBO app. Thousands of apps won't just be magically ported over. 

It is as easy as changing the controls. It has exactly the same Kernel. This was already adressed last year by Microsoft. The app can be porte with next to no effort. Any app being made for WP8, Windows 8 and xbox One will simply require a few control tweaks etc. Microsoft showed us this last year. Its the reason Microsoft made Xbox One OS using exactly the same Windows 8 Kernel. Very smart Move.