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superchunk on 13 May 2014
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nitekrawler1285 said:
superchunk said:
They won't.

Its more likely that this will be the final XBox to push technology. I think they'll now focus on the same pattern that Google/Apple/Amazon have shown with full mobile set-top boxes that have some gaming focus.

Basically, they'll change to lower spec'd machines that run an all digital Live system. Probably stream higher-end games so they can also compete with future Nintendo/Sony consoles.

This is an important long-term goal for them in order to keep Windows and Office important. If they lose the living room its only a matter of time before they lose the office as well. People won't want to have different OS in their different environments.

I can see how such a drastic change in strategy might make it more palatable to shareholders than the billions spent establishing xbox.  As it currently stands I'm not sure how much xbox adds to the windows and office ecosystem. 

Xbox is what Windows Media Center tried to do. You do realize the only reason Xbox exists is because Sony stated many times their goal was to make Playstation replace PCs.

There is a reason Win8 exists and it is now on Xbox.

Its all the same long-term survival goal. MS realizes that PCs in the general sense as devices in the "home office" is going away. If they don't cement themselves as full entertianment machines now, then they will lose the entire home market to Apple and Google. Just as MS is nothing in phone/tablet market.

What that means is to strengthen Xbox and keep it moving forward so it is seen as the logical choice to "upgrade" from a standard pc. Of course most are just moving to laptops/tablets and there MS is already losing or starting to lose. (would go quicker if Android/ChromOS/iOS would hurry up and support Steam)

So yes, Xbox is important to Windows and indirectly Office.