RacerXGT said:
Arkaign said:
Why would it be a waste of time? It would open tens of thousands of PC games onto the console instantly, and for $329/$349 it's basically impossible to get a better gaming PC (with wireless controller already!) for a living room setup. Bonus : MS and Console exclusives.
Yes, it's impossible given Microsoft would never give open control like that, as the entire point of Xbox is to be locked down to their paywalls, but as an actual device it would be pretty epic for the price. Indie game fans would also have a field day, as there are easily 1,000x more indies on PC than anywhere else. |
Then why make a console in the first palce, might as well annouince xbox as a steam like service and be on a billion Pcs and not watsre time effert monay on a console just to turn it in to a cheap pc.
They can play it on PC, you dont need a $1k pc to play thsoe.
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That's true, Microsoft would have made a LOT more money beating Steam to the punch on PC rather than chasing consoles, which don't make that much money. I guarantee Valve has profited more from gaming over the past decade than Microsoft has by a massive sum.
But this isn't really about Microsoft's perspective or motivations. It's about what it would mean for gamers.
For those that don't care, it changes nothing.
For that that are interested at all in PC titles, it turns a regular X1 into both a way to play X1 games AND millions of thousands of PC games and programs. A college kid in a small dorm also no longer needs a seperate console and PC, as the X1 could do both jobs.
