Microsoft Will Focus Primarily On Xbox Live Usership, Not Console Shipments

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GribbleGrunger said:

bananaking21 said:

And compete with GOG and Steam? Thats a battle they wont ever win.  Heck, i doubt they would be able to make a dent in their dales. Even origin wouldnt be effected by them.

 

If they ditch hardware, they go third party, thats how i see it. But then xbox live is dead. I really wonder what they are going to do. 

They're hoping to use LIVE as the catalyst. What's the one thing XB1 users constantly go on about? If MS can successfully ambutate LIVE from the console and move it over to the PC then lots of XB1 owners will follow -- or that's the theory in my opinion. 

That theory doesn't make much sense to me. They get a portion of every game sold for the Xbox in comparison to on PC they only get a portion of their own games unless they develop a service like Steam which EA has tried, Ubisoft has tried, there is GOG, Desura and others I'm sure as well. It will be moot if it ends up being a paid service like it is on the Xbox because all the others mentioned are free (not sure about EA's anymore). 

It seems they are combining like how Nintendo is/has with their portable and home consoles. Trying to unify to cut costs to create more profit all around. I could see them trying to make their own version of a 'steam' machine with a lot of compatability between the PC and console though.