| Puppyroach said: I think a lot of people live in an old thinking of the matter of consoles and platforms. MS treats Xbox and PC as ONE platform through W10, so it doesn't matter one bit if they sell 10, 20 or 80 million X1's, it only means they expand the number of Windows 10 platforms that can play their games, and its through software you make money, not hardware. MS has the best plan for longtime success in the gaming industry. |
Windows XP can play their games or at least Windows 7 can.
When people say Xbox and PC as one platform, I really can't see how this Xbox + PC gaming is any different from PC gaming in the past, hell its been windows since ever. When was the last time any other OS held a majority other than Windows, not even talking about gaming here, just in general. What is the god damned difference between W7 and W10 in terms of gaming? Seriously, this whole new future of games garbage is just how its always been branded with a new coat of paint.
I mean seriously, they are expanding the number of W10 platforms that play their games from the W7 platforms that play their games. Sure they might take away from the infantile Mac/Linux PC market.
Is W10 really struggling without gaming? I doubt it. The only real advantage for Microsoft here is that through Windows Store they profit more than through Steam, but like Chazore said in another thread, that shit is unlikely. Yet forgoing a closed platform with total vendor control for an open platform with true vendor competiton is optimal because Future. As if.
Lets stop conflating this whole thing as wholly good for gamers or for the industry or for Microsoft. It has its clear disadvantages and advantages, both of which have merit.
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