Converging Xbone and PC kills the console... or does it?

[vivster]

Scisca said:

vivster said:
PC and consoles are not in competition and PC players won't buy an Xbox anyway. There is no downside to releasing X1 games to PC. It's just a win for both PC players and Microsoft.

You really think so? I think PC gamers don't bother, cause they'd have to not only buy the console, but also buy the games for the console - you have to go all in into the ecosystem and PC gamers don't want that. Come the new converged Xbox experience and they can simply buy the Xbone, pay for Live and automatically get their library on the device without having to separately buy games for the console! You just buy the box once and you're done. Later they can buy their games on the Windows Marketplace like always! And possibly get tablets and phones compatibility as well down the line! This can reshape the entertainment landscape, since it would give both PC and Xbone gamers much more value for the same price, if only they decide to give their money to MS instead of the competition. Small price, a lot to gain.

Console gamers suddenly can play their games on their laptops as well when on the road (or in classes ) - can PS4 give me that? No, so let me have that Xbone instead, please.

PC gamers get the option to play their games in the whole household for just the price of the console - another PC won't give me such convinience, price-point and guaranteed game optimalization from the developers.

 

And the possible tablet wildcard on top of that.

Obviously, with this one move MS takes on Sony, Nintendo, Apple, Google and Valve - all at the same time, but if one company can pull it off, it's MS.

I have no idea what point(if any at all) you are trying to make. PC and console will be seperate for the forseeable future since they have different use cases. Microsoft will always treat them as different entities, no matter how similar those boxes become. The cross playability won't hurt or help the other.

The good thing here is just that MS has the ability to garner more favorability amongst PC gamers and at the same time make an easy buck.

Really I still don't know where you're going with all this.