| Mr Puggsly said: [...] Hypothetically, if the next Xbox is basically just a Windows PC with a home console style interface, I think the market would be fine with that. Just depends on how its executed. Quite frankly... that's kinda what the X1 is. Its apparently running Windows 10 and basically the same architecture as a PC. Its just not a PC in the traditional sense. |
Yes, basically the X1 already is a PC, same as PS4. The difference would be that Microsoft just ports the development completely to native Windows, so that classic PCs and Xbox share the exact same library. Also, you would be able to upgrade your Xbox yourself. You don't need to, you can also just buy a new machine every now and then. Also, people would have access to each and every function of Windows with their console, they can install apps and just use it as a real PC, if they wish to. Remember how Sony made advertisement for PS3 with Linux? That's kindergarten compared to a console with Windows.
The only downside is that Microsoft would be losing income because of licensing fees for the console. But I think, and like I said before this is purely speculation, they plan to make up for that with their Windows Store. It's the reason they push users so hard to upgrade to Windows 10. Ultimately, they want to see most popular apps and games in their store, where they take a cut from each and every sale. If that works out, it will generate a whole lot more money than Xbox could ever do.
The only problem in this is Steam. If they go that way, we are about to see a plattform war on PC with exclusives for Windows Store and Steam left and right. It's no secret that Steam always bugged Microsoft a whole lot. Valve saw this coming, they saw the writings on the wall when Windows 8 came along and I think it's the main reason why they started to make SteamOS and build Steam machines.
Anyway, the future sure as hell should be exciting. The market as we know it will definitely change one way or another.
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