fatslob-:O said:
So put every Xbox title on PC then ? Which one is it ? |
MS is essentially pissing off two camps at once.
Console gamers want the console to keep its identity and perks in the form of exclusives.
PC gamers want MS to support Windows and not just a limited version locked behind the windows 10 store.
And that XBox sampler fear is rightly justified from the past with a bit of Halo, Gears and Fable on PC but not the rest.
Then they close all these extra studios, so more games is apparently not the answer. MS is trying to court two different camps with a shrinking pie.
I don't know what was so wrong with the old model. Release a special custom build console version first. Port to PC with some enhancements half a year later. And the old PC exclusives in the form on flight sim and age of empires etc.
But I guess the share holders are dreaming of owning a store like Steam and easy money with huge selling games and merchandise like Minecraft. XBox One isn't growing fast enough to become a good enough online store, and those studios that don't make profit like Halo are not that interesting. XBox One hardware might be next, why bother with the effort and risks of building a competitive box when an app can do the same. Money is in services nowadays, not in making things. Which is ironically what keeps XBox One alive, XBox live is the lifeline of the console. As long as that is profitable and they haven't found a way yet to get PC gamers paying into it, XBox One will be safe.
