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SvennoJ on 14 March 2016
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aLkaLiNE said:
Ruler said:

Sony has 2 to 1 market share right now. Of course MS has more to gain if people could buy what ever they want and play against who ever they want right now. 

Eh, I would think that if all online walls were opened up and we had cross platform play between PC, PS4, XB1, and NX, then who picked what would boil down to the exclusives and features.  Xbox has been doing less to distinguish itself lately, and I get the feeling they're currently trying to funnel their userbase onto PC. Bearing that in mind, the worst that can come from Playstation users meeting Xbox users in the battlefield is a little bit of trash talk.

I think the motives are much more simple.

Cloud services are the new cash cow. Microsoft wants 3rd party servers to be hosted on Azure. With this invitation they allow them to connect to other networks, which makes Azure the best place to host your game. One place to serve them all.