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setsunatenshi on 16 June 2016
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Intrinsic said:
setsunatenshi said:

good luck to them getting rid of steam hahaha

steam, gog, origin...

on a side note I think it's good for consumers to get their games on the PC, it does make the Xbox itself pretty much useless if you have a decent PC, and that's ok. it's pretty stupid the idea that a person needs to buy 3 different consoles plus a pc if they want to play any game.

True, I believe like always MS is just droping the ball when it comes to leveraging their assets. Just look at how long it took them to start the aurface line if devices or even how late they got into the mobile OS space.

With scorpio, MS should just make a $500-$600 4k box that runs a full new version of windows 10. Think they are already leaning towards that. Basically, MS should just make a PC console. 

Sony on the other hand should develop their OS APIs and allow for all manner of apps to be built for thir system kepping a lock only on Game applications. It makes zero sense that $100 phones running android is more capabale than a PS4 on the application front. you cant just download a media player from the PSN or even say something like a file manager or torrent client. 

yeah I think I would agree on both fronts.

It would be like the 'steam machine' type of concept, but this time running windows, which could be actually good for people who are still afraid of PC gaming for whatever reason. I think they could diverge in this path somewhat and make some money that way. I definitely think it makes more sense for MS to push this way since their diamond is the OS. I can't understand why this unification didn't happen earlier.

There is a certain openness to the windows that would prevent MS to claim royalties on the games that weren't published by them, basically if a non nerfed version of Windows was running, Steam would be pretty much a factor and they would be back at the same spot they are on PC gaming right now.

It's a complex equation for sure, a lot of cost/benefit analysis has to be made.

 

On the Sony side, they would probably secure the 'console' market, but having applications just running there is not as easy as on android phones. There's a reason why even Sony phones run android and not their own OS. Would there be some benefit to having some type of Android OS running inside the machine for non gaming apps? Probably yes, but that would be a big change from how things are being done right now. I'm all for Sony opening up to 3rd party applications, but they seem to be pushing their business model to service base over hardware base. PS Vue, PS Now, PS Plus, PS VR, etc. They might end up being the ones realizing MS's vision of a box to own the living room, which would be absolutely amusing to see :)

They have me as long as they can assure their hardware remains top of the line. For that reason I hope they take a look at MS's hand and bring the hammer to boost the Neo specs.

I think everyone (both Xbox and PS fans) will have reasons to feel happy in the end.