Sony Tries to Downplay Microsoft’s Project Scorpio Hardware Power

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Swordmasterman said:

Naufraguito said:

The real point in crossplay is not really having an XBO and a PC, is keeping your library of games beyond platforms and beyond generations. The point is that you now have a XBO but then in 2 or 3 years switch to a PC, but in 8 years Scorpio 2 really seduces you, but you are going to be capable of play your games ever.

What MS is doing is increasing the value of their software, and also their platforms. When you buy a digital game to MS you will be able to play on PC or Xbox, and you will in the future, and forever. I don't know if 

Maybe that will be a selling point, maybe people will ignore it, or don't get it, but this is what Microsoft propose, and I think is great.

This sounds like Backwards compatibility like a lot of the other consoles had this far throught the Generations, and as we saw last year Backwards will not sell consoles, and this thing of Xbox + PC cross-everything will only work for the ones who have a PC and purchased a Xbox One, this will not work for the ones that plan to purchase a Console, or for the ones that  have a PC and plan to purchase a Console.

The absence of full BC on consoles, is the reason why a lot of people never gonna have any consola as a primary gaming platform. The absence of BC is inexcusable with the hardware we have today, and will have tomorrow, and adquires a new dimension with the digital market. You say BC doesn't sell hardware, but it sells software.

What Microsoft is trying to do is bringing some of the benefits of PC platforms to the consoles. BC maybe doesn't sell hardware (we will see when BC means tons of games of past generations and not only the last one) but Microsoft is focusing primarily in selling software. 

Like I've said in the past days, I wouldn't be surprised if MS allows another stores on Xbox, and hardware Xbox compatible from another companies. The future of the Xbox Brand is the Surface model.