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Snoopy on 22 January 2017
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NATO said:
Snoopy said:

No, PC is an open platform. Both xbox and pc use the same api (directx 12) and use the same architecture. This is part of the reason why UWP and play anywhere is a thing.Not to mention we are seeing a lot of pc games on xbox like city skyline, path of exiles, elite dangerous,ect. Also, there is some people speculating that scorpio will be litterally a closed off PC that is going to run the window store games and xbox one compatability will work just like xbox one compatability with 360 games.

same api, architecture and uwp doesnt matter.

Still have to optimize for a fixed platform

Still have to test optimizations for said fixed platform

Guess what? that takes... dun dun duuunnnn... time and money.

When I was playing counter strike on my old laptop it automatically set me on low settings. However, when I played it on my newer laptop it set the game at medium/high settings. It detected my hardware and chosed the best option. I'm sure xbox scorpio will do the same. Didn't require anyone to playtest or do anything about it.