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Aeolus451 on 05 July 2017
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KLAMarine said:
Aeolus451 said:

Win 10 gamers.

Don't you mean steam/pc gamers? Also they wouldn't care about a redundant inferior service that's more anti-consumer than what they use already. 

No, I meant Win 10 gamers. You asked "Who really cares if X1 games are playable on win 10 or not" (I'm assuming this was a question despite not having a '?' at the end) and I answered the obvious answer: Win 10 gamers.

Aeolus451 said:

So what's so wrong with what would have been an exclusive X1 title being ported to PC?

It devalues the xbox console. Pretty basic stuff.

But the games in question don't then become unplayable on XBox 1 just because they've been ported to PC. What value is being lost?

Aeolus451 said:

Just because a game can't be modded on Win 10 (which doesn't seem to be true according to https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/3itpdt/so_ive_heard_you_cant_mod_games_on_windows_10/ ) doesn't mean pc players won't give it some play time.

i doubt that the majority of or even some pc gamers will bother with it. There's no point in investing in something that doesn't have as many features as a service compared to an overall better service that's the established method for pc gamers to play (steam). 

Nice additional option to have regardless.

Here's to Microsoft becoming more competitive against Steam in the near future.

Thespiralmatrix said:
So I should be praising them for selling me a product that makes me question why I didn't just buy a gaming PC?

Yeah. Should help make the decision to whether or not to buy an X1 easier.

Willful ignorance or pretending to be ignorant? Your questions by yourself and your points can be rebuttaled by things I posted earlier in response to you. 

 

No, I meant Win 10 gamers. You asked "Who really cares if X1 games are playable on win 10 or not" (I'm assuming this was a question despite not having a '?' at the end) and I answered the obvious answer: Win 10 gamers.

It wasn't a question but since you took it as one, might as well go with it. It doesn't matter what you meant because win 10 gamers don't exist in the way you mean it. They are pc gamers even if they are using win 10 as their OS and they're likely using steam so they won't miss something they don't use. 

 

But the games in question don't then become unplayable on XBox 1 just because they've been ported to PC. What value is being lost?

Xbox loses it's value to consumers because there's nothing exclusive to that console so in other words, a consumer can buy a PS4 and upgrade their pc if they really want to play one or two xbox games, they won't be missing out on anything. 

 

Nice additional option to have regardless.

Here's to Microsoft becoming more competitive against Steam in the near future.

It's not a "nice" option. It won't become competitive against steam by not allowing mods. It's the same as shooting yourself in the foot before the race starts or during the race. The gaming market could use the mercy rule if there was such a thing.