| Machiavellian said: Why would Xbox hardware make or break MS if they are hardware agnostic. If that was the case MS would be losing hand and fist today but the company still makes a pretty good profit. MS does not need Xbox hardware for streaming because just about everything can stream, from your TV, Phone, other consoles, tablets you name it. Actually I see the same amount of developers skipping Xbox as they always have. I also see a lot of developers still putting their games on GP. Maybe we do not see the market the same. |
Microsoft needs hardware (with xbox series x chips / azure) to stream. I can only stream games to my tv if somewhere in the world a server or whatever is actually running the game. A game still has to be made for a platform, whether this is Xbox architecture or PC is still relevant. If Xbox hardware sales keeps declining, this would eventually mean less Xbox titles and therefore limiting GamePass titles. Unless the future is streaming xcloud based gamepass PC titles, they will need Xbox-like hardware.
Edit: so far cloud streaming still seems to be very niche. Maybe in 5 - 10 years this will be more serious.
Edit 2: As Klobrille and Jez also point out, if Xbox kills their hardware, my digital xbox game library will be worthless. I can't just take my Xbox library to PC or cloud which is a great concern to me and other people invested into the ecosystem.
Last edited by PixelPirate - on 10 January 2024
