freedquaker said:
I wish you had made some situation analysis before just "wishing that something happens the way you want it just because it has potential in one aspect". - First of all, even if XB1 gets full win10 integration, we know that most PCs are on an upgrade cycle less than 5 years. XB1, as a general use machine, is already outdated by several years now, and in approximately 7 years, they will be outdated by around 10 years. Maybe as a dedicated games console for which the development costs have been skyrocketing, this might be tolerable, but not for the general use. By that time, even my smart watch will be many times faster as a general use machine, let alone the PCs. - Secondly, MS has been on a 3-year release schedule recently, and by the time the generation ends, Win12 or whatever they choose to call it will be out. I am not so sure if they can cope up with that in XB1, and even if they do, they still have to retain compatibility with all the existing user base, which means, they cannot use more than 3 GB RAM, 5-10% of the CPU-GPU resources, whatever limited hdd space has been made available to them etc.. They just cannot use the machine as a pc, as the GENERAL side enlarges, the gaming side will have to suffer due to the closed hardware. This is no PC, mister. And it is exactly why they lost so vividly to Sony in the first place, trying to be too many imperfect things to too many people. - Third, People do not need another general use platform. People now have tablets, smartphones, streaming boxes (apple tv, chromecast, fire tv ect), laptops, chromebooks, smart TVs etc etc etc.. They have digital solutions everywhere. This will be even more pervasive in 7 years. Nobody's gonna give crap about XB1's promised integrated futures. Why would I care about XB1's skype integration while all my other machines can do the same thing? At least definitely not a compelling reason. You know who is gonna win? The console with the best and most games, brand recognition and the best network of friends and peers. Simple it is.
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