The Verge - MS possibly revealing Cross-Buy/Play with PC, VR & New Hardware tomorrow

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celador on 20 January 2015

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/20/7852969/microsoft-windows-10-event-preview

That should be the main focus of Spencer’s participation on Wednesday. While Microsoft can’t match the power of Valve’s Steam service, realizing the potential of cross-platform play and bringing Xbox Live to the PC in a way that makes sense could help, alongside an improved Store to access popular titles and indie games. Microsoft has long promised games that let you play on a phone, and then resume on a console or PC. Pitting Xbox One gamers against PC players in the same game could be an option, but Microsoft now has the infrastructure to enable true roaming games across phone, tablet, PC, and console. We're expecting to see some of that on Wednesday. imagine playing Xbox One games on your Windows PC, or buying a single game that you can play on your PC or Xbox One and the game state syncs alongside achievements and Xbox Live integration. Wednesday could hold lots of possibilities for gamers, but a commitment to PC gaming will be a key part.

Microsoft will also be participating in the Game Developers Conference in March and E3 in June, so don’t expect all the details on the company's plans for Xbox One on Wednesday. Microsoft also continues to work on a VR headset, codenamed Project B, and it's possible we might see some hints or an early look at the company's progress with its new Xbox hardware on Wednesday. Microsoft may also detail its plans to bring Xbox Live cross-platform to iOS and Android, but the Windows 10 event timing makes that unlikely.

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Mummelmann on 20 January 2015

I wonder if they'll ever make cross-play with K+M and gamepads work properly, someone will always be at a disadvantage it seems.

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Vasto on 20 January 2015

Something big is coming tomorrow for Xbox One.

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daredevil.shark on 20 January 2015

Cool.

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generic-user-1 on 20 January 2015

Mummelmann said:
I wonder if they'll ever make cross-play with K+M and gamepads work properly, someone will always be at a disadvantage it seems.

just sale an optional xbone keyboard and mouse and all is fine,

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Burek on 20 January 2015

It seems that they are going all in on PC and mobile, XOne could actually end up as an odd man out.
And also, basically we all get Halo and Gears on PC...

But it's probably best to wait for tomorrow and Phil to explain it before I get ahead of myself...

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celador said:

http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/20/7852969/microsoft-windows-10-event-preview

That should be the main focus of Spencer’s participation on Wednesday. While Microsoft can’t match the power of Valve’s Steam service, realizing the potential of cross-platform play and bringing Xbox Live to the PC in a way that makes sense could help, alongside an improved Store to access popular titles and indie games. Microsoft has long promised games that let you play on a phone, and then resume on a console or PC. Pitting Xbox One gamers against PC players in the same game could be an option, but Microsoft now has the infrastructure to enable true roaming games across phone, tablet, PC, and console. We're expecting to see some of that on Wednesday. imagine playing Xbox One games on your Windows PC, or buying a single game that you can play on your PC or Xbox One and the game state syncs alongside achievements and Xbox Live integration. Wednesday could hold lots of possibilities for gamers, but a commitment to PC gaming will be a key part.

That would be really great for the 10 people that would actually take advantage of that.

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TheGoldenBoy on 20 January 2015

Sounds interesting.

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JEMC on 20 January 2015

Cross-buy? I doubt it because, why would anyone buy an XboxOne when they could get a PS4 and play the Xbox exclusives on their PC?

Cross-Play on the other hand is a possibility.

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