How come you create such stupid threads only when it doesn't involve Sony?

TO me that seems only like a defense point. It isn't hard or strange to control the game on the controller...it just doesn't seem like a simulator. The slow down before corner, speed on appex, point to start accelerating, the grip, everything seem a little unatural and faster than you would do in a real car.

I bought the DC VR but because my setup I would be too close to the camera I haven't played much... need to. Even more because now I made the wheel work on it... I'll say it feels more real than Project Cars, and it is a arcade with very little though on simulation.

Considering many PCs would be weaker than X1 I don't think it would be impossible to port the game to it.

Because then you basically kill the whole point of bringing it to consoles.Its like if you brought a game to the PS4 but it can only be played with Move controls.There would certainly be people that would fit the parameters, but it would be about 1% of the install base, if not less.You could even say that you miss the whole point of being a console game if you do not have an option to play with the default controller.(cant really say anything about Project Cars, since I never plazed that game nor do I like the racing genre)

Say that to the kinect games... or to VR games...

There are games that make people buy an accessory for them.

And remembering all the people that said even if WiiU sold 100k or 200k copies of a port it would be profitable I can't see why AoE4 even needing KB+M to play good (you could still try on controller) wouldn't sell as much.

In case you haven't realised, there are exclusives heading from console to PC and vice evrsa, so you want that to end and become a one way street for consoles as well as compromising the PC versions as well?.

Console multiplayer doesn't factor into PC multiplayer, so again I do not see the resemblence between talking of AoE IV on PC with a gamepad on consoles.

Again I'm not seeing the connection here. There are people out there that can get creamed by both good players and good AI. DOta isn't gamepad related and neither is Dota 2.

If you are going to buy an X1, but never ever want to invest in a PC (because let's face it, you've well and truly made that clear and still do with each thread), you may as well invest into all the games X1 has that are also on PC, because you have shown that you never ever want to touch a PC again, so it then makes sense to go out and buy an X1 since you're clearly into MS's games.

Also the setup isn't nearly as bad as you think it is and it actually has some pros to the OS, but hey you don't ever want to game on PC again so why bother making up excuses right?.

Im not arguing wether or not it would sell well enough to justify the port(It would probably sell), Im arguing wether or not the port would be good enough to still be worthy of the name AOE 4(Assuming the game is good in the first place).

Now, it would be a different story if the game required you to have a mouse and a keyboard to play on the XBox One, but then for me personally it would lose the whole purpose of porting the game over.At least with kinect and VR they offer something different, something that even PC would need an acessory to offer the same experience.The same cant be said for this situation.

So needing a controller defeat the purpose of a game on PC?

Because he's full of shit? I remember their unprecedented push for Windows gaming a few years back, it resulted in poor ports and a terrible virtual store that had no chance against the competition. I think they're starting to realize that their wishes to dominate the console space with the Xbox brand won't ever succeed, not only that; they have yet to make a dime on the whole project, one can imagine that over 15 years of bleeding cash for what is now a fairly weak position in this market segment would sour many MS board members' milk, as well as that of investors.
MS have shown growth in other sectors, pushing more for influence and marketshare in home consoles would likely only net them more losses. In addition to their monetary setbacks with the Xbox brand, their awesome developer support from the 7th gen has eroded a great deal.

In shirt; they seem to want to come home again, to PC, where they started and still have possibilities, the revival of the AoE franchise shows this intention pretty clearly, it's an old classic from the once famed Microsoft Game Studios and is an obvious gesture of friendship towards the loyal and grown up PC gamer, who also happen to spend the most on games and gaming. No other major developer is really gunning for PC with proper AAA productions right now, so the market is more open to being reclaimed than many might think.

Not unless the replacement(Keyboard and mouse) is good enough on its own.Plus in the console, you would have a problem of where to put your keyboard and mouse to play.Home console are tipically played on the couch, and you dont have either a good table in front of you or a good way to sit and use such configuration to enjoy a game with keyboard and mouse.Mind you, its not a problem that would impede a person to use such a playing method, but it is an additional hindrance.

and you havent proposed either a better idea or a compelling argument against my own, rather just proposing a different question that barely relates to the point at hand.I assume that you agree with me?

Age of Empires 2 was on Playstation 2.

Microsoft has ironically made the *best* RTS game on consoles. Halo Wars 1.
They could take what they have learned from that and use it to improve the console port.

Microsoft did actually have a way to get around the controller/keyboard issue for RTS gaming on console.

We saw a glimpse of it with End War... That is. Voice Commands.
But with Kinect now being a distant memory... Well. You get the idea.

I see it as a missed opportunity.

Age of Empires is an amazing franchise... And I would love to see it exposed to as many gamers across as many platforms as possible.

But I do agree with your premise, give the PC version undivided attention first and foremost. Then scale it to consoles if possible.