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[grahamf]

Microsoft merges its hardware and software divisions - OnWindows

 

Honestly I think this means that the Xbox will be rolled into the Windows OS - or to be more precise, not only will the Xbox be running Windows (maybe a gaming specific edition), but Microsoft may open up the Xbox platform allowing for third party developers to build compatible systems. So you can get a console from Asus or Dell and be able to plug it in and have the identical Xbox experience with all your games - heck, maybe you could build your own (but I don't know how Microsoft would enforce minimum requirements for games.

 

Hopefully you can then install games from Steam and such.

 

 

But this is all speculation, and I don't know what Microsoft is planning. But I think it makes sense to reinterpret the Xbox to make it more successful.

[Tom]

I'm pretty sure it just means that you'll be using Windows 10 on your Xbacks, phone, and computer.

[Raiden]

When your Xbox needs anti virus software. It's not the first time a console running on a Microsoft OS. Dreamcast was running on Windows CE.

[CUD]

Hopefully it means more Xbox games coming to PC. I like the recent news that Gears Ultimate Edition is coming to PC as well as Killer Instinct, now only if we can get the rest of the Gears games too and the Halo series.

Edited by CUD, 19 June 2015 - 03:59 PM.

[Raiden]

The more XBO games on PC the more pointless it is to have an Xbox

[CUD]

The more XBO games on PC the more pointless it is to have an Xbox

 

Exactly.

I'm not sure that there's really enough exclusives to justify a purchase as it is so I don't think it really takes much for people to buy these consoles these days. Some people think a PC is too hard to build or too expensive to buy so they buy a console instead. If MS can sell their consoles well and bring their big name titles to PC, which are bound to sell well, then it's a win-win but it does run the risk of pushing Xbox One owners (or potential owners) to PC gaming instead.

All I know is that Gears and Halo on PC is fine with me.