Press the home button on a controller and it takes you to Windows Big Picture (Xbox) mode.
Maybe a way to jump to it when you turn it on with a faster bootup.
Microsoft is eventually going to rule gaming
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Press the home button on a controller and it takes you to Windows Big Picture (Xbox) mode.
Maybe a way to jump to it when you turn it on with a faster bootup.
Hero Prinny
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you want BPM as soon as you boot up your pc? im pretty sure thats already a thing
PhantomVash808
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Thanks OP I needed a good laugh.
As soon as windows launches maybe. This may allow you to bypass that and would be touted in marketing as a feature to re-enforce the combination of Windows and Xbox.
Yoshimitsu126
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We can't wait for more Scorpio news too.
Oof, a drop in market share from 80% to 37% in the space of five years. That's rough
OP, I think you don't even have a clear idea/vision what combining those devices means, neither does MS it seems,lol.
There is no fucking need for a PC hub in the living room. Phones, TVs, tablets can do all the stuff the mass market needs. The only traditional (consumer-)function that is left for PC (outside of hardcore gaming) are office applications (private+business). MS has failed at the mass market for all other devices. Yeah, they can combine those devices but this will most likely not increase their market but only please Xbox, Surface, Windows phone owners more.
Being able to play the same game in the living-room or the room where your PC is, is not revolutionary. The Switch concept makes this look like a joke, like a very niche concept.
Just let their slogan "Play anywhere" sink for a bit...this describes the Switch not UWP!!!
MS were chasing the wrong dream for too long, they act like someone who is bad at musical chairs....always to late to grab that free chair when the music stops.
There is no fucking need for a PC hub in the living room. Phones, TVs, tablets can do all the stuff the mass market needs. The only traditional (consumer-)function that is left for PC (outside of hardcore gaming) are office applications (private+business). MS has failed at the mass market for all other devices. Yeah, they can combine those devices but this will most likely not increase their market but only please Xbox, Surface, Windows phone owners more.
Being able to play the same game in the living-room or the room where your PC is, is not revolutionary. The Switch concept makes this look like a joke, like a very niche concept.
Just let their slogan "Play anywhere" sink for a bit...this describes the Switch not UWP!!!
MS were chasing the wrong dream for too long, they act like someone who is bad at musical chairs....always to late to grab that free chair when the music stops.
Great post. Bravo
"Windows Big Picture (Xbox) mode"....
Ok, I'm done talking to you. Thanks for the thread OP, it was a giggle.
I missed this gem, lol
Yes, but just like we saw with phones, once they have everything running Windows, they will win because...
...uh...
Digging into the number tell a different story than the title of that graph.
Googles Android has overtaken Microsoft Windows for the first time as the worlds most popular operating system (OS) in terms of total internet usage across desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile combined.
However, Windows still dominates the worldwide operating system desktop market (PC and laptop) with a 84% internet usage share in March.
Didn't people say the same thing about Apple ruling games with the Apple TV gaming? Wasn't there a thread recently about Amazon being perfect to rule gaming?
Did people think Sony would rule gaming with Vita + PS4 + network play or whatever?
And at the end of the day one could argue that Tencent is 'ruling' gaming with their stronghold on China?
I don't like the idea of one company 'ruling' gaming, implying some kind of monopoly. The gaming industry is big and diverse. I hope people always want their Playstation's for variety and 1st party showpieces, Nintendo's for creativity and family-friendly local multiplayer, and Xbox's for western-focused games and great OS/online.
Did people think Sony would rule gaming with Vita + PS4 + network play or whatever?
And at the end of the day one could argue that Tencent is 'ruling' gaming with their stronghold on China?
I don't like the idea of one company 'ruling' gaming, implying some kind of monopoly. The gaming industry is big and diverse. I hope people always want their Playstation's for variety and 1st party showpieces, Nintendo's for creativity and family-friendly local multiplayer, and Xbox's for western-focused games and great OS/online.
They could add a lot of cool features with a PC communicating to other devices in a better way.
Including streaming your PC games to them.
The scorpio reveal really brought alot of poster to light. What I thought to be primary user of PC where he/she constantly bash PS Pro are actually..... what I thought to be just extremely critical to Sony and Nintendo are actually....
It was truly fascinating. I truly hope Scorpio are truly the saviour it was championed to be. It scares me on what some people mental health if it failed to light any fires.
To OP it wont happen. PC and console are two seperate environment. The overlap are so little.
It was truly fascinating. I truly hope Scorpio are truly the saviour it was championed to be. It scares me on what some people mental health if it failed to light any fires.
To OP it wont happen. PC and console are two seperate environment. The overlap are so little.
Totally. Back then I actually thought it was a possibility. These days Microsoft is too busy getting in their own way for this to ever happen. Especially with the ridiculously poor implementation of the current Windows Store. It's the only app storefront I use that feels like it's in a perpetual alpha/beta testing phase. It's even worse than the early implementation of uPlay which was the previous record holder.
How is that going to help? An OS needs to be tailored to it's platform. Android and IOS make pretty shitty desktop OSs which is why Mac OS and Chrome OS exist. It's definitely possible to tailor a single OS for multiple platforms but Microsoft hasn't given any indication they're actually capable of this considering the PC version of Windows 10 is essentially 2 completely separate UIs with limited functionality in both. It's a total mess.
Wow @ android
Do you seriously not get how unimpressive this sounds?
Everything can communicate with everything now. Streaming some games from one device to another doesn't move the needle.
You haven't stated one thing anyone needs or wants they can't get anywhere else. This Microsoft future is boring.
Woo-Fu
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The US DoJ. You know, the same ones who have stopped it from already happening.
^ stopped MS from joining Xbox and Windows?
Steam didn't do well with a steam box. Microsoft would. I'm sure they could come up with some nice things in ads for people to get excited about.
Steam didn't do well with a steam box. Microsoft would. I'm sure they could come up with some nice things in ads for people to get excited about.
Sword Of Doom
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Do Windows phones even exist anymore? What devices would this machine be communicating with? I guess there's the surface
Right now it feels the opposite. Like they're trying to turn pc into a console and not the other way around
Right now it feels the opposite. Like they're trying to turn pc into a console and not the other way around
They might start to again, probably needs partnering though.
thehypocrite
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They just need to try harder!!!
Microsoft's App Store for games and everything else has been a complete disaster, they've repeatedly shown themselves to not be capable of the sorts of things that would be required for this idea to take off.
Right now Steam, GOG, Origin and even uPlay of all things all offer more games and a better experience, and any one of them ruling PC gaming is more likely than Microsoft at this point.
HAHAHAAHAHAHA.
No. Never. They've tried to get into PC Gaming before and it ended in complete failure. I don't expect them to ever learn. They can't even get downloads in their Windows Store to work properly. Like holy shit it's pathetic.
In addition to that, their first party titles are so bleeggghhh, especially after cancelling Scalebound. Sony has first party exclusives in spades and it's a lot of new IPs.
No. Never. They've tried to get into PC Gaming before and it ended in complete failure. I don't expect them to ever learn. They can't even get downloads in their Windows Store to work properly. Like holy shit it's pathetic.
In addition to that, their first party titles are so bleeggghhh, especially after cancelling Scalebound. Sony has first party exclusives in spades and it's a lot of new IPs.
LiquidSolid
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OP's dreams:
Xbox + Steam + GoG
Reality:
Xbox + the 5 people who use the Windows 10 Store
Xbox + Steam + GoG
Reality:
Xbox + the 5 people who use the Windows 10 Store
When did they grow 250%?
Sword Of Doom
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Yeah the Windows Store has not been a good experience for me at all with the three Xbox exclusive games I've bought from them. If A game is available on steam or anywhere else, I'll buy that version over windows store even with cross play with Xbox.
Yeah. Launching Office for Android and abandoning Windows Phone was a much bigger concession than selling Xbox would ever be, to me that signals that Nadella, unlike Ballmer, doesn't have an infinite patience with business that make little to none profit like the Xbox.
But I don't think they will sell or close it, that would be admitting 'We IBM now', they will just downscale it as much as they can.
DirtyManos
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OP, you fool!
You could've taken this straight to Microsoft and easily secured a 7 figure job.
Now your plan is open for all to see!
You thought too much on the Xbox Uno, but you should really thought about Numero Uno
You could've taken this straight to Microsoft and easily secured a 7 figure job.
Now your plan is open for all to see!
You thought too much on the Xbox Uno, but you should really thought about Numero Uno
Kurt Angle
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PS Vita 2 will rule portable gaming
Sunset Samurai
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I bet only 30% read the op first then replied and the other 70% just reacted to the thread title
titiklabingapat
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They will never replace my PC so long as they have the gamepad as a standard control scheme. They really should have included mouse/keyboard or some sort of pointer control scheme and they would have me sold a long time ago.
LordOfChaos
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Microsoft is eventually going to rule mobile, circa a few years ago.
Never underestimate their ability to fuck themselves over.
Never underestimate their ability to fuck themselves over.
Spukc
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And this is why they're going to fail.
LiquidSolid
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I was in a generous mood.
Dr_LucienSanchez
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What's the difference though? Both the title and the content of the post are completely silly.
So you don't even know why this is a good idea, or how Microsoft would sell this "future" to us. Sounds about right.
It's an Xbox but also a PC that works with everything in case you are set up on the couch. Including the TV as a PC.
I thought it was obvious.
eyeball_kid
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I was expecting this to be a necrobump from 2008. The ecosystem-first strategy hasn't worked for them so far; I'm not sure what would change that now.
GHG
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Oh Boy. Some folks take it too far.
All this happen while Xbox One was "flopping" .
I'm pretty sure you have no idea what you posted and what that means.
There are plenty of reasons why their share price went up during that time period.
xbox wasn't one of them.
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