Apparently MS is already in the pre-marketing stage, maybe the ''xbox pc'' is on the way.
They're gonna start talking about this thing officially next year, at this point.
Is this true ? Where and when
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said this recently? It was here?
Good luck to MS with another traditional Xbox.
But maybe I'm interpreting "traditional" in the sense of it having no alternative storefronts or Windows functionality (besides what Dev Mode already brings). Maybe their idea of a "traditional" Xbox is a bit different.
Tho it still wouldn't line up with the mentions of them shifting development from Xbox OS to Win32.
MS say a lot of things, it doesn't mean they would actually succeed. Obviously MS WANT the library maintained in order to keep the Gamepass customers, the question is how to do so without losing money. And if they couldn't find a way, they wouldn't do it.
Basically trying to maintain Xbox hardware will massively increase costs, as that required hardware that is NOT off the shelf. Funny enough Sony actually did that back in the old days; they squeezed a PS1 into the PS2 guts. And for the first gen of PS3 they squeeze a PS2 inside it. But that just become unworkable after a certain point.
Xbox custom hardware will have to retire at some point. MS is better off doing this now. But if they want to waste money making a final last Xbox that people can't afford, that is up to them. Also, funny that this is EXACTLY the opposite of the "everything is an Xbox" marketing. Microsoft being confusing as usual.
Well the other thing too is, systems like Series S & X are basically PC-like boxes architecture-wise with a few customizations here and there. PS5 is similar, in that it uses the same base CPU & GPU architecture, but it's more heavily customized.
Adding console Xbox BC to a future PC hybrid isn't an hardware issue; it's a kernel and OS issue, as well as licensing one. Actually, the licensing could be worked around if they simply treated Xbox OS and Windows as a dual-boot config, but they'd have to make it feel seamless & smooth, not require a system shutdown/reboot, and not cause stability issues.
Luckily for them they already have examples to leverage in pre-ME Windows like '95 and '98, since they did something similar when switching between DOS applications and Windows ones. But something with Xbox OS <-> Windows would need to be a lot more intuitive, modern and "console-like" in ease-of-use.
Yes one sku will be a regular console from Xbox but this doesn't rule out companies like Asus cooking something with Xbox
And yes he did say it would be a regular console
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Do you know or have any insight on if the system will be "traditional" as in completely locked down to Xbox OS and the Xbox Store, or "traditional" as in providing that while also providing access to alternative storefronts and some extended support for Windows apps?
Because it could go either way, but only one of them actually gives them a viable product IMO. If it's the latter, well that can be pictured certain ways in how it'd work. Some of us have hypothesized about that.
That is one masterstroke Microsoft will always have over Playstation.
Their aim is first and foremost building the digital library so atleast the people who are with them will be stuck in their ecosystem. EPIC doing the same by literally giving free copies.
They don't care about the ultra-enthusiast, they are priming themselves to be 'king of the masses' by being the most affordable approachable "service" ever.
Isn't there a rumor they're about to raise Game Pass prices again?
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