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@Fiendish-Beaver Agree. Price probably will be high, but I think that will be solved by multiple-manufacturers strategy, just like Windows has today laptops and desktops on all prices. I mean, we already saw this with the Asus ROG Xbox Ally, so we can see Samsung, Dell, Hp and others making Xboxes.

@Weebleman About the profit, I think it's a non issue. Hardware will be more expensive and profitable. (people were talking about subsidies but Nintendo always sold consoles at profit)
And software will be sold across all platforms.

See, Microsoft Store is smaller than Steam on PC, but Xbox First Party have great franchises such as Call of Duty who sells millions everywhere, don't matter where you buy, it's profit. So Microsoft can easily offset the losses of their multi-store strategy with their multiplatform strategy.

@Weebleman "If Xbox can run PC games why bother with the Xbox version"

Yes, but that's exactly the point. Devs don't have to bother with Xbox as the console will automatically have access to all games released for PC.

Just do the PC version, Xbox will play it greatly, Same OS. And if we consider exchanging 20% for 80% of developers Xbox would have a greater input of games coming from PC devs.

@Weebleman "closed eco system to develop for without multiple hardware options that can be upgraded by simply buying a new graphics card"

Sure, but developers already have to do it anyway, even with consoles. They have to scale from PS5 to PS5 Pro, adapt for Xbox Series S weaker console and Series X, they sometimes have to optimize for last-generation and some of them even make it run on Switch.

Games like fortnite also have mobile versions for a multitude of Android/iOS devices.

So developers are already making multiple versions of their games for multiple hardware in the console space, that's nothing new.

@Millionski

1) That's not a requirement, but still Xbox Ally runs a stripped down Windows 11 version, not full Windows. (Xbox One / XSX OS is based on Windows Kernel BTW)

2) Microsoft's Xbox won't be low price, but other manufacturers will exist to foster competition and lower entry-points.

3) That can be guaranteed simply by defining a 'minimum hardware requirement' to be certified as an Xbox. So OEMs won't do as they please, they will have rules to follow. If Switch 2 can run Cyberpunk I'm pretty sure MS can get around that.

4) Dualsense features such as the haptic feedback and adaptive triggers do actually work just fine on PC (just like on PS5). - source: https://wccftech.com/new-spider-man-remastered-and-miles-morales-pc-update/ as for quick resume it can be easily implemented by Microsoft, it is an amazing feature and is not that hard to implement.

5) Xbox is running without full exclusives since 2016 with the Xbox Play Anywhere program. PS5 exclusives are never in the top sales of the year. FIFA, COD (BF6 this year) and GTA always dominate sales. Source: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/01/14/playstation-stores-top-downloads-of-2025/

I don't care what Satya says, he doesn't know an inch about gaming.

I'm just trying to understand the criteria, because to me it is just sounding like a 'it is not an xbox because it runs windows OS' kinda of thing.

@Millionski "why are we calling these devices an xbox?" What defines a console? Isn't PS5 just a x86 box running a custom OS based on Unix?

"the problem is its not going to be an xbox. It will be a PC with an app" Why?

I always get curious on why people say a built machine, that will run Xbox games, it is not an Xbox.

PS5/XSX hardware are basically the same as a PC (same x86 architecture even), so what exactly does define what is or isn't a console?!

@Millionski Sure, you can replicate the experience on your own PC if you have one, and so can other OEM.

Just look at Windows Market. Microsoft has Surface, but that don't stop HP, Samsung, Dell and others of making Windows PCs.

That's what is going to happen with Xbox. There will be multiple manufactures of Xbox (most likely a minum hardware requirement for certification) at multiple price points.

Microsoft own Xbox will be pricey, but you can always get a samsung Xbox, HP Xbox, and so on.

Now, from the users POV, console players don't want to build their machine, they want to get it done, plug on the TV and play. They don't want the hassle of choosing a video card, find a matching CPU to avoid bottleneck and look for the precise power supply to hold it all up, it is too much of a work that console players don't want. So they can just go out, buy the ready to use Xbox PC, plug & play.

@Fiendish-Beaver I disagree. I think that is a huge reason for Xbox PC to happen. 80% interest of developers on the PC platform. From 20% to 80%. Just do the math. It is going to happen.

Hopefully the next news we'll have about Amy Hood is that she left the company and Satya can follow her too.

I just want DLC achievements to be separated from the base game so I don't keep losing my 100% because a new update released.

PlayStation shows the overall percentage but also individual ones for the base game and DLCs

It is unfortunate, but I personally don't think I'll miss anything as I didn't even knew those games existed before reading this article.

So far I have at least 12 games that I'm interested in play, all releasing this year on Xbox, and with the time I have to play this is pretty much packed.

Are people really thinking PlayStation isn't going the same route Xbox is going? Just look at the sales numbers.

People compare PS sales vs Xbox sales, but forget to compare last gen PS sales with current gen PS sales and they are about the same. Know what that means? They didn't grew. Which also means their games sales didn't grow either (Forza Horizon 5 sold more in europe than Ghost of Yotei)

If PlayStation wants to grow their games sales, they will have to bring games to Xbox, that's the only place they can go as they are already on PC.

Sony is willing to do it, they release lego Horizon on Switch and Helldivers 2 on Xbox. Marathon, from Bungie, is also coming to Xbox.

For now, only multiplayer games, but soon we will see single-player titles coming to Xbox too.

So at next-gen people won't change Xbox for PlayStation, because PlayStation will be doing exactly the same thing, premium console and multiplatform strategy.

@superjas Not 100% sure, but I think they already offer cross-buy with battlenet for selected titles.

Despite not having any console updates, I don't think this means they moving away from console space. What I think is that all those Xbox PC updates will be inherited by Xbox Next Console, as it is rumores to run Windows 11 with an Xbox layer on top, just like Xbox Ally. If it is true, makes total sense they focus on Xbox PC experience, since this will be powering Next-gen hardware.

Yes, absolutely. Great console and great first-party titles. Game Pass got more expensive, yes, but I just "reverted back" to buying games.

Lol, Xbox Game Studios isn't even its own entity, it is a Microsoft division.

It is their content, their right. Nintendo do way worse than this.

I thought it was starfield expansion at first. Added Exodus to my wishlist.

@Balaam_ If developers release only what people expect always, there would never be innovation.

God of war 2018 wasn't what people expected, it was a hack and slash before, still it did great and was praised.

I'm not comparing God of War to BO7, just saying that's the reason why a developer would do something different than they know the public expects, to try surprise and innovate with their public.

"but adds fuel to the narrative that nobody's buying Xbox consoles anymore"

It does not.

It didn't sell because fans already have one and the rest of the consumers will go to the best deal. Xbox didn't had any deal, PS5 got discounts. So that's what happened.

It means nothing regarding consumer demands.

Why are people talking about COD?

The list is up to November, 11.

Black Ops 7 released November, 14.

We don't know if it sold better or worse than BF6 yet.

So are people finally realizing mainstream games media simply hates Xbox?

That's it. That's the reason. It doesn't matter what Xbox do, the media will never value anything created by Microsoft.

Opencritic/Metacritic scores are not in 90s because of the same reason, scored by the same media outlets that won't ever nominate an Xbox title because it is an Xbox title.

@themightyant 1% alone doesn't say much. 1% compared to last year, but how much was last year of Xbox? 1% of Xbox can be more than 6% of Windows depending on how much profit each division made last year.

@Stocksy Your comment makes no sense at all. So what you own every generation of Xbox? And who said questioning Xbox is a crime or bias?

And i'm not twisting your 'logic' as what you're say has no such a thing as logic.

You use the same argument to say PS Portal isn't a PS because name says everything, but at the same time, the different name (Xbox Ally) means nothing, this is bias, not questioning.

What kind of logic is that?

@Stocksy A PlayStation Portal can't run PS5 Games.
A PS5 can't run all PS games.
A Switch 2 can't run all Switch games
So why an Xbox Series X should be required to run all Xbox Games?

"The steam deck arguement is stupid." because you said so? because it breaks your narrative?

And why Xbox Ally (See?! different product name) must run Xbox Series X games?

I just can't understand the bias.

@Balaam_ It is not necessary to be a different generation, they're different products and that's enough.

Steam Deck can't run all Steam Games, so is it not a handheld PC?

Isn't PS Portal a PlayStation device?

New Nintendo 3DS had exclusive games even tho it was the same generation as the original 3DS, as per Nintendo.

@PsBoxSwitchOwner Yes, and it does play Xbox games. They never said it plays Xbox Series games natively, they said it runs Xbox games, and it does, through cloud gaming.

But this does not matter, comparison still stand. Backwards compatibility is a great feature, but it is not a requirement to define the device as an Xbox.

Xbox One is a console
Xbox Series is a different console
Xbox Ally is a handheld console. It is different. It is not an extension of Series X, it is a next-gen Xbox handheld console.

@DNortonX That makes no sense at all. Why should the Rog Ally X run Xbox Series X games?

It is a different console.

PS5 can't run PS3 games nativelly, so Can I say it is not a PlayStation?

If PS5 isn't required to run PS3 Games to be a PlayStation, Why is Xbox Ally required to run Xbox Series games to be an Xbox?

What a surprise. Satya Nadella and Amy Hood need to go from MS ASAP. Both are a disaster to this company.

@Balie3000 I was responding to @GeeEssEff, it seems I've tagged you too.

What makes no sense?

@GeeEssEff @Balie3000 Why the games you buy on Xbox Series X have to be playable on Xbox Ally for it to be an Xbox?

Can you put a PS2 disc on a PS5 and play the game? Is PS5 still a PlayStation console?

There it is your answer. Xbox Ally plays Xbox Ally games. It is a new Xbox console, not an extension of Xbox Series.

And they're right to do it.
Unfortunately, even Xbox isn't supporting itself lately, so how ask others to prioritize them?!

PS5 and PC are more important for Xbox than their own console these days.

I'm going over to PS5. I'm done.

@Kezelpaso, Yes, it is exactly it. Klobrille adds early access games only after 1.0.

Twice. Ultimate version first on Xbox One, then I got curious and played the original version for the 360 through backwards compatibility.

@JaffeGaffe 24gb is more than enough ram for any game that exists today to run at 1080p. Xbox Series X runs with 16gb, the same goes for PS5 and PS5 Pro.

'You pay me X dollars an hour, I built you a game, here, go put it on your servers'. Yeah, just like sony did all those years with PlayStation exclusives, including during his term. He is a hypocrite.

Best thing that happened to PlayStation was his departure, it really change PS for the better.

I've had an amazing experience with the main game and Shattered Space expansion. Loved both and put lots of hours in it (100%ed)

I'm really happy with the game and of bethesda ever release a new DLC, free or paid, I'll be there.

@OldGamer999 It will play both, PC games and native Xbox games. Already confirmed by Xbox's Sarah Bond.

Ryu Ga Gotoku game is day one for me.

I don't know about Halo. Halo Studios is working on the new project and Master Chief Collection was made on the old proprietary engine that only 343 people know how to operate, so they can't second-party Halo either.

I think Halo will come to PS5 eventually, but it will be the new Halo Studios game.

@Ilyn sales is no better metric than engagement. You can have 100 copies of game at a store and 50 of then are scalpers reselling it.

Sales alone means nothing as well.

This is totally stupid. That's what ESRB and others are for. Stupid decision from Xbox.

Does it really matter?

Xbox hardware doesn't have to sell more than PlayStation.
Xbox hardware doesn't need to sell more than the previous generation.

All it have to do is give a profit directly or indirectly (Games, Game Pass Subscriptions) to Microsoft.

That's all it needs to do to Microsoft keep making Xbox console for years ahead.

Ps.: As of April 2022 Xbox Game Pass had 21 million subscribers on Xbox consoles.

Riders Republic and give it to Playground Games.

Xbox Series 2 (if there is only one model)

Xbox Model X
Xbox Model S

or simply:

Xbox

As for the handheld:
Xbox Portable
Xbox Mobile
Xboy

@Millionski "Now why MS want to sell xbox-pc hybrid that runs steam with free online and cheaper games at a subsidized cost"

That's not what I said.

Microsoft will keep launching Xbox the same way they always did, with their proprietary Xbox OS.

Microsoft will also allow Xbox OS to run inside the Windows PC (regular PCs, no need to built one for it as long as it has some minimum specs, like it is to run a game)

"PC gaming isn't Microsoft, it is Steam". Right, and still Valve launched a handheld console into the market.

Microsoft can do the same, bring the console into the PC.

@Millionski I think making the PC into an Xbox is a better approach.

What I mean by that is bringing Xbox OS to PC or any other cable hardware (with minum specs defined).

This would be in line with the 'This is an Xbox' marketing and would make sense as Cloud Gaming uses Xbox OS just as the consoles.

The only hardware the doesn't have Xbox OS on the ecosystem is the PC.

So bring Xbox OS to Windows through the same subsystem technology they used to run Linux inside Windows (WSL).

Xbox OS would allow every Xbox game to run on PCs, including Backward compatible titles.

It would also allow for the future Xbox handheld to carry the users library from the home console.

This would make Xbox hadrware themselves more relevant, as developing for PC, handheld, cloud means developing for Xbox hardware (home console).

Great news! I love this game and hope for as many DLCs as they can release. Shattered Space was amazing, and so was the base game.

As for the haters, maybe you guys could find something to play instead of complaining about Startfield, that I'm sure most of you haven't even played.

RIP Gran Turismo. The best racing game is in town!