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Necrosaro said:
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Windows should just flesh out Xbox on the OS. Make it like a switch like they did on windows 8.0/8.1and stop making Xbox consoles
Then sell Xbox controllers and other accessories seperate.
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Nah. Keep Xbox away from Windows. Not everybody cares about Xbox, I don't. Just make Windows lean, stable and fast without all the bloat and Xbox would be unwanted bloat, unless it was 100% easily removable or - even better - installed only on request by the user.
 
Xbox is a 'console', a 'PC' is a computer, a 'personal' one, and no console nonsense need be anywhere near it, likewise any 'mobile' rubbish.

If I wanted an Xbox, I'd go buy one!, simple :) This is what MS refuse to get. They are too busy trying to make 'all' fit one device, when it's just not gonna work, more to the point, most 'PC' users are not interested in it working regardless, and just want a normal 'PC' experience.

Sure, if you have something that can be installed on ones PC system, as regards Xbox/Mobile, then let the end user decide so, and not half bake it into the 'PC OS' with no return.

How would you like your Xbox riddled with 'Adobe' nonsense (e.g), Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere, Illustrator Suite taking up your valuable gaming resources when you don't want them?

If the shoe was on the other foot ;) Nah, the 'PC' has now become a 'dumping ground' for all sorts of crap now. It's an easy target, and there is no longer anything 'personal' about one's computer.

At 63 years old in August, maybe I'm just too old for the fight now, lol? :)
 
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Gaming consoles are distinct from a PC platform, because they represent a "frozen HW" configuration. For better or worse, game devs know exactly how much CPU and GPU performance the platform can generate and tailor the game exactly for it. Slightly different versions of the console will appear to save costs, but more or less match the launch version in overall specs.

They don't have to worry about supporting two different playing experiences for the lowest requirements PC vs. the bleeding edge PC. Which you get today. Some kid is crying Call of Duty on his GTX 1080 doesn't look as good as a RTX 3000.

On a console, everyone gets the same experience. So game play is fair for everyone, except if you live somewhere with crappy network latency.

A console and a gaming PC are two different things. What's always infuriating is MS likes to borrow a marketing term and call everything the same. Xbox no longer represents a console, but a marketing umbrella for anything gaming on Windows. But that's Microsoft. :rolleyes:
 
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