So what is Microsoft's plan with Xbox? The next 5 years gonna be interesting
- Thread starter Ezekiel 25:17
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We all know the term “steam machine” even though none exist because people have been asking for valve to make one.
Lots of people buy laptops, prebuilt, and now PC Handhelds.
You are speaking nonsense here
Which is why “Console” people have been clamoring for a machine that will do that, but also offer the PC library of games
Again, all you guys think about is console wars.
Doesn’t have to sell as much as PS6 to be a worthwhile machine.
There are exponentially more PC players than console players.
Your cult perspective is not reality
Let those people move over to Sony. Anybody that buys a PlayStation is a potential Microsoft customer anyway. You act like they can't sell PlayStation buyers games.
They have to if it's a PC. You can't have a paywall for online play in that environment
There is a path for this Microsoft plan to work
- Lightweight OS to allow better performance and use less resources
- Create strong partnerships with OEMs , so the set configuration is smooth across the board.
- No Online paywall
- Flawless backward compatibility emulator
- Easy access to various stores. Asus already does this with armory crate, so there needs to be a hub to various launchers and make the experience seamless
- User experience will be the most important thing because if they can create a console like experience, then I can see it catching on. There's many that want to get into pc gaming but they want a simplified experience. Microsot will need to provide that and maybe that could be the advantage of windows/xbox store over steam
- Price of course will be very important. I think they might be able to have a discounted price because they're buying bulk of parts, so it might be cheaper than building your own or buying other prebuilts. I think if they can price this right, then I can see this being an enticing product. I think people have to realize there's a big market of pc gamers that aren't power users and Microsoft can make this product attractive to them.
where's the part where they make money?
I think where they make money is shifting purchases towards windows/xbox store over other storefronts. I think people that buy this hardware might go with xbox/windows store if they can provide the best experience to play games. Steam is of course king, but if they can provide a better user experience, then that could encourage purchases and game pass subs. This is the part that Microsoft has to figure out because if they can nail OS and user experience. Then I can see people use Microsoft store as main driver. Microsoft will need to make sure updates and performance is there better on their store compared to others. This is of course all easier said than done.
CoolinInTheCut
Superstar
Everyone has a lane now
Nintendo = console/portable hybrid
PlayStation = traditional console
Xbox = console/pc hybrid
We're going back to the PS2 / Xbox / GameCube gen
Nah I doubt that
PC cats are too engrained in steam
Yeah with everything shifting to digital and people having backwards compatibility to the previous generations. People are more locked into their console ecosystem than ever. People are not goito repurchase games through the M$ store especially if they have built a library up in Steam. I wonder what they're going to do when they're offering a game at full price when someone can just go to Steam and get the game at a discounted price. How are they making money off of that lol
Gizmo_Duck
blathering blatherskite!
Their revenue stream is gonna crash, less console sales, less users in their store, no online service revenue, all their first party software taxed 30% from steam and Sony, etc
Stop wasting my money and go hardcore publisher Nadella. Throw Phil and his not so Amazing Friends in the bushes!
That's true. I just think if they can find a way to make the user experience better and more console-like. Then there's a path to get a decent amount of people to use their store over steam. I think there's many that want to jump to PC gaming, but don't want to tinker and would enjoy a console-like experience. It's up to Microsoft to provide the experience for customers. I feel if they do that, then some may make purchases on their store over steam if games are easier to use than Steam. This could also help them maintain gamepass sub. However, a lot of the path to success for this move all depends on Microsoft providing the software and user experience to customers. Based on history, it's going to be a tough path because essentially they will have to make a lightweight version of windows and unsure if they want to do that to move gamers away from traditional Windows to Xbox OS or whatever they call it.
