It would be nice to have Xbox exclusives on the PC. But not via windows store, then I'd still rather not touch them.

While I wouldn't mind having access to some Xbone games, if they use the W10 store and it's horrible emulation, then I'll pass.

Still, have my hopes to play new Halo games on PC one day.

Clever move by Microsoft. Why get developers to make PC games anymore when they can just code once for xBox and run on both. PC gamers however would end up with the inferior xBox versions rather than PC optimised versions we are used to.

Well when you look at the pc section here alone and see all the issues that some are having with the pc windows 10 versions of MS xbox ports, maybe playing the actual console coded version that runs perfectly fine on the console is the way to go, if it offers a more stable gaming experience then why not........of course assuming this rumour turns out to be true it will no doubt only be for MS first party games, don't expect to be firing up the xbox version of RDR2 on your pc as i doubt third devs would be too happy with that. Lol

Why not? How about lack of customisable controls, no FOV options, no ultra-widescreen, no newer features like raytracing etc (yeah I know but), no graphics options for higher or lower end cards, lack of optimisation, no higher end graphics textures, likely locked down DRM to UWP. And i'm sure i'm missing plenty.

"Microsoft Is Planning to run XBox One games on your Windows PC" - but, can I refuse to???

Extraordinary:

a long long time ago...

I can still remember how my xbox played Bungie And I knew if I had my chance That I could make those noobies dance And maybe I'd download their D-L-C But February made me shiver With the news xbox delivered Bad news on forums And I was never for them I can't remember if I cried When I read about 'new xbox live' But something touched me deep inside The day, the xbox died.

If this just means putting xbox one disc into pc and it plays like an xbox that would be cool.

What games? Xbox one have no games.

I like the idea if a full game list of game pass arrives at pc, not a shorten list as it is now

More shit on a already over cluttered pile of crap.. 😡

I picked up Gears of War 4 recently and I was pleased to see it ran flawlessly on my SLI machine. Everything worked as I expected with afterburner, solid frame rate, etc. If this is the new norm, I'd rather just have the native PC versions. But that assumes they have exclusive games I want to play. So far, that's been the biggest roadblock.

is unclear if a joypad is required.

I want to see how they will deal with ESRAM cache.

RooiKreef:

This makes absolutely no sense... At the moment you can stream any xbox one game to your pc anyway. But if you are going to run native xbox games on your pc through an emulator then it means you will need a more powerful pc to run the game and also you will need a controller attached to your pc. That will take away the whole purpose of a console (cheap and user friendly)... I don’t see the point where Microsoft is goint with this...

I am with you there. Emulation takes alot more hardware to run it correctly. Plus with Windows 10 like you said can all ready Stream Xbox-one games natively. Makes no sense here. Also you have to deal with the game's optimization on top of the emulation layer which will add more usage of the hardware and if the emulation isn't up to par then there will be severe performance issues.

It makes absolute sense from the point of MS, as they can lock down games (or at least a portion of them) not only on their xbox, but on PC as well. If a dev can release a game to PC with no extra cost, why wouldn't they. They would already have to pay for xbox version, so expanding their market with more customers and for free is great deal. Plus some console exclusives can arrive on PC as well. On the other hand it has a potential to make it terrible, and knowing MS it's probably what will happen. As controls are made for gamepad and no kb+m, no mods, no tweaks, no options no nothing. Plus it will be probably locked to windows store as the only distribution point, with astronomical prices and zero discounts on anything ever. So I just hope that regular games would still exist and make economical sense, as otherwise there is probably no reason to own a gaming PC.

RIP Nvidia, consoles are AMD. 😀

I think what MS should do is ditch Xbox entirely and have "Xbox OS". OEMs who want to pre-install "XOS" need to meet certain hardware specs in order to sell the device on the market, which is to make sure even the worst system can still fluidly play games. The OS would be totally binary-compatible with Windows, so, regular Windows users could install "Xbox" games. The games could then detect which OS is in use, where if it detects Windows, it'll grant players alternative graphics settings so the game can be played on crappier hardware (or, enable bonus features like RTX, FreeSync, graphical mods, etc). In doing this, it removes MS from the equation as a hardware company; the only hardware they'd need to produce is the Kinect and gamepads. With a bunch of other OEMs producing "Xbox hardware", people get to choose which style suits them best or what suits their budget. Systems could then be graded based on their resolution and framerate capabilities. Basically, the idea of this would be for "console enthusiasts". It's for people who want a premium gaming experience but don't want to learn about building their own PC or deal with "plain ol' Windows". That would live Playstation as the "mainstream console", and Nintendo products for casual gamers, parties, and kids. It might help reduce (or eliminate) arbitrary exclusives while giving everyone a good reason to pick one system over another. Well, I can dream anyway...

airbud7:

I can see all the COD kids crying when us kb/m users pawn there azz.

Ugh just the though of hearing their shrill screeching makes my ears bleed... But, Xbox already supports KB/M, so their tears at this point have already flowed in a new saltwater river.

can we even call this emulation? current gen consoles are basically midrange gaming laptops, the xbox in particular running some form of windows 10 and directx, this segmentation is nonsensical to begin with, so im glad its coming to an end now whatever games come to consoles first, can be run decently on a pc, while avoiding the myriad stupid launchers(origin, socialclub, uplay) with an xbox id instead, just sign me up already!