Microsoft Is Planning to run XBox One games on your Windows PC

vbetts

Moderator

2019-02-28 15:13

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...

Native Xbox games run x86 on the NT kernel already. No emulation would be needed at this point. I could see this requiring the game pad though, and requiring certain specs to run the game at possibly 3 different levels. Xbox One grade, Xbox One X downscaled grade, Xbox One X 4k grade(low, medium, high). But this is more proving Microsoft is turning Xbox into a service, and I do welcome this no problem.

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schmidtbag

2019-02-28 15:24

vbetts:

I could see this requiring the game pad though, and requiring certain specs to run the game at possibly 3 different levels. Xbox One grade, Xbox One X downscaled grade, Xbox One X 4k grade(low, medium, high). But this is more proving Microsoft is turning Xbox into a service, and I do welcome this no problem.

A lot of that sounds much like a very brief summary of what I wrote haha.

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mbk1969

2019-02-28 15:26

Rich_Guy:

RIP Nvidia, consoles are AMD. 😀

But the direction of migration is from consoles to PCs, and PCs are not AMD only.

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vbetts

Moderator

2019-02-28 15:34

schmidtbag:

A lot of that sounds much like a very brief summary of what I wrote haha.

Great minds think alike! 🙂

Rich_Guy:

RIP Nvidia, consoles are AMD. 😀

Render path is still DX11 or DX12, which Nvidia cards support.

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fantaskarsef

2019-02-28 15:35

Rich_Guy:

RIP Nvidia, consoles are AMD. 😀

mbk1969:

But the direction of migration is from consoles to PCs, and PCs are not AMD only.

Somewhat true, but not fully. According to this logic, PC gaming needed to be dead since PS4 / XB1 release, since already then AMD has had consoles in their portfolio.

#5644926

MBTP

2019-02-28 16:27

I'm a little worried. Just remember guys, for any of the consoles right now, to be able to play online you basically need to pay for the service, XBLive, PSN, etc... I know that some games like fortnite can be played, at least on Playstation without PSN. I believe, first it will be free, then gamepass style, then some strange unexplicable problems will start to show on steam and the other stores, then suddenly options will be denied... Will MS at least implement some sort of pre-config options on the Xbox UI style, like low, med, high, ultra settings? I thought it was intented when they started to put o MS games very distinct spec requirements. If i can recall gears 4 was a very detailed spec requirement for each resolution and frame rate. I really hope a windows gaming version to be launched in the near future, only the essential gaming features running on the background, plus the Spy, ops... Cortana and all of it's "glory".

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Solfaur

2019-02-28 16:33

Well, I'm mixed about this. While it will be cool to play xbone exclusives, maybe some devs will choose to use this feature for all their multi-platform releases. And besides, the best exclusives seem to be on the PS4 anyway...

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Asgardi

2019-02-28 16:43

Xbox runs a forked virtualized version of Windows 10 anyway (even the build versions and release schedules match) and Xbox is basically made from pc hardware. There is no emulation needed? Just the Xbox software bits modified for more diverse hardware? So what is the problem? More choise for developers and publishers which should be a good thing. If this ducks and people won't buy the games, then it will be abandoned model quickly anyway. More options and competition is good. Bad ones will die anyway.

#5644933

MorganX

2019-02-28 16:51

The only problem I see is that all of my PC games that are Xbox Ports [Forza 3 & 4, and Gears 4] crash a lot, the Forzas always and almost instantly, with overclocked memory. They need to fix this.

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mbk1969

2019-02-28 16:51

Asgardi:

Bad ones will die anyway.

You mean gamers? 😎

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MorganX

2019-02-28 16:52

airbud7:

is this there answer to PlayStation Now? ...https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/explore/playstation-now/ps-now-on-pc/

I'm holding out on the 7-day free trial until The Order and Wipeout are available.

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Rich_Guy

2019-02-28 17:00

Thank god i didn't buy a £1300+ Nvidia card :P

#5644939

scoter man1

2019-02-28 17:06

Yes please. Master chief collection here I come.

#5644941

Rich_Guy

2019-02-28 17:08

mbk1969:

But the direction of migration is from consoles to PCs, and PCs are not AMD only.

You are going to be buying xbox games though.

#5644943

H83

2019-02-28 17:13

MS is probably preparing itself for the moment when consoles disappear as a physical device. At the same time they are trying to increase the appeal of W10 for gamers. They also seem to be admitting defeat against the PS...

#5644946

MorganX

2019-02-28 17:18

H83:

MS is probably preparing itself for the moment when consoles disappear as a physical device. At the same time they are trying to increase the appeal of W10 for gamers. They also seem to be admitting defeat against the PS...

Let's see who makes a deal with LG or Samsung first to include their game streaming app. Xbox TV?

#5644953

Embra

2019-02-28 17:44

H83:

MS is probably preparing itself for the moment when consoles disappear as a physical device. At the same time they are trying to increase the appeal of W10 for gamers. They also seem to be admitting defeat against the PS...

Or maybe consoles become the new low to mid range computers. Easy to to use, click and point stuff.

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Clouseau

2019-02-28 18:39

Unfortunately only able to see this one thing ringing out about this. Multiplayer games on Xbox require a paid Xbox Live subscription. This will be a way to introduce that requirement on pc versions. Brings the whole "same experience across all platforms" full circle.

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XP-200

2019-02-28 18:41

H83:

MS is probably preparing itself for the moment when consoles disappear as a physical device. At the same time they are trying to increase the appeal of W10 for gamers. They also seem to be admitting defeat against the PS...

I doubt this is even on the horizon as MS make a nice little bit of cash out of xblive gold subs alone, and on top of that cherry, cash from gamepass subs, and of course a cut from the EA access subs, so it is no wonder there are rumors of gamepass spreading across other formats, and if these PC and Nintendo switch game pass rumors really do turn out to be true then not only will they be increasing those gamepass subs, but Nintendo will also benefit because if i can stream my xbox library onto a switch then i will have a reason to grab one, so everyone wins. 😉 I am hoping it is all true, i like the play anywhere feature but i would love it to be more blanket coverage of my entire xbox digital account, PC or switch, PS4, i am not fussy, i am up for as many devices giving me access to my digital stuff as possible, the more the better. 🙂

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vbetts

Moderator

2019-02-28 18:42

Clouseau:

Unfortunately only able to see this one thing ringing out about this. Multiplayer games on Xbox require a paid Xbox Live subscription. This will be a way to introduce that requirement on pc versions. Brings the whole "same experience across all platforms" full circle.

I would say games that are Play anywhere versus games that are not is going to stop this from happening. Microsoft tried to require Live Gold before on GFWL, and that did not go well at all nor did it last very long.