Play Anywhere feature and how it could RUIN XBL console gaming!

MS approach is Game as a Service. Xbox will be treated like the Surface with the goal of supporting and driving sales to Windows Store. Very much the same strategy that Apple and Google is doing with their respective stores.

Gamers or us benefits because each game we own can be delivered on any devices within the same digital store. For example your Gears 4 can be play on your Xbox One, One S, Scorpio, Xbox 2 and so on.

You can also run the same Gears 4 on a PC. And depends on how your PC is customized you could potentially have the game run better then the Scorpio.

But forward thinking, the demand of Gears 4 you cannot play on a Surface 4 currently, but you might be able to run it in Surface 8.

You don't have to worry about console generations. Your games stay with you even after each phase of revision.

But if you like to sell back your games, you can still use the traditional method of buying discs.

"Consoles overtook PC last Gen."

Sales of games on the PC are higher than that of all the consoles combined. So I'm not sure where you are getting that consoles overtook the PC.

"Because Crafty, some people prefer to use their own skill"

So how many of the console shooters allow you to turn off the aim assist? It's hardly your own skill with a controller when you just have to point in the general direction and the game aims for you.

If you are on the PC, playing a shooter especially , I don't understand using the controller over the keyboard and mouse especially if you have a very advanced K/M. There are so many hotkeys you can set to any or whichever function your heart desires. When
it comes to fast paced, twitch style shooters like Overwatch or Counter-Strike or Battlefield, the K/M 100% has a large advantage.

I also would never use a K/M on the console. The point of the console is to leisurely sit on the couch and play with my wireless controller. The K/M would be awful on the couch.

Hmmm,

Xbox One superseded by the S soon to be superseded by an expensive Project Scorpio which assumes will be KB/M Compatible also. Mostly all AAA titles are now available on PC.

Are MS trying to bury console gaming? If E3 wasn't a advert to go and buy a PC I don't know what is...

Don't get me wrong I really like this direction MS is taking. I actually have been saying they should do something like this for years now. It will give them such a leg up on the competition, can Sony or Nintendo do the same, NO, why? b/c they don't have
an OS, they would need to 3rd party with Steam and lose A LOT of revenue in the process. This is a big power play for MS, I don't think many people have realized how big it actually is. They could go on from here to having a PC gaming spot alike Steam and
Steam does need some realistic competition.

For certain games it would be fine pitting MK vs gamepad, but those types of games would be extremely limited. Any MP that requires being precise or maneuvering camera angles quickly would not be welcome. RTS...hell no lol, not even a second thought there.
MS might have to take this on a game by game basis to ensure the best experience for their online MP community not to mention most fair.

I think back to the game Shadowrun. Not sure how they balanced that game for Vista (at the time, this game was used to promote that OS) and X360 but it is one of the only games I know of that had cross-platform MP. To make this work I imagine they had
to gimp MK users...i dunno...

The reason I started this thread is to get people thinking of the potential issues that can arise from this union.