Focus on console if they wanna compete with PS4. Focus on PC if they wanna scale down to do a software publishing only.
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Most sensible post right now.
I hate to say it but Play Anywhere has been shit. And unless they are going to overhall how it works which we've seen or heard no traction on, feel it's best to let it die.
Unless they get considerable budget increase to re-design/re-launch the PC initiative I feel in it's current state it's hurting the brand rather than strengthening which was what it was suppose to do.
Right now, you don't have a good reason to own an xbox let alone buy a scorpio. Bets multipats, no one really cared. No one went out and bought PS4 pro to play battlefield one, titanfall 2. Sure there were some sales, but cheaper xbox one s and PS4 slim were dominating sales charts.
Even though Horizon makes a great case for a PRo I don't see ton's of people buying 4K TV's and Pro's in droves to play it.
Right now Xbox's biggest issue is it's a brand/ console with no identity or soul. Xbox 360 had a soul, it was play your games with a friend on your couch or online. XBox one is what? Play your old library, play online or play on your PC?
And play what exactly? Same franchises that are now showing huge fatigue?
At this point they need a reboot not in console but in identity. And that's something software does more than hardware. Give people a reason to care about xbox, putting it on PC just gives them a reason not to care about a box or it's ecosystem. I don't see PC people praising the xbox experience on PC. Let alone caring about it.
It is Games for Windows live all over again only it's part of the actual OS and tied to a shitty App like store.