Tinman
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Xbox 360 games playable in Windows 8 (rumour)
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_Caboose_
MG's resident Boozer
i would say its a 50/50 chance this is going to happen...
Look at it this way
People with insane pc's will be able to run 360 games with relative ease i think thus saving them the purchase of a console
People with no money to afford an insane pc purchases the console (which is happening right now)
So in a way its a win loss situation for ms so i DOUBT this will happen, maybe tho MAYBE the games that you can purchase of Live will be playable on Win8 and not the actual physical media games.
Look at it this way
People with insane pc's will be able to run 360 games with relative ease i think thus saving them the purchase of a console
People with no money to afford an insane pc purchases the console (which is happening right now)
So in a way its a win loss situation for ms so i DOUBT this will happen, maybe tho MAYBE the games that you can purchase of Live will be playable on Win8 and not the actual physical media games.
Necuno
The Piper
Wasn't the same thing rumoured about vista or windows 7 ?
OGBuzz
New member
BUT just imagine it!
XBOX live and perhaps PC live, both run by mircosoft, cha ching!
dont rule thsi one out, Tinny, this is a topic to be watched closely!
Necuno
The Piper
pc live is already here, already run by ms and same with xlive. however pc live is kak compared to xlive or steam (something similar).
not really, as I remember same was rumoured for vista/win7 and we got xlive...
Tempy
New member
Don't take me wrong, I like the idea of having both on one platform. I should have quoted the guy above me for it to make more sense
By the time I clicked post reply, several others had posted.I think it'd be awesome. Would save me the trouble of buying an XBOX again.
OGBuzz
New member
well lets just wait n see
as the article states, its just a rumour, i also do kinda wonder HOW a game would be able to run off an XBOX and a PC
there is also questions such as if you buy it can it be used on ypur PC and XBOX, it terms of this if it can be "negotiated" correctly, we could see something like this coming out
it holds interest no doubt, often concepts that challenge the norm are frowned upon but i would write it off just yet...
as the article states, its just a rumour, i also do kinda wonder HOW a game would be able to run off an XBOX and a PC
there is also questions such as if you buy it can it be used on ypur PC and XBOX, it terms of this if it can be "negotiated" correctly, we could see something like this coming out
it holds interest no doubt, often concepts that challenge the norm are frowned upon but i would write it off just yet...
Solitude
Mr. Nice Guy
I highly doubt it.
It makes sense in so many ways. More games would be sold. It gives a good reason to upgrade to Windows 8 and so forth. However...
Technically it may be feasible but it would still be quite an adaptation. I also wonder what kind of agreements Microsoft have with the publishers. Did they legally allow themselves to do this? I don't know.
It all makes so much sense and sounds so probable that surely Microsoft will not do it.
It makes sense in so many ways. More games would be sold. It gives a good reason to upgrade to Windows 8 and so forth. However...
Technically it may be feasible but it would still be quite an adaptation. I also wonder what kind of agreements Microsoft have with the publishers. Did they legally allow themselves to do this? I don't know.
It all makes so much sense and sounds so probable that surely Microsoft will not do it.
Tempy
New member
I highly doubt it.
It all makes so much sense and sounds so probable that surely Microsoft will not do it.
Good point that! Made me chuckle. I do agree though, publishers might have problems with this approach. Buy once, play on 2 is probably not what they would want.
TheAvenged87
Not Robin
The concept behind this is pretty cool. Would like to see how this pans out.
Cobalt
New member
Plausible? Probably not...how would they do that exactly? Would they design and Xbox exclusive emulator for PC...How would the controllers be coded so that it can support both keyboard and gamepad. Plus most Xbox games are coded with the specific hardware in mind...performance would probably be quite a large issue.
Profitable? I can't see many Xbox gamers wanting to play xbox games on a PC. Are there really that many xbox exclusive games that PC gamers would want? Most of the big titles these days are made for more than one platform so I don't see why they would want to go to all the effort.
An amalgamated system encompassing xbox and PC would probably be great for gamers but is just unlikely tbh!
I duno...maybe I'm just missing the point.
Profitable? I can't see many Xbox gamers wanting to play xbox games on a PC. Are there really that many xbox exclusive games that PC gamers would want? Most of the big titles these days are made for more than one platform so I don't see why they would want to go to all the effort.
An amalgamated system encompassing xbox and PC would probably be great for gamers but is just unlikely tbh!
I duno...maybe I'm just missing the point.
