{"id":97442,"date":"2016-07-01T10:51:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-01T08:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=97442"},"modified":"2016-07-01T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-01T08:52:10","slug":"sony-doesnt-care-about-the-xbox-and-windows-10-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/97442-sony-doesnt-care-about-the-xbox-and-windows-10-partnership","title":{"rendered":"Sony doesn&#8217;t care about the Xbox and Windows 10 partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cross-platform integration of Microsoft&#8217;s Windows 10 and Xbox doesn&#8217;t affect Sony&#8217;s current strategy whatsoever.<\/p>\n<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<p>This was confirmed by Andrew House, President of Sony Interactive Entertainment during the Japanese company&#8217;s recent <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sony.net\/SonyInfo\/IR\/calendar\/presen\/irday\/irday2016\/GandNS_E.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Investor Day<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"copy-paste-block\">\n<p>\u201cI always hesitate to be drawn into discussions on someone else\u2019s strategy. I\u2019m more than happy to talk about our own strategy\u2026Yes, there was a big emphasis from the folks at Microsoft on Xbox and PC cross-play. It remains to be seen whether there is latent large consumer demand for that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we don\u2019t see it as really effecting or prompting any change in our thought process or strategy. We have always tended to believe that a proprietary ecosystem offering a very well crafted unified client experience is the way to go, and that sort of remains our strategy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Microsoft has announced new plans to help unify the Xbox and Windows 10 platforms at this year&#8217;s E3.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This included a new Play Anywhere feature that will\u00a0allow users to pay for a single copy of a game and access it on both platforms and the news that future Xbox One exclusives would be coming to both platforms.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Do you think Sony should be concerned about Microsoft&#8217;s cross-platform push? 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