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The latest builds of Windows insider indicate that Microsoft is working to unify the infrastructure of Windows 10 and the Xbox OS. This makes it possible to play Xbox console games on PCs with Windows 10, which has already been demonstrated with the survival action game State of Decay.
This is not a good development for PC Gaming as they could become console standardization running on the PC. By making this 'port' compatibility, basically, Microsoft seems to indicate that it would like to release console games on the PC.
Microsoft has not announced these changes just however in Windows 10 Preview Build 18334 the company implements a free version of State of Decay to download to report issues. When downloading this (trial) version, the game is no longer sourced from the Microsoft Store servers, but rather from the Xbox Live servers, which typically ship only pure Xbox titles.
The installation file obtained through this server uses the .xvc file format developed for the Xbox One but plays the normal game through PowerShell. The conclusion is obvious: The Xbox version of the Survival game is playing, not the PC version. Ergo, the games are emulated.
So in the future, chances are that if you purchase a PC Game in the Windows Store, you might end up with an emulated XBox One version.
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#5645041 Posted on: 02/28/2019 10:35 PM
We all can do any predictions. We will see.
You will be buying them, as there will not be anymore PC versions of games, they will only do them for the Xbox, and the Playstation, as the Xbox version, will now run on the PC.
We all can do any predictions. We will see.
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#5645045 Posted on: 02/28/2019 11:04 PM
AMD has been working on this for a long time now. Back then, it was how AMD would get back at Nvidia. Not sure what the strategy is now though.
But one thing is certain, at least for me, Nvidia would be denied source code from those game developers as a conflict of interest with AMD. But from what I recall Nvidia would need to send someone to their studio to "assist" and not have the game in house.
Unless they are now lax'd about it.
Edit:
It's a good marketing tool to encourage why one should fully invest in AMD's ecosystem:
Radeon GPU
Ryzen CPU and Motherboard
AMD has been working on this for a long time now. Back then, it was how AMD would get back at Nvidia. Not sure what the strategy is now though.
But one thing is certain, at least for me, Nvidia would be denied source code from those game developers as a conflict of interest with AMD. But from what I recall Nvidia would need to send someone to their studio to "assist" and not have the game in house.
Unless they are now lax'd about it.
Edit:
It's a good marketing tool to encourage why one should fully invest in AMD's ecosystem:
Radeon GPU
Ryzen CPU and Motherboard
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#5645051 Posted on: 02/28/2019 11:26 PM
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.
Of course in the future people are going to pay a monthly fee to have the Xbox gaming service, just like Netflix or any other streaming service. I believe Sony is already doing something similar with PS Now or something like that.
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.
Of course in the future people are going to pay a monthly fee to have the Xbox gaming service, just like Netflix or any other streaming service. I believe Sony is already doing something similar with PS Now or something like that.
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#5645052 Posted on: 02/28/2019 11:30 PM
I see this as good news. They talked about doing this years ago. This is the optimist in me speaking though.
I would want extra games from the crossover and not less, real PC games (if developers get lazy). If it ultimately means we get shafted out of proper PC games and they all play like sh!tty console ports, then I hate this news.
At this point, we don't even know how this works. It would be sweet if your PC power made a difference but I suspect there will be a frame-rate cap on most or all titles.
I see this as good news. They talked about doing this years ago. This is the optimist in me speaking though.
I would want extra games from the crossover and not less, real PC games (if developers get lazy). If it ultimately means we get shafted out of proper PC games and they all play like sh!tty console ports, then I hate this news.
At this point, we don't even know how this works. It would be sweet if your PC power made a difference but I suspect there will be a frame-rate cap on most or all titles.
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1 - I will not.
2 - that has nothing to do with AMD because games are developed not by AMD.
You will be buying them, as there will not be anymore PC versions of games, they will only do them for the Xbox, and the Playstation, as the Xbox version, will now be the PC version too, and they have everything to do with AMD, as its their GPUs that they are running on (as well as their CPUs).
The installation file obtained through this server uses the .xvc file format developed for the Xbox One but plays the normal game through PowerShell. The conclusion is obvious: The Xbox version of the Survival game is playing, not the PC version. Ergo, the games are emulated.