Microsoft Is Planning to run XBox One games on your Windows PC

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/28/2019 09:46 AM | source: computerbase | 74 comment(s)

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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gopher04
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#5644852 Posted on: 02/28/2019 01:45 PM

More shit on a already over cluttered pile of crap.. :mad:

airbud7
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#5644853 Posted on: 02/28/2019 01:46 PM

I can see all the COD kids crying when us kb/m users pawn there azz.

rm082e
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#5644861 Posted on: 02/28/2019 02:07 PM

I picked up Gears of War 4 recently and I was pleased to see it ran flawlessly on my SLI machine. Everything worked as I expected with afterburner, solid frame rate, etc. If this is the new norm, I'd rather just have the native PC versions.

But that assumes they have exclusive games I want to play. So far, that's been the biggest roadblock.

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#5644868 Posted on: 02/28/2019 02:31 PM

is unclear if a joypad is required.

RzrTrek
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#5644870 Posted on: 02/28/2019 02:35 PM

I would never be satisfied with medium graphics in 720p with unstable fps. Also the lack of control options, graphics settings and locked FOV would make me flip the hell out.

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