Intro
We’re only two years into the current console generation, and while the war is far from over the first battle clearly has its victor: Sony. Right now it’s estimated that the PS4 is outselling the Xbox One by about a 2:1 margin. That’s a significant difference.
Microsoft knows it’s dragging behind in the popularity contest, which is perhaps what has led to a change in strategy. This week the company’s Xbox head Phil Spencer has been talking about plans for “hardware innovations”, separating out hardware and software platforms, and plans to further integrate the console into the “Unified Windows Platform”.
“You’ll actually see us come out with new hardware capability during a generation allowing the same games to run backward and forward compatible,” Spencer said. “Because we have a Universal Windows Application running on top of the Universal Windows Platform that allows us to focus more and more on hardware innovation without invalidating the games that run on that platform.”
It sounds like it’s Microsoft’s intention to treat a games console more like a different gadget: Your phone.
Phones and games consoles currently operate on radically different upgrade models. As all gamers know, consoles tend to last five or six years before being …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
Previous post
Next post