Just for perspective... (Gaming)

by cheapLEY , Thursday, March 17, 2016, 01:28 (3180 days ago) @ narcogen

Right. That is very likely the other half of MS' current UWP strategy. Still, given that prices on the PC side tend to be the same or lower, I'm guessing MS is going to continue to get less from PC gamers than from Xbox owners. It would not surprise me if it were really the plan, either by the company or just among select individuals inside it, to continue to treat the PC as a gateway to the Xbox, which is weird, because the most vocal and devoted of PC gamers would view that as a step down.

It's a fundamental misunderstanding of their audience on all counts, it seems. PC gamers, in the hardcore sense, would probably never buy a game on Xbox that's available on PC, for obvious reasons.

On the other hand, people that own an Xbox would probably buy the game on Xbox, otherwise why even own one?

UWP sounds great on paper (just as far as making one version that's easily compatible with all Windows-based machines), but I'm honestly not sure who it's for.