Microsoft to Talk About Things "Beyond" Xbox One and Windows 10 Soon

Sure the next step is Xbox just becoming a gaming OS for PC. M$ just can't do hardware properly!!

Just tell us when Xbox Live will try to forcibly assimilate the Windows 10 gamers.

PS4.5 Versus Xbox 1.5...FIGHT!!!

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There's a lot of direction you can go with upgradable Xbox's without having to throw screw drivers into the mix. That was sort of a misdirection by Phil, to not expect a "PC as we know it." N64 once included a RAM upgrade module which essentially was incased into a cartridge. I can see having a spot for maybe two SODIMM modules accessible, via, some access panel of the Xbox, or perhaps keep everything integrated, such as it is now, but include a Thunderbolt port on each Xbox console, so that if someone wants a better gaming experience, they simply buy a discrete GPU and plug it into the box. Lots of direction they can go with this. Also, HBM memory will allow for graphics cards to get much, much smaller and less power consuming, and, so something like this becomes doubly possible, without being space invasive. Look at AMD's Nano cards, which are just as powerful as the larger Fury cards. Think of your external 3.5 Inch 2TB HDD you have plugged into your Xbox's USB3.0 port and imagine that being a graphics card in a case...that's essentially how it works. Either way, you can either keep buying pre-made console boxes that are no different than an Alienware Alpha, or build your own PC. From there, you fire up your Windows 10 Xbox App and now Xbox is a software service name, not the name of your box, per say. This is already how it is on PC.

Let me guess....it's about the magic cloud!

What future? A few more rehashed IPs as the brand falls into deeper irrelevance as NX and VR takes over and MS moves to PC. Oh I know, maybe Phil will make a few more Twitter posts as a way to keep his head above water.

As long as they don't announce any ".5" bullcrap, we'll be alright.

windows 10 is trash

Oh boy I can't wait to see what disaster is in store for the PC next. Windows 10 is bad enough.

beyond is prolly the best thing at this point. to infinity and beyond!!!

Don't get me wrong, but if M$ keep talking about Windows 10 along the same line as Xbox One, then I cannot see the X1 remaining relevant in the mind of gamers for very long. If M$ is eventually going to bring all the Xbox exclusives over to PC, then it makes absolutely ZERO sense to buy the ONE justifying the purchase of PS4 even more. So I totally do NOT approve of M$'s jingle with Windows 10 at the moment. Keep the two products apart for God sake !

Only Eddie can turn a single sentence into 10 paragraphs filled to the brim with links to every article he's ever written.

Well IF Sony's NEO rumours are correct and Phil Spencer was only suggesting the idea a few weeks ago, my guess is that it will have made Xbox's sphincters clamp shut.

My guess is if they weren't planning on doing some overclocking in the slim version before, they sure as hell will be now. Bit hard to talk about something by name when you have had to throw together plans under pressure at the last minute before E3. Very likely.

As for everything else I kind of feel like this gen has been pretty lackluster. Any improvements on that will be welcomed.

"USP" (Universal Sony Platform) games? That is essential what is being proposed. The main different being:

Sony (allegedly) plans to go from point A (low performance, static h/w configuration) to point B (higher performance, static h/w). Microsoft tried to take QB from point A (low perf., static h/w) to points B-Z (wide spectrum of performance, a myriad of h/w configurations).

pull the plug on this too

They need some new IPs and Japanese support. Relying on first party and multiplats can only take you so far.

E3 can't come quick enough.

and beyond all the crap