Possible Xbox One Hardware Upgrade in the Pipeline, Says Phil Spencer

@kazeswen: well I guess they won't be buying Crackdown..so sad..

@mikemurphy80: Your logic makes no sense, because the PC will always be the better alternative given your idea of 2-3 year upgrade cycle. Why, would I even bother payng MS for more expensive games and paying MS for their overpriced upgrades, when I can do it myself and pay less on games.

@BLiTZ_156: "-The player base is much larger on consoles compared to PC."

Console Peasant myth

The XB1 and PS4 have a combined global sales of around 57 million units sold.

Steam alone has 125 million active accounts. Even if you say every real person on steam has two accounts (not likely) and cut that number in half it still outnumbers console sales of XB1/PS4 combined. And steam isn't the only way to game on PC.

-Majority of games (mainly from big devs) are made for consoles then sometimes later moved to PC.

Another console peasant myth. Vast majority of AAA releases launch on the consoles and PC at the same time. Aside from the small handful of games that are exclusive to a particular console most major releases hit all platforms at or near the same time.

-PC has a plethora of active hackers.

This can be true, but is highly game dependent. Consoles aren't immune to this either though before you start getting all high and mighty on anyone.

@BLiTZ_156: It's hard to believe that one person could create a post filled with such ridiculous amounts of misinformation. There are no facts or statistics to back up any of your assertions, and I plan to address them now:

-PC gaming is not expensive. I play all of my games on a laptop that I bought 4 years ago for $800, and I see no reason to replace my computer anytime in the near future. In comparison, Xbox One started out at $500, and Playstation 4 at $400. You most likely need to have a computer to go about your daily life anyway (i.e, you will probably be spending at least $300 to get one), so it's hard to argue that PC gaming is any more expensive than console gaming is. Plus, it's an undeniable fact that PC games are far cheaper than console games, so I would argue that PC gaming is actually much cheaper in the long run.

-Where is your information showing that most PC games are ports? Even if your statement were true (which it's not), the fact remains that we still get them, while console players still have to deal with not playing certain games because of console exclusives (unless you own all three consoles, which would completely nullify your cheaper cost argument.) It's better to get a port of a game than no game at all, which is what console players constantly have to deal with. Furthermore, even if a game is a port, why is that bad? It's the PC version of games that tends to be the best one!

-Where the hell did you get your statistics showing that console players outnumber PC players? Steam alone has over 125 million active users, which is more than the combined number of Xbox Ones, Playstation 4's, and Wii U's sold worldwide.

-Since when did hackers ever become a bad thing? If anything, it has made PC gaming that much better because of all the user created mods and patches. Mods are a wonderful thing, and only PC players can take advantage of them.

Feel free to have your own opinions about what you like best, but please keep your ignorant misinformation to yourself.

@BLiTZ_156: Yeah, but if I'm expected to spend more money upgrading an console like XB1 which really have no exclusives that are not already on PC, why would I wanna even bother getting an XB1.

The only exclusives that are not on PC, are from Sony, so I might as well get a PS4 and just play any game that are cross-plat on PC, it's a lot cheaper.

As for player base, most nowadays have consolidated base between console and PC, but even it didn't I can play the PS4 version. Why would I get an XB1 when it has to be upgraded for a decent experience.

I much rather just upgrade my PC instead, at least that way I spend less on games.