Xbox One can run Windows 8.1's new universal apps

Reading the responses below... it's pretty obvious Generation Glee is setting all sorts of records for stupid. It's amazing that you Glee'ers can be raised with all this technology around you and not have a clue about the simplest things.

Anywho this is very cool and means the XB1 could one day have an app store with a selection that you're used to seeing on phones and tablets. That is very promising.

You know, I'm quite tired of hearing people complain about the Xbox and rant about how much better the PS4 is. It's like the whole iPhone vs Android debate. In my opinion you're comparing apples and oranges at this point. Microsoft and Sony clearly have different goals in mind. The hardcore gamer that just wants to use their console for games may prefer the PS4 but don't ignore the fact that some of us like to use our consoles for more than just gaming.

There is a point for SOME apps on the Xbox One. Yes I'm not going to want to mess with Spreadsheets on my TV but I might want to share a screenshot/video of my melting someone's face on Facebook, Twitter, Vine, etc. I might want to get messages from Facebook, HangOut, or even (gasp) SMS on my Xbox while I am as mentioned... melting face. Apps allow for a whole lot of use cases beyond what we have seen now. If you that use case does not work for you just uninstall it. Let other people that would enjoy it enjoy it.

That said the whole point of the Universal App is to give developers more options. Back in the day it was really expensive to try to write something for everything (my hat goes off to Netflix and Facebook). For this reason developers have to pick and choose. Sadly this means Windows 8 and Windows Phone by themselves fall way down on the totem poll. This is why these platforms currently suck. Microsoft is suffering from a chicken or egg problem. The platform is was new so there were no apps. Because there were no apps the platform sucks. Developers won't write apps for a platform that sucks. So what do you do? Microsoft is doing whatever they can to get developers to write apps. More apps mean less suckage in this case for everything.

Microsoft is a for profit company. They don't just make shit for your own health. I for one want to see them succeed. If they don't take steps like this eventually they're going to go away.

Does this mean we'll be able to load and run PC games on our XB1 now? What about Steam & Origin apps. If they are Win 8.1 compatible on a PC, won't they be compatible on the XB1 as well?

It needs to be noted that just because an app CAN run on the Xbox One doesn't mean that Microsoft will certify it to. I've seen wild speculation about things like emulators running on the XBone and that simply isn't going to happen.

So it's basically Microsoft's version of Sony's SDK for their PS3/PS4/Vita/Mobile? Congratulations on finally incorporating something that should've been added years ago I guess...

Sweet so now i can track my MS Project files at home using Kinect..... Normally don't post negative stuff about systems i don't personally own but this one just needed a sarcastic comment.

I may lack imagination but i do not see how this is a positive or anything useful.

but can it run on ps4 ???1!!!!! checkmate, atheists

Why did Steeve Jobs have to curse the world with apps before he died?

But one thing all of us need to agree with... microsoft released xbox 360 and the problems started happening, now with the x1 they face kind of the same problem, of corse it dosen't compare to 3rl from xbox 360....

Isn't that why they are called Universal apps

It'll probably be similar to how the current apps work. You install them for free, but pay for the service behind them.

Pay???? GO TO HELL MTHF.... We alredy pay 2300 reais = 920 dolars plus we have to face the fact that the f*** console isn't runing games in 1080p plus we have to pay to get anything in that s***, now they will charge for windows 8?

"Xbox One can run Windows"

How about 1080p?