Comment on Xbox: "Price Increases Are Never Fun For Anybody"

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NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

The merging of xbox and windows is actually a REALLY REALLY good idea.

But I think it is less about being enthusiastic about R&D and more about… consoles are increasingly just computers. And mostly the R&D boils down to asking AMD (because Jensen is too busy burning benjies to soften his latest jacket) what APU they have in the pipes. And I would be shocked if the PS7 generation isn’t basically “here is a NUC with egpu support and a nice plastic case”… assuming we still have home computing then (that is a different and much darker conversation).

So it really does make perfect sense for MS to try and merge their Windows and XBOX OSes and, were they in a better position, I could see basically “just” selling Steam Machine style HTPCs as early as 2027.

Whereas Sony and Nintendo kind of ARE stuck still making actual consoles. Maybe Sony could bundle “Playstation” streaming and even light local gaming into a Bravia TV but… why would they?

But yeah. I will be amazed if the XBOX Brand/division exists (meaningfully) by as early as 2029.

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