Comment on Xbox as a platform is officially dead
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Saying this is the death of the platform is stupid. Worst case, it’s at least better than current Xbox, which doesn’t have the option to play PC games. Yeah, it’s going to have all of M$'s spywhere and AI slop, but so would any MS device. I’m not buying this crap, but if you already wanted an Xbox then this is an improvement. Yeah, you’re better off with a PC, especially one running Linux. This has been the case for decades, yet the consoles still sell.
64bithero@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Death of the “platform” as in dedicated hardware designed purely to play games.
Going forward “Xbox” games will just be Windows games.
So yes by my definition, it’s dead as dead as Elvis …
Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Isn’t the whole point, since the Xbox One, that they didn’t want it to just play games? We don’t consider it dead just because it does more stuff. I guess you can have whatever definition you want for your personal view, but I don’t really think anyone else would agree with it. It’s still going to be a Microsoft controlled platform that’s typically in the living room on a TV. Most people would say it’s dead when they stop having a device in the living room, not when that device gets extra features.