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As of lately if you've been keeping up to speed, Xbox is officially out of the Console-only space. The next Xbox is the PC-Hybrid like what the Steam Machine tried to be. The current rumor is that the hybrid system is going to be $1200.
Naturally I have a few opinions still remembering what I needed to do to transition from Console to PC around 2014.
To me, $1200 actually makes sense for a few reasons. The entry level PC scene is right around that ballpark with a decent CPU (usually an i7) and the 60 series RTX cards of whatever generation. But past the price to performance we need to really look at who this product is for. I believe that this Hybrid system is for the console player looking to move into the PC scene, while looking to get a more streamlined experience. Imagine that being on a PC Out of box you aren't immediately playing, you have to download your launcher, download your drivers for your PC internals and your peripherals then update your Windows OS. Then after all that is said and done you have to wait another good chunk of hours downloading a game you want to play. This on average would normally take out a good 3-4 hours for someone doing this first time. With the ROG Xbox Ally release and the redo of Game Bar/Full Screen Experience. This is almost like a sneak peak at what the next Xbox "Experience" is going to be.
This is arguably the better move Xbox could make for themselves. This will however have a negative ripple in the console space. Xbox has its eyes elsewhere and it's not strictly the console market anymore. Lack of competition is essentially going to cause Sony and Nintendo to have no competition in their respective spaces at this point and both of those companies are in a state of "Fuck you, you'll buy it anyway." (Although current rumor is that Playstation is making a portable to fight against Nintendo Next Gen). But the statement still is the same. Now we're hitting the next era of console gaming is going and it's going to not be what you are playing, it's going to be how you're playing.
In the focus of Xbox I think that what will happen is that Xbox is going to be in the ballpark of the prebuilt PC market. It has the opportunity and potential for people looking to transition to PC with as little risk as possible to start. I've always been on the opinion that Windows is the worst out of box experience period, but Full Screen Experience is a step in the right direction. I would also hope with this direction that games should be more optimized for the lower end with a proper standard and Xbox would set that standard. We also know that Xbox as a brand is in the market to try and work on proper preservation of their previous library so it would not surprise me if Xbox decided to work on an in house emulation setup to play Xbox - Xbox Series Physical games on PC. I also believe that with the whole quote of Xbox saying their competitor is more TikTok and social media, they want people on their hardware as their main entertainment so it would make sense that if you feel you have maximized your customer base that your main thing should be to keep people on your systems.
In terms of peripherals I believe that there would be no reason to make a new controller outside an update in parts. There should be no rush to make a new controller when you can buy a 3rd party everything to get it running. It is a PC at it's heart after all. A lot of people are discrediting this move that they can just buy a prebuilt or build your own for $1200 and you're right, you can, you always could have and that's not a new talking point. People have been doing that for years.
I will say that my core belief is that this is the end of Xbox as a Console and the beginning of Xbox as a PC. Personally, I'd say it's about time.
Naturally I have a few opinions still remembering what I needed to do to transition from Console to PC around 2014.
To me, $1200 actually makes sense for a few reasons. The entry level PC scene is right around that ballpark with a decent CPU (usually an i7) and the 60 series RTX cards of whatever generation. But past the price to performance we need to really look at who this product is for. I believe that this Hybrid system is for the console player looking to move into the PC scene, while looking to get a more streamlined experience. Imagine that being on a PC Out of box you aren't immediately playing, you have to download your launcher, download your drivers for your PC internals and your peripherals then update your Windows OS. Then after all that is said and done you have to wait another good chunk of hours downloading a game you want to play. This on average would normally take out a good 3-4 hours for someone doing this first time. With the ROG Xbox Ally release and the redo of Game Bar/Full Screen Experience. This is almost like a sneak peak at what the next Xbox "Experience" is going to be.
This is arguably the better move Xbox could make for themselves. This will however have a negative ripple in the console space. Xbox has its eyes elsewhere and it's not strictly the console market anymore. Lack of competition is essentially going to cause Sony and Nintendo to have no competition in their respective spaces at this point and both of those companies are in a state of "Fuck you, you'll buy it anyway." (Although current rumor is that Playstation is making a portable to fight against Nintendo Next Gen). But the statement still is the same. Now we're hitting the next era of console gaming is going and it's going to not be what you are playing, it's going to be how you're playing.
In the focus of Xbox I think that what will happen is that Xbox is going to be in the ballpark of the prebuilt PC market. It has the opportunity and potential for people looking to transition to PC with as little risk as possible to start. I've always been on the opinion that Windows is the worst out of box experience period, but Full Screen Experience is a step in the right direction. I would also hope with this direction that games should be more optimized for the lower end with a proper standard and Xbox would set that standard. We also know that Xbox as a brand is in the market to try and work on proper preservation of their previous library so it would not surprise me if Xbox decided to work on an in house emulation setup to play Xbox - Xbox Series Physical games on PC. I also believe that with the whole quote of Xbox saying their competitor is more TikTok and social media, they want people on their hardware as their main entertainment so it would make sense that if you feel you have maximized your customer base that your main thing should be to keep people on your systems.
In terms of peripherals I believe that there would be no reason to make a new controller outside an update in parts. There should be no rush to make a new controller when you can buy a 3rd party everything to get it running. It is a PC at it's heart after all. A lot of people are discrediting this move that they can just buy a prebuilt or build your own for $1200 and you're right, you can, you always could have and that's not a new talking point. People have been doing that for years.
I will say that my core belief is that this is the end of Xbox as a Console and the beginning of Xbox as a PC. Personally, I'd say it's about time.
this whole thing with this company is just a horror story now, really. But okay, there are plenty of better gaming PC alternatives than Microsoft products.
