Microsoft To Unify PC and Xbox One Platforms (theguardian.com)

New submitter Serzen writes: According to The Guardian, Microsoft is planning to end fixed console hardware for the Xbox One as a move towards one ecosystem running Unified Windows Applications. The head of the company's Xbox division, Phil Spencer, said that the Universal Windows Platform would be central to the company's gaming strategy. "That is our focus going forward," he told reporters. "Building out a complete gaming ecosystem for Universal Windows Applications." What this could mean is that the Xbox One becomes more like a PC, with Microsoft releasing updated versions at regular intervals with more powerful processors and graphics hardware. In theory, because games will be written as UWAs, older titles will remain compatible with the new machines.

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So the future xboxes will come with PC problems

[Torp]

... like, for example, graphical artefacts on xboxes released in march-november 2018, and crashes on xboxes from the second half of 2017. But the game runs just fine on consoles from 2019, you just need to upgrade!

Re:Then why get a console?

[DigiShaman]

It's the UI. Lots of empty field space, small text, borders not clearly defined with adjacent fields of similar color, and over all scream "you need a bigger monitor". Windows 10 makes my usage experience equivalent go going back to the days of 800x600 (SVGA) in terms of actual productivity.