Xbox One

**ricky24** · 03-01-2016, 12:29 PM

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Phil Spencer signals Xbox One hardware upgrades

http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/1/11121666/xbox-one-hardware-upgrades-phil-spencer-microsoft

Xbox chief drops extraordinary hints about console's future 'innovation'

Interesting. Can't imagine how this would work though.

**mestevo** · 03-01-2016, 12:48 PM

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I was kinda advocating for some of that in the TV thread. Would be neat if every other year - or whatever pace I see fit - I can upgrade my console incrementally. Though I was looking for more general functional upgrades.

The key is how much is divides the platform and how elegantly that's handled.

Hard to see moving to that without advancing the generation first, launching hardware made for that purpose.

**ubernoob** · 03-01-2016, 01:38 PM

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Makes no sense. Just dividing their market share even more (see why games now are still for the 3DS, not new 3DS.)

Otherwise, they are legitimately saying "hey, you're better off just getting a PC you should do that instead but if you want to waste your money here you go."

**ricky24** · 03-01-2016, 01:52 PM

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I like the idea. I'm just literally not even sure how it would work. Would I send my One into them to upgrade it? Go sit at Best Buy for 2 hours while geek squad upgrades it?

I don't see how it divides their market share anymore than now. Plenty of people still play on 360. I would be perfectly fine with upgrading my console for a couple hundred bucks instead of buying a brand new one. As long as some sort of warranty kicks in with the upgrade.

**mestevo** · 03-01-2016, 01:57 PM

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You'd likely just connect another box of some sort to it, and games would have an icon, color or symbol to them indicating which revision they're compatible with.

Branding is the easy part, it's the economies of scale of this kind of approach (cost of upgrades, willingness to subsidize, incentives for doing so) and development implications (mitigated by the universal platform maybe?).

**NYGiants4Natic** · 03-01-2016, 02:34 PM

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This is basically MS ending console gaming on xbox one which I see Sony doing as well.

The current xbox one will continue to be the box you roll with but they will sell a hardware piece that will have better specs that attaches to the current xbox one at an extra cost of course. Does that do not wish to drop down more money will continue to enjoy current xbox one games at its current specs and those that want better specs will opt to buy the external piece which MS will continue to produce like buying a new graphics card every couple of years

most likely the xbox one slim will be the last hardware box we get.

**Gotmadskillzson** · 03-01-2016, 03:25 PM

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Xbox is moving in the direction Sega did decades ago. They might as well just come out with a subscription based Xbox channel deal with cable providers and use the Windows 10 store for PC gamers.

In a way it reminds me of the 1990s when Sega had the Sega CD and the 32X adapter.

**Sandman42** · 03-01-2016, 03:56 PM

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Originally posted by ubernoob

Makes no sense. Just dividing their market share even more (see why games now are still for the 3DS, not new 3DS.)

Otherwise, they are legitimately saying "hey, you're better off just getting a PC you should do that instead but if you want to waste your money here you go."

I don't think they'll be dividing the market based on games, performance will likely be a factor though. I see all games working, but if you have the newest hardware revision you can run new games on "Ultra" settings, but if you have the original One then you can only run it at "Medium".

Interested to see how they plan to do this. I definitely see it as a separate standalone hardware though, not some device you can connect your original One to and get the upgrade.

**mestevo** · 03-01-2016, 03:56 PM

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Originally posted by Gotmadskillzson

Xbox is moving in the direction Sega did decades ago. They might as well just come out with a subscription based Xbox channel deal with cable providers and use the Windows 10 store for PC gamers.

In a way it reminds me of the 1990s when Sega had the Sega CD and the 32X adapter.

The Genesis was one of the best consoles ever produced, it was the Dreamcast put them in too deep a hole and led them to abandon hardware.

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**Hooe** · 03-01-2016, 04:15 PM

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Does this mean I'll get to play Madden on PC just by virtue of MSFT creating this bridging infrastructure? Or is it something developers have to manually support?

Seriously, Madden one of two games continuing to tie me to consoles as opposed to just going all-out on a gaming PC.

**Sandman42** · 03-01-2016, 04:20 PM

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Originally posted by CM Hooe

Does this mean I'll get to play Madden on PC just by virtue of MSFT creating this bridging infrastructure? Or is it something developers have to manually support?

Seriously, Madden one of two games continuing to tie me to consoles as opposed to just going all-out on a gaming PC.

That would be up to EA. The only Xbox games Microsoft is putting up on the Windows 10 store are first party games.

EA already has had a chance to put Madden on Origin, but they haven't so I don't see it coming to the PC in the near future.

**NYGiants4Natic** · 03-01-2016, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by CM Hooe

Does this mean I'll get to play Madden on PC just by virtue of MSFT creating this bridging infrastructure? Or is it something developers have to manually support?

Seriously, Madden one of two games continuing to tie me to consoles as opposed to just going all-out on a gaming PC.

Highly doubt that Madden will be on PC. It will be a game you can play on default xbox one and future xbox one with external spec upgrade.

This just means that all MS games will be on windows and xbox one and xbox one updated specs

I personally would buy the upgrades specs and be happy with my xbox one 1.5...LOL

**Gotmadskillzson** · 03-01-2016, 04:37 PM

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If EA put their entire sports line up on Origin, Origin would be doing so much better. I long for the day I can play Madden on PC with maxed out specs. As it stands now I play NBA 2K and FIFA on PC because it simply looks way better. But if I could play Madden, NBA Live, NHL on PC too, that would be awesome. You would see Origin usage sky rocket.

**mgoblue** · 03-01-2016, 05:03 PM

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Originally posted by Gotmadskillzson

If EA put their entire sports line up on Origin, Origin would be doing so much better. I long for the day I can play Madden on PC with maxed out specs. As it stands now I play NBA 2K and FIFA on PC because it simply looks way better. But if I could play Madden, NBA Live, NHL on PC too, that would be awesome. You would see Origin usage sky rocket.

They'd get some sales, but I don't think the PC sales warrant them making a PC version....if their stats told them they'd make a lot of money they'd do it....

This is why EA doesn't make a baseball game, just doesn't make enough cash.

**sbauer318** · 03-01-2016, 05:16 PM

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I wonder how difficult it would be to port Madden over to PC. They port FIFA and that uses the same base engine as Madden. Is there a licensing issue here? More platforms means higher license fees? With EA Access on Origin EA might be interested in it if it means more subscribers. Just don't know how much it would cost them to do it.

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