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I'd like to see Microsoft turn the xbox into a new MSX. Define a min spec, provide the OS and infrastructure, and let others build them.
by xgkickt 2y ago
I'd like to see Microsoft turn the xbox into a new MSX. Define a min spec, provide the OS and infrastructure, and let others build them.
- Narishma 2y agoWhat would they get out of it?
- xgkickt 2y agoI don't know, get out of retail hardware and potentially increase market share by allowing manufacturers to tailor devices to their respective markets? I'd just like to see more variety tbh (look at the plethora of handheld PCs), brought with a heavy dose of nostalgia for the home computer days.
- Narishma 2y agoSee my reply to the other post.
- glimshe 2y agoThe "OS and infrastructure", alongside whatever certification program to call it a "XSX", would require the use of Microsoft's XBOX game store. Microsoft would make a cut on any sales plus their own first party titles.
- Narishma 2y agoSo basically the Steam Machines or the 3DO concepts. We know they don't work for the manufacturers because they can't be priced competitively against regular consoles that can subsidize hardware with game sales.
- toast0 2y agoMaybe it could work if you're a registered XSX manufacturer, you get a cut of game sales. Since it'd probably be a digital only system, it's possible to administer in a way that the 3DO couldn't. AFAIK, Valve didn't do this for Steam Machines.
- internet101010 2y agoIf anything they will build a competitor to Steam Deck and Switch.
- nebula8804 2y agoThat was the original business plan but no one wanted to do it at the time:https://youtu.be/yT_i6hXf9WU&t=275 https://youtu.be/yT_i6hXf9WU&t=275
- dTal 2y agoThat exists, it's called a Windows PC...
- xgkickt 2y agoWithout the meddling of other divisions.