Just different ways to skin a cat, can see this new way working just as well.
about profits, if Microsoft are making money from games on pc store will it allow them to make xbox more powerful and no longer care if they lose 100s on each unit sold?
this will changes peoples mind about just creating a pc to play xbox games ....
in time we shall see, i just think this could really work and change console gaming forever
I think you've missed the point. MS want you to play games and movies, and music etc all purchased from their own store, buy from their store on any of their UWP devices and its profits to them, and why would they want to build a powerful machine at a loss to make profits they can make from UWP devices that they might not even had to build anyhow?
Windows 10 powered mobile devices, including laptops, desktop gaming machines and even a games console that isn't as powerful as a high end laptop or desktop gaming PC can and will be used to purchase MS and third party content from their store. I fail to see where they can make any more ground then 200 + million Windows 10 devices around the world.
You look at it, in terms of numbers MS has it well in the bag anyhow, if only 1% of those 200 million Windows 10 users buy Forza 7 then that is 2 million sales before even thinking about the console market.
And Windows 10 is not an OS that is currently being heavily used by larger businesses, many are still using windows 7 /8/8.1.
you combine Windows 10 store, with xbox store, the number of consumers you reach far outreaches those of PSN, and if Sony were to publish say UC4 on Steam or even Windows 10 store, then this eats into their ECO system and profits and weakens the only platform you could have played UC4 on.
MS are in a much better position to allow their first party games on Windows 10, as they get a better return on sales of software via their own platform then others.
If Sony has by the end of the year 80 million PS4's (more like 60 million end of this year) out there and sells say UC4 to just 1% this is just under 1 million copies (800K) , but without having to pay others to distribute their game, other then physical media, PSN sale is pure profit to Sony. 2% sales to all PS4 owners and things get interesting.
Now you see why MS want to push UWP, it increases the number of buyers for say Forza despite the current X1 console performing badly against its main rival.
Sony has no interesting in offering their games on Windows 10 or even Steam to dampen potential sales from PSN. And with the commanding lead Sony has in the console space, they have no need to do so.
Like it or not, you want to play Zelda or UC4, you need a console to do so, you want to now play Forza, you need either a console or PC. Either way, MS doesn't care if you use the xbox store, physical xbox media or Windows 10 store to obtain it, long as you have the game and purchase DLC from their own store, its all good to them.
