i wouldnt put it past microsoft to find a way to do it, but why would they? if anything i would think they would just make a new console that runs dx12 and have dx12 exclusive to win8, and basically make all the new console games nothing more then pc games.. but sell them as interchangeable across the two systems. i think it was cool they designed the 360 in very specific ways that makes it a killer gaming system, but does the end result look that much better then a gaming computer? not at all, usually worse.