Rumor: Windows 8 will allow for Xbox 360 games to be played on PC's

[wirednuts]

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.

 

[Sureshot324]

Why would they have to emulate it. If the API's exist in windows 8, it just becomes another compiler target. Sure that means only new games could do it, but why not?

It could support old games as well by downloading a new exe and using all the resources on the disk like textures, sounds, etc..

Some more info:

http://www.insideris.com/more-xbox-360-games-on-windows-8-details/

It will have a subscription fee, and at least at first, pc users won't be able to play against xbox users.

 

[PrayForDeath]

To those saying it takes a ton of horse power to emulate Xbox/PS, what makes you think it's gonna be emulated in software? This isn't a group of hackers trying to crack an OS, it's Microsoft, and it's safe to assume they will know how to port their own OS to the PC and make it run efficiently.

 

[Mr. President]

To those saying it takes a ton of horse power to emulate Xbox/PS, what makes you think it's gonna be emulated in software? This isn't a group of hackers trying to crack an OS, it's Microsoft, and it's safe to assume they will know how to port their own OS to the PC and make it run efficiently.

I'm not sure what you mean by emulated in software.

Either way, it's not just about the software. You can't emulate a high bandwidth system on a lower bandwidth system just by porting the OS. And, even if they did port the OS, it still wouldn't solve the DirectX overhead that they have been trying to lower for the past two revisions of DirectX.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

I'll believe it when I see it officially announced by Microsoft, seems like a pretty unlikely rumor at this point. Logistically, the wide range of PC hardware configs out there makes it tougher to create a game specifically for the PC in the first place. If it does happen, I can see it only being for a certain number of games, probably some first party stuff like the Gears franchise.

 

[BoberFett]

To those saying it takes a ton of horse power to emulate Xbox/PS, what makes you think it's gonna be emulated in software? This isn't a group of hackers trying to crack an OS, it's Microsoft, and it's safe to assume they will know how to port their own OS to the PC and make it run efficiently.

It's comforting to see all the gamer n00bs telling us software development veterans that we don't know what we're talking about.

 

[Oceandevi]

They could just make the next xbox a windows gaming pc. hint hint

 

[purbeast0]

They could just make the next xbox a windows gaming pc. hint hint

this isn't about the next xbox, this is about xbox360.

 

[wirednuts]

this isn't about the next xbox, this is about xbox360.

exactly why i dont see it happening. why? ok, so they do it. do they really sell that many more win8 copies? what happens to xbox then? does it get even lower profits?

if they wanted to make xbox and pc games interchangeable, i just think it would be WAY easier and more profitable to make the xbox 3 a windows gaming pc essentially. it would drastically make everything easier imo, as most people are using their xbox's for netflix and other htpc activities now anyway. its almost like the xbox went from a gaming system to a gaming desktop that can run htpc apps, and the final step is to just make an affordable gaming htpc and be done with it.

 

[Sulaco]

it would drastically make everything easier imo, as most people are using their xbox's for netflix and other htpc activities now anyway. its almost like the xbox went from a gaming system to a gaming desktop that can run htpc apps, and the final step is to just make an affordable gaming htpc and be done with it.

Who are these "most people"? Where are you getting this from? And please, no anecdotal "Well, I know three people with an Xbox and they all.." stuff.

According to most all sales charts I've seen, the 360 has by far the best software attachment rate of the three home consoles, and the 360 version of multiplatform games are consistently in the Top 10 sellers every month. Meaning, it seems, most people are using it for gaming.

 

[Sureshot324]

To those saying it takes a ton of horse power to emulate Xbox/PS, what makes you think it's gonna be emulated in software? This isn't a group of hackers trying to crack an OS, it's Microsoft, and it's safe to assume they will know how to port their own OS to the PC and make it run efficiently.

If the 360 was using an x86 cpu that would be true. They could make something similar to wine, which allows Windows programs to run on Linux by translating all the Windows API calls to Linux ones. The 360 uses the powerpc architecture though, so it would have to be emulated.

 

[Mr. President]

I just saw this article.

It just sounds like they're incorporating an OnLive type of streaming service and the gaming media (being its usual self) completely misinterpreting the whole damn thing. Shocking, isn't it?

 

[chalmers]

Oh God, I hope this is fake. If PC users can get on Live with mice and keyboards, I'm done with XBox. Nothing against PC players, and I hate to seem apocolyptical, but this would completely ruin Live.

lmao @ this. So basically you don't want the superior controls and players to come in and destroy you?

 

[RedRooster]

lmao @ this. So basically you don't want the superior controls and players to come in and destroy you?

Pretty much, yes.

 

[chalmers]

Pretty much, yes.

At least you admit it, now to work on the rest of the COD control pad noobs who think they have real FPS skill.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

lmao @ this. So basically you don't want the superior controls and players to come in and destroy you?

Well yeah, he wasn't caving on some implied argument that the two control styles are equal...

 

[purbeast0]

At least you admit it, now to work on the rest of the COD control pad noobs who think they have real FPS skill.

admit what?

it's a fact that you have more precision with a mouse to aim than analog sticks.

way to try and troll the thread though.

 

[Sureshot324]

At least you admit it, now to work on the rest of the COD control pad noobs who think they have real FPS skill.

lolwut? How does mouse/keyboard players beating gamepad players mean mouse/keyboard takes more skill? By that logic, aimbotting takes more skill because aimbotters beat non-aimbotters, which obviously means an aimbot is a superior method of control.

 

[BoberFett]

Let chalmers have his pretend victory. He's been devastated since he realized that the joystick on an Xbox controller is bigger than his penis.

 

[chalmers]

lolwut? How does mouse/keyboard players beating gamepad players mean mouse/keyboard takes more skill? By that logic, aimbotting takes more skill because aimbotters beat non-aimbotters, which obviously means an aimbot is a superior method of control.

If you really need the answer to that question, then you're too far beyond gone to get help.

Proclaiming or believing that you're skilled at control pad FPS's is about the same as winning a race of all Geo Metros. Congratufuckinglations.

 

[chalmers]

Let chalmers have his pretend victory. He's been devastated since he realized that the joystick on an Xbox controller is bigger than his penis.

It's 3x as big, no worries.

 

[Stuxnet]

If you really need the answer to that question, then you're too far beyond gone to get help.

Proclaiming or believing that you're skilled at control pad FPS's is about the same as winning a race of all Geo Metros. Congratufuckinglations.

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