[Upcoming XBOX concept] Windows XBOX platform?

FuturDreamz · 25 Nov 2011

I would've posted this on the eight forums but my threads there always get ignored. Here it gets a chance of at least one post

Everyone familiar with the Windows Experience Index? Microsoft's intention was to make it somewhat easier to guess how powerful your system has to be in order to play a game. But what if you extended that to make Windows XBOX? Rumours have it that a later generation of the XBOX (maybe not the 720) will be based on Windows. But what if that means that this XBOX is simply running an XBOX edition of Windows (like Windows Home Premium or Windows Professional)? All it means is that a computer would simply have to meet minimum requirements to be Windows XBOX edition compatible, and then you can play XBOX games on it.

That also opens up another possibility: as time goes on, newer technologies come out that allow the latest sysatems to be much more powerful. Thus, Windows XBOX edition could come in tiers, with each level higher tier setting it's minimum requirements to take advantage of the latest generation technology available at the time.

here's how it would go:

Tier 1: minimum specifications that a computer manufacturer has to meet or exceed to allow their system to be XBOX Platform certified (the platform will simply not run if the minimums are not met. Tier 1 games are compatible with all XBOX platform certified systems.

Tier 2: is a higher standard of specifications. An XPC Tier 2 system will play all Tier 1 games, but can also play Tier 2 games that take advantage of the Tier 2 XPCS's superior capabilities. Tier 2 games are compatible with all systems Tier 2 and up.

Years later, microsoft can finalize the specifications for tier 3. Tier 3 systems take advantage of the latest technological developments to allow tier 3 games to be more complex and feature rich, while still supporting tier 1 and 2 games. repeat until infinity (or until future advances become incompatible with older tiers. Example: tier 7 is not compatible with anything below tier 5)

This also allows gaming enthusiasts to build and upgrade their own consoles, as long as they meet the tier requirements. for example: if someone has an upgradeable tier 1 console and tier 2 requires a more powerful graphics card, that person can simply replace his current graphics card instead of replacing the entire console.

Windows XBOX edition can come out with Tier 1 as a starter version for lightweight gaming, and Tier 2 can be for higher performance gaming. a year or so later, tier 3 comes out and is built upon the latest technology.

thoughts?

boogieboy · 29 Nov 2011

Well i really dont think Microsoft would make such thing that can be upgraded when it comes to console and they'll stick to the console tradition that is meant to be consoles otherwise there wont be a difference between Gaming PC's and Consoles and than there's no need for the XBOX console too if upgrading console hardware are involved. I personally love gaming on PC and i do own a XBOX 360 as well and i really enjoy playing it and the fun part is there's no hassle of upgrading involved related to CPU, GPU and RAM in the consoles except the HDD which is for one's own convenience according to their needs. Majority of the people like easy things and they want to have fun playing it while alone or with family and friends so they buy gaming consoles. If the next XBOX is based on windows it probably does'nt mean that it'll have and use the whole actual operating system on it but it'll use the same code to provide the support for the hardware :)