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All Future Forza Games Are Coming to PC and Xbox, Microsoft Confirms

Additionally, Turn 10 confirms Apex Edition will run at 60fps and at a resolution of up to 4K.

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This spring's Forza 6 Apex will be the first entry in the racing series to come to PC, but it won't be the last. Today at Microsoft's Build conference in San Francisco, the company aired a new Forza video in which Turn 10 creative director Dan Greenawalt says all future Forza games are coming to Xbox and PC.

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In the video, Greenawalt says Apex represents the "first step" in the Forza series shifting to Windows 10. It also aims to be a "proof point" of what developers can do using Microsoft's Universal Windows Platform, which allows studios to make games across all Windows 10 devices.

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"Moving forward, all of our games are going to be shipping on Windows 10 and Xbox," Greenawalt said. "The Universal Windows Platform is great for the game developers and gamers alike. It's going to become even more powerful as a way of delivering amazing experiences across all of the devices in the Windows ecosystem."

It's also confirmed in the video that Apex is capable of running at 60fps and at a resolution of 4K if your computer can manage it. This is the highest level of fidelity in the history of the Forza franchise.

Apex, a free-to-play version of Forza 6, is due out later this spring, though a release date has not been announced. Another Forza game has been announced and will be properly unveiled at E3 2016. This game's "cover car" is the Lamborghini Centenario, which isn't available in the real world yet.

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And the assimilation continues lol. Well, as long as MS doesn't try to turn PC gaming into a closed system, by all means go ahead and spread your franchises. But as long as that store is the way it is you won't be getting far.

If you are mainly a PC gamer and you want a console, the PS4 seems like the logical choice. Fck, even that upgraded PS4 "4K"(upscaled let's be real here) rumor is already another incentive. I'm looking at this generation of consoles and all i can say is:

"Everyone wants a gaming PC but, Nobody REALLY WANTS a gaming PC" hahaha

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@zerofrust: I'm a semi-PC gamer

Have the PS4 and it's an excellent choice

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@zerofrust: idk, imo the NX is the logical choice.

I would have preferred a Wii U this gen instead of an Xbox One. The PC shares so many games with the PS4 and Xbox One, that Nintendo platforms complement the PC the most with all its exclusives and more unique games and gameplay.

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@HalcyonScarlet: PS4 has over 20 exclusives (true exclusives) this year.

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@putaspongeon: And?. What's really funny is that there is far more console exclusives on the PS4 than there is on the XB1 xDD. But it's good to know being disingenuous from you always brings a laugh.

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@calamityo: How is that funny? That's sad for xbox one.

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@putaspongeon: I'll bet some of those are Indie games. I don't buy consoles for those, they're just icing on the cake for me. Actual true exclusives non 'Indie' and non 'console exclusives' are few and far between these days.

Some of these games are from developers or teams that haven't proved themselves in a long time. Guerilla Games don't make great games, Polyphony Digital hasn't stunned the world with a GT game in quite a while and seems to always be behind in what Turn 10 are up to, you could argue GT6 was good, but honestly it was just a refinement of GT5 which took a ton of time in itself to do and Team Ico hasn't released a game in over 10 years and has struggled with 'The Last Guardian'. Even Project Aces showed AC7, but they haven't delivered a good AC game since AC6 in 2007.

So being realistic, for me the Xbox One and PS4 haven't put enough worth on the table yet.

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@HalcyonScarlet: I could easily list 20 that aren't indie.

Guerilla Games do make great games, and they are getting help from fallout and witcher 3 people who made the bloody baron and either fallout 3 or new vegas. Also considering we've already seen a good amount of gameplay + Guerilla Games are masters of graphics as well so it'll not be reduced or something, yeahhhhhh.

That's because Gran Turismo aren't released 2 times a year like Forza is. Also you joking me? Gran Turismo on ps3 graphically compares to current forza games on the xbox one, turn 10 aren't that good of a dev.

"Ace Combat hasn't been good since the last main entry when the next game is a main entry"

You just seem horribly biased, I'll just list games off.

Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted 4, The Last Guardian, Gran Turismo Sport, Gravity Rush 2, Ni-Oh, Ratchet and Clank, The Tomorrow Children, Drawn to Death, Dreams, What Remains of Edith Finch, Nier Automata, Shadow of the Beast, Persona 5, World of Final Fantasy, Alienation, Matterfall, MLB The Show 16, Ace Combat 7, Detroit: Become Human, Hotshots Golf, Hunger, Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza 6, Without Memory, Wattam, etc etc

Honestly your blind fanboyism to xbox one or disregard for consoles is quite sad. E3 isn't even here yet with many studios not revealing what they're going to release yet like sucker punch and bend, and we already have ni no kuni 2, wild, deep down, fromsoft wanting to make a new ps4 game, etc etc.

I game more on pc but lol.

Well at least xbox one has final fantasy 15 or that'd be exclusive as well.

http://gematsu.com/exclusives/ps4

^ have fun with that

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@putaspongeon: Did, and it was a joke. More console exclusives than "true exclusives" that is a laugh in itself right there.

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@calamityo: Only two of those games aren't true exclusives, and those 2 games are coming to ps4/vita and ps4/ps3

"More console exclusives than true exclusives"

Prove me wrong, look up thosegames.

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@putaspongeon: Did, using the very source that you provided. And guess what, you must be colour blind to NOT notice that there is MORE console / platform exclusives than "true" exclusives. Talk about systematic denial. Sheesh. The PS3 has more "true" exclusives" than the PS4 does!. For example Tales of Berseria is now on PC. This gets better and better. Do I need a PS4 now for some JRPG love...nope.

PS: I'm including all the games listed on that site as that is what you're implying for "exclusives".

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@calamityo: There could be 2000 console exclusives, that doesn't matter however, that doesn't reduce the impressive amount of exclusives on the ps4 this year.

Xbox one has literally - true exclusives this year.

If you count xbox one console exvclusives, you just count the very impressive amount on the ps4, but ps4 has over 20 true exclusives.

The ones I listed are exclusive, others being console exclusive doesn't effect that at all.

Japanese rpgs that are exclusive that are coming? Persona 5, Ni-Oh, Ni no Kuni 2, Deep Down, Star Ocean Integrity and Faithlessness, etc etc

Current ones like bloodborne, disgaea 5, and the yakuza series make it even better.

The fact is that you're ignoring fact in favor of fanboyism.

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@putaspongeon: lol you're the only one showing fanboyism by taking this personally. I'm making balanced arguments based on these guys track records, you're making lists. I'm not interested in the Xbox One.

Guerilla Games are not great. They make average shooters at best.

You bring up graphics, but I'm just talking about the games in general. Forza Motorsport games useally lead in features anyone can play it and make it as casual or hardcore as they like and it can match GTs gameplay. GT5 and 6 don't really look quite as good as FM 6. Don't expect GT 7 to look as good as Drive Club and play at 60fps. But graphics aren't the be all and end all to racing fans. The sim fans still play racing games with older graphics or racing games with unexciting graphics if the gameplay is there.

Both Guerilla Games and Polyphony DIgital have to prove themselves before I care.

Same with Project Aces. I love AC6, but Assault Horizon was horrendous and I heard the PS3 exclusive Ace Combat online sucked too. They can prove me wrong, if AC7 is just that good, I'd probably get a PS4 just for that, I love the games that much.

Naming games for the sake of it isn't useful. Some of those games will be good, not all, maybe a third. PS4 exclusives were flopping left and right for the first year or two.

FF games aren't the most amazing JRPGs anymore. And FF15 will be on the Xbox One too won't it? To be honest, I don't know or care.

I mainly game on the PC and still occasionally play on the 360.

Why would I have fun with your lists? I did say 'imo' meaning also my preference. I didn't make a statement, I just made a valid case for my own opinion. I'm not into JRPGs that much, so quite a lot of the PS4s appeal is gone right there, but both the PC and Nintendo platforms get a lot of JRPGs themselves.

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Horizon Zero Dawn doesn't have to rely on the strength of the developer, if it's just more of what we saw, it's a good game already, but it's also going to be an open world rpg.

Uncharted 4 is Uncharted 4, it's low on my list actually.

The Last Guardian won't be for everyone but honestly it's going to be a good game.

Gran Turismo Sport will be a top of the line sim racer.

Gravity Rush was amazing and 2 can use the ps4 instead of the vita, it has an interesting concept that is very fun.

Ni-Oh is team ninja's new onimusha, which is pretty much dark souls with samurai. There is plenty of gameplay and it looks amazing.

Ratchet and Clank has a lot out and it's quite fun.

The Tomorrow Children has you shooting giant monsters and using their body as resources to support your communist dictatorship.

Drawn to Death is an arena shooter with a cool artstyle/mechanic.

Dreams is literally the most unique and open ended things ever, it'squite a concept.

What Remains of Edith Finch is kind of smaller but it has a lot of cool thingslike turning into animals and stuff and is very explorative.

Nier Automata, well the first nier was amazingand it has the composer and director from the first one coming back and platinum games aremaking it, there is already a gameplay trailer and it looks exceptional, platinum games at it's best.

Shadow of the Beast has tons of gameplay already.

Persona 5 is going to pretty much be the goty this year, it's going to be a lot of the same but also have unique stuff added to the formula with a new cast and all that, honestly you might not know how good persona is but it's exceptional.

World of Final Fantasy is more classic final fantasy style gameplay with a good director and team.

Alienation and Matterfall are from one of the best digital devopers, alienation can't go wrong at all since it's literally just a better version of dead nation apocolypse edition with new features and stuff.

I don't like baseball but a lot of people do. Ace Combat 7 will be great.

Detroit: Become Human is a pseudo intellectual game made by a hipster, that said, it'll be interesting and cyberpunk is very awesome.

Hotshots Golf, well it'shard to sell a golf game but this isn't only a golf game, it's also very social, you'd have to watch stuff to understand.

Hunger is a photorealistic 2d horror game and it's quite amazing.

Yakuza Kiwami and 6? Yakuza is pretty much the most underappreciated series ever, it's AAA quality, actually more now that I think about it, but to just about no success outside japan.Tons of things to do outside the main game, the characters are great, the story is great, and it's generally always a fun time. Without Memory I am about to sleep and don't want to look up to figure out which one that is.

Wattam is from the Katamari guy, I'm not just using his past work though, you should hear him, he's a very weird and interesting guy, talked a conference through about his gameabout how he was goin to make playgrounds but that his ideas were too grand/expensive and dangerous and then he didn't do it. You justknow he makes wild games.

I'm hoping for an earth defense force game to come eventually.

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@putaspongeon: For now, we'll have to agree to disagree and see what happens.

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@putaspongeon: And Xbox doesn't?

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@rosinmonkekyx17: Xbox One doesn't have a single true exclusive this year.

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@HalcyonScarlet: That's casual talk right there

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@origamibomber: Why? I can play almost everything the PS4 and Xbox One has to offer on the PC. So many of the games are either multiplats or so called 'console exclusives' (PC/PS4 or PC/Xbox One).

PC/Nintendo isn't casual, it's the widest and most varied choice.

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@HalcyonScarlet: I really don't see Nintendo that way.

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@nikon133: I did say 'imo' :-)

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@HalcyonScarlet: You are forgiven, then ;)

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CAN NOT WAIT to get FM 7 on the PC.

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Oh, nice. It does my heart well to see the oncoming onslaught of Windows 10 exclusives.

*Takes a deep breath*

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I mean. I already had no reason to buy an Xbone. Microsoft is giving me even more incentives to not buy an Xbox and just maintain my PC. Don't know wth they are doing. I don't really care about using their crappy Windows store or w/e as long as I can play some of their games that might be worthwile lol

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@origamibomber: MS make barely any money if any from hardware sales, possibly even a loss. The money is made from software and services which is why MS is trying to increase the market of its games while also promoting their digital store.

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It looks like Microsoft thinks Windows 10 will replace the Xbox One going forward. For whatever dysfunctional corporate reason, they've long lacked the ability or desire to support more than one of their platforms at a time. If they had, they never would have lost the whole PC market to Steam in the first place. Now, dropping Xbox One exclusives and once again chasing the PC market after ignoring it for a decade, they are at high risk of losing BOTH the home computer and home console markets. The "fable" of a dog with a bone is apt here, I think.

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@Rufus_the_rat: zero logic in that comment. The x1 is a Windows 10 "box" why people don't get it yet is beyond me

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@Rufus_the_rat: The X1 has already become just another Windows 10 device, come the summer MS will be combining the windows and Xbox stores into one singular storefront across all devices completing the X1's transformation.

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I want to say yay as its the only series that makes me miss having an Xbox of some kind in the house, but I know better. This most certainly will be sold exclusively through the Windows Store. If that's the case, then no sale, even though I can't get into any other racer like I used to get into with Forza.

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@jinzo9988: MS has said they are fixing the problems for the PC games on the windows store. Give them the benefit of the doubt.

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@xhawk27: heard that before. They don't get the benefit of the doubt anymore concerning pc gaming.

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Even though my screen's resolution can't go that high, I'm really looking forward to 4K screenshots and video of this game.

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nobody wants a trashy free to play version of forza 6. release the proper game or nothing at all. going forward, it would be in their best interest to not cheat pc gamers like that.

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@Xristophoros: Speak for yourself, I can't wait for it lol.

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@freeryu: Same here. I'm glad it will give me a chance to try it out for free and I might buy the full game if I like it... Kind of like what I'm doing with Killer Instinct for PC right now... Just tried playing as Sabrewolf and it's pretty damn fun.

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locked behind that windows 10 spyware and the windows store. no thanks.

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@loqma73bd53bsia: Stop lying you fan boy. Whats wrong with you!

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@kentray1985: what exactly am i a fanboy of? i have 6 consoles including an xbox one and a ps4. i also have 3 pc's. i like to play games and i have money to do it. if anybody is a fanboy its you. oh no did i say something bad about some chinese slave goods you dont like? would you like a virtual hug? aint much else i can do about it.

fact is its gonna be locked behind that malware they call windows 10. and until they get rid of that crap and automatic updates, i have no intentions of ever going back to it. it would be so awesome to be in the lead in your online forza race, you make the last turn clean without any nimrods ramming into you, and its smooth sailing to the finish only for your pc to go to resart all of a sudden to do the update. yeah thanks but no thanks.

i have no interest in windows 10 right now thank you very much. my machines play my games just fine without it, and considering you cant play games from the windows store without windows 10, these forza games will obviously be locked behind it. read the fucking article for god sakes. windows 10 is spammed all over it. you think theyre just gonna throw their most exclaimed racing franchise on steam so everybody and their dogs will play it? give me a break. itll go straight to the windows store and that would be the end of it. period. just like they did with gears. just like theyre doing with quantum break. and just about everything they are doing with their first party games. windows 10, and microsoft store from this point on. i think thats pretty clear. anything dx12 is w10 as well as they locked that behind w10 too.

ive been playing forza since the start of it all, and ive been looking forward to it one day coming to pc so i can maybe use an older wheel setup i have laying around. but i dont give two shits about windows 10. saddens me ill have to buy it for my xbox just to play it with my controller, but until they get rid of the built in spyware and automatic updates, ill just stick to what i have, no matter how many times they try to shove this crap down my throat and force it on me. right now i just dont see the need when everything works just fine without the free "upgrade".

im going to have to update eventually but ill wait until theres enough must-have games i really have to play that i have no other means of playing to make the w10 "upgrade" worth my while.

i dont really know much about this new forza game. i expected another horizon. im not quite done with 6 and itll be at least another year for any kind of forza 7 announcement if they are going bi-annual with it.

if anything im more of a hater than a fanboy. flame on little buddy. keep fighting the good fight.

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@loqma73bd53bsia: Oh ok so you're just a idiot. Im sorry, I thought you was pony. Carry on with your worthless rants

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@kentray1985: will do. carry on with your worthless posts xbot.

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@loqma73bd53bsia: The salt is real

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@loqma73bd53bsia: I'm confused what automatic updates you are talking about, if your talking about the usual windows updates they function exactly the same as they have on prior versions. I have never once had my computer restart unexpectedly due to an update. It functions exactly the same as windows 7 but runs better in most aspects. In fact it actually fixed several issues i was having with windows 7 at the time which was the reason for me choosing to upgrade.

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@fitzy_2812: from what im aware of, it forces updates on you and downloads pieces of the files in a "torrent" like fashion off other users who opt in to sharing updates as well. at least thats my understanding of it

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@loqma73bd53bsia: You can choose the updates and also choose when to install them the same as always. The files can be downloaded like a torrent from local PC network, or PCs on the internet or from both. You can opt out of downloading from others if you just want to get it straight from Microsoft or your local network if you already downloaded it on another computer. You can also opt out of sharing your download with other users if you don't want to share it. It basically can function exactly the same as it always has, it just has even more options now.

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@fitzy_2812: thank you for clarifying this as i am pretty one sided on this. can you disable the updates so i wont have to update until i want to??? sometimes id rather put off the updates until i do a bit of scouring and make sure theyre not causing any issues. i do this with windows security updates and nvidia drivers, as often some things may be fixed but new problems arise. thats a concern to me, and if im forced into updating all the time, its a no-go for me. i dont feel like waiting 20 minutes or whatever for windows to install a bunch of updates i never needed or wasnt interested in anyways, when all i need to do is sign on and read my email and throw a few more mods onto skyrim or whatever.

the only thing truly stopping me at this point is the privacy issues, and ive read that even when you go to opt out of everything, it still sends all your shit to microsoft anyways. not that i have anything to hide, i just have a big issue with the whole principle of the matter. if i tell them im willing to just bend over for them for shady practices, what kind of anti-consumer policies might they try to impose on me next, knowing that ill just go along with it and so will everyone else?

if i can get rid of all that crap, and it would make my computers run just as fast, if not better, and all my programs and games will still run, then i have no problem upgrading to the new operating system. as for games off the windows store, for all the performance issues i see people reporting of, im not too interested in that and would prefer to avoid it at all costs, but for their 1st party games like forza and whatnot, its clear i wont have any choice in the matter. its that or get it for my xbox. they could make alot more money and sales if they just put it on steam and stopped locking it behind software requirements that many people dont seem to care much for

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@loqma73bd53bsia: You can tell it to notify you to schedule an update if you don't want to automatically do it. It also seems like most of the updates can be installed without a computer restart now. My main computer runs 24/7, never gets shutdown unless I do it manually, yet it says its always up to date with updates.

I haven't gone through the full list of privacy settings because frankly i don't really care but i know you can turn off pretty much everything they have a setting in there for. Whether anything is still being sent i don't know and as I said I don't care, in this day and age something is going to be monitored anyway by everyone whether you know it or not.

I haven't yet played a game through the Windows store so i don't have any experience with that but i believe they said they would be looking into fixing the issues people had with it anyways. Besides its not like steam and origin didn't suck when they first came out. As for putting it on Steam, most of the big publishers are trying to avoid that these days. No one wants to share their profits with Valve, EA already moved away from them entirely, Microsoft seem to be doing the same and I'm sure if Uplay didn't absolutely suck, Ubisoft would also make their games exclusive to Uplay. This is expected and likely not that far off in the future really for most big companies to be doing this.

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@kentray1985: Look in the mirror. I bet "Xbot fanboy" is tattooed across you forehead

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@Moonco: Im a fan of any platform that run great games that I like. I just like to keep the comment section neutral and seperate the fan boys from the real gamers. No hate for Sony or the Ps4 and I dislike some things about Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and valve. What makes you think im one of those Xbots, im just curious

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@kentray1985: And yet, every one of your comments regarding Sony has always been about shitting on them, or throwing out the word "pony" all the time like you think you're so cool. And every of your comments about MS has always been praise or defending them. You are the farthest thing from neutral.

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@Moonco: Can you really be a fanboy of Xbot's?

Last time I checked, Xbot isn't a console, but "Xbot" was a term used on fanboys.

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Well, now all that's left is Halo.

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MS's message is VERY clear. And that message is that if you are a PC gamer, Xbox One is the console for you!

Buy on one system and own it on both. Praise and resume on PC or console! Huge score for Microsoft, console and PC fans!!

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@BillJr106: why buy a console I'd never use?

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@fedor: Why wouldnt you use it say if you wanted to stream xbox games on multiple devices or if you wanted to travel. Why would you take a whole desktop.

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@kentray1985: I don't need an Xbox to do that. Also an x1 is nearly as large as my desktop.

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@fedor: You must have a steam box then because gaming desktops are over the size of Xbox one. Show me a gaming desktop tower bigger than Xbox one. Show me a link

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@kentray1985: http://www.amazon.com/BitFenix-Mini-ITX-Without-Midnight-BFC-PRO-300-KKXSK-RP/dp/B008RJQ0LE

Why are you even posting in here when it's clear you don't know anything about PC's?

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@fedor: I had that case. It's significantly larger than an xbone. He's still wrong though.

http://cdn.wccftech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/AMD-Radeon-R9-Nano_ITX-4K-Gaming.jpg

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MS's message is pretty clear Windows 10 is their priority and they want it to be everywhere, fair enough...if they don't do that in a few years Apple and Google will be the two big names in technology.....side note, some of you guys are pretty funny...If you play MS games on PC your hard earned cash goes to MS, so at the end of the day there is no point in being a fanboy ....

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@kkdrummer: I don't give Microsoft a dime. Don't pay for Windows.

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@kkdrummer: They cant help it, the whole world loves to gravitate to hate

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@kkdrummer:

You assume people's beef is about money, when its likely due to distrust of MS.

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Great to hear. Hopefully not only to Windows store, or X1 is where I'll be playing them probably.

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