Xbox 360 on PC soon to be true?

Sorry if this is old idn't see any other posts about it.

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No comment from M$ yet but it can be legit maybe?

I thought 360 dvd drives had special lasers so that they could get the data off of the discs. If so, I fail to see how an OS can allow for these games to work. I would think you'd have to get a secondary dvd drive

Emulated is a far-fetched idea. If it's an Interpreter, instead, it can be possible. While I'd love to play 360 games on a PC, you have to think of the business. Many people won't buy 360s. It probably is just a rumor.

ehh, i call crap, but it would be cool. I wouldn't mind being able to play 360 games like madden and nhl on pc. But i see to many issues

I dont think it would happen, but it would be very cool if it did.

it be cool if this came true then i could give my xbox away or sell it

I wish this would happen so I could play my PC game online with my friend who really only plays 360 games that would be awesome.

Almost everything on 360 is on PC only better anyways. AutoPilotOn

Agreed, plus you can buy the controller for PC.

[QUOTE="AutoPilotOn"]Almost everything on 360 is on PC only better anyways. mhofever

Agreed, plus you can buy the controller for PC.

I hope that's not true, I hate "Games for Windows live" with a passion.

I wish this would happen so I could play my PC game online with my friend who really only plays 360 games that would be awesome.

Darksonic666

Same here. I hate it when I met someone knew who plays the same kind of games I do but on 360.

I thought 360 dvd drives had special lasers so that they could get the data off of the discs. If so, I fail to see how an OS can allow for these games to work. I would think you'd have to get a secondary dvd drive

True_Sounds

The Xbox uses a standard DVD drive that is the exactly same as the one you have in your PC. I believe the only difference is that Microsoft use a non-standard power connector. So yes PC's can easily read Xbox discs with no problem.

Personally I call bull on this, it is no mean feat to emulate a console. Yes the Xbox 360 is a Dx9 console but the CPU is completely different to the CPU in the PC. Now as much as I love PC's even I find it hard to believe that even the fastest i7 CPU on the planet would be able to emulate a 3 core with 6 threads PowerPC CPU. You just need to look at PS2 emulation which needs a decently hefty PC to emulate a 300mhz CPU.

I get the feeling this rumour is probably a mix up with the fact that MS has said Xbox live is coming to the PC with windows 8.

I don't see why MS would do this, especially considering no retail computer would be able to use the feature which would surely lead to complaints from technologically illiterate consumers who can't understand why their Compaq with its integrated graphics chip and celeron CPU can't run their 360 games. Not to mention the level of piracy would be absolutely hilarious since such a feature would make 360 games even more easily pirated than PC games.gameguy6700

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I thought 360 dvd drives had special lasers so that they could get the data off of the discs. If so, I fail to see how an OS can allow for these games to work. I would think you'd have to get a secondary dvd drive

charmingcharlie

The Xbox uses a standard DVD drive that is the exactly same as the one you have in your PC. I believe the only difference is that Microsoft use a non-standard power connector. So yes PC's can easily read Xbox discs with no problem.

Personally I call bull on this, it is no mean feat to emulate a console. Yes the Xbox 360 is a Dx9 console but the CPU is completely different to the CPU in the PC. Now as much as I love PC's even I find it hard to believe that even the fastest i7 CPU on the planet would be able to emulate a 3 core with 6 threads PowerPC CPU. You just need to look at PS2 emulation which needs a decently hefty PC to emulate a 300mhz CPU.

I get the feeling this rumour is probably a mix up with the fact that MS has said Xbox live is coming to the PC with windows 8.

Unlike DX9 PC, you can mix vertex and pixel shaderinstructions with Xbox 360. Better use DX11 i.e. superset of Xbox 360's DX.

High performance PowerPC-to-X86 was already done on Apple Mactels with Rosetta.

PPE at 3.2Ghz in Xbox 360 runs like PowerPC 970 FX(G5) at 1.6Ghz.

http://www.macintouch.com/reviews/macpro/benchmarks.html

Rosetta benchmarks.

The above Apple Mac Pro uses Intel Core 2 type CPUs. PPE is not a threat to Intel Core i7 Quad Core.

Wouldnt do this any how..Own a 360 now why would i want to run it on my pc..Buy my pc games for games like skyrimm ,oblivion, fallout 3,star craft 2, torchlight 2, stronghold 3, many more games..Why on earth would i want to do this ah well..Guess its cool for you pc only users..Mind you always upgrade my pc for the top of the line gear so Cant call me a troll hehe..

The next Xbox should be DX11 or DX12 and also that on PC, so games will only require a minor tweak to make compatible on the other.

I don't think they are ready to kill the xbox franchise.

Ehm, no thanks.GeneralShowzer

i hope that right , we might play RDR after all :)macronia

But the thing is we will be able to play it like that 1920x1200 60fps or will be locked at 1280x720 30fps because if this is the case then it is pointless...

It won't work. Most Xbox360 games are already on the PC. And the rumor is that you'll have to pay a monthly fee to be able to play Xbox360 games on Win8. Quit paying the monthly fee and you end up with no way to play your game and likely 60 bucks out of pocket, for no reason. Why even bother? It would be better to just get the PC version of the same game (which do tend to go down in price a lot faster than the console version) and never have to worry about any pay to play, fee. (there is the other small matter of mods. Having L4D2, Fallout 3, Oblivion, Witcher 2 and whatever else all unmoddable, DLC that you have to pay for, and a montly fee for MP? That's just not going to fly in the average PC community.)

Not to mention, in time, the monthly fee is going to far exceed the cost of an Xbox360....

As for mouse and keyboard versus gamepads with FPS games, PC gamers will have an advantage over a game pad, every time.

I thought 360 dvd drives had special lasers so that they could get the data off of the discs. If so, I fail to see how an OS can allow for these games to work. I would think you'd have to get a secondary dvd drive

True_Sounds

ever heard of downloadable games which are the most used system nowdays for pc? not to mention if that were true xbox games wouldnt be so easy to pirate

Wouldnt do this any how..Own a 360 now why would i want to run it on my pc..Buy my pc games for games like skyrimm ,oblivion, fallout 3,star craft 2, torchlight 2, stronghold 3, many more games..Why on earth would i want to do this ah well..Guess its cool for you pc only users..Mind you always upgrade my pc for the top of the line gear so Cant call me a troll hehe..

Gladestone1

because they would run better?

Oh great. Trade decent ports, for terrible emulated games.

Xbox 360 graphics, No keyboard support, No 60fps, No dedicated servers.

Yea guys, this is totally a great idea..

pretty good business wise if they do it, a new os is around $150-200 so people would basically be buying a second "console" in the same gen, thats if people actually feel like this is a good incentive

It's an interesting idea, but I kind of disagree with the idea of introducing Xbox 360 capabilities on Windows 8. On one hand, it would be cool to have the option there. It would be cool being able to play games like Fable 2, Bayonetta and Red Dead Redemption on PC. However, I'm kind of worried that this will affect PC gaming in a negative fashion. I want PC games, not **** console ports or Xbox games. I'm worried this will give developers an opportunity to cut more corners.

If I really want to play Xbox 360 games, I would buy an Xbox 360. You know what I mean?

It's an interesting idea, but I kind of disagree with the idea of introducing Xbox 360 capabilities on Windows 8. On one hand, it would be cool to have the option there. It would be cool being able to play games like Fable 2, Bayonetta and Red Dead Redemption on PC. However, I'm kind of worried that this will affect PC gaming in a negative fashion. I want PC games, not **** console ports or Xbox games. I'm worried this will give developers an opportunity to cut more corners.

If I really want to play Xbox 360 games, I would buy an Xbox 360. You know what I mean?

marcogamer07

i agree the pc could just become a place where 360 ports are thrown, it wont though

Sure would be nice to have Forza 4 or RDR on PC though.