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Sort of, I doubt Microsoft is ready to turn the Xbox into a full fledged PC

about 10 hours ago on Microserfs: a weekly community thread- Three screens and a cloud (May 24 - 30)

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I think part of the reason for the re-architecture of the Xbox, and lesser extent changes in WinRT,was to make certain scenarios like Xbox PC gaming an easier thing to do from the developer perspective.

about 14 hours ago on Microserfs: a weekly community thread- Three screens and a cloud (May 24 - 30)

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Microsoft already does a lot of open source work with web technologies

about 14 hours ago on Redesigning Internet Explorer 1 recommend

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Why? They could just open source Trident

about 14 hours ago on Redesigning Internet Explorer

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Has anyone thought that at least part of this being unclear is around certain aspects of this not being finalized. While I think a lot of this Always on stuff will be more about tying the digital part of the game to your account than to the disk, some of the other details may be thrown out to see how people react. I don’t think Microsoft wants to get into a tussle with Best Buy and others over physical media and resales. I do think Microsoft is thinking about moving the Xbox from just being tied to a console.

about 15 hours ago on Please read: Xbox One "always online" confusion

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But Chrome doubles as an OS so it would figure it need to have an easier extension system. However interesting point

about 15 hours ago on Redesigning Internet Explorer

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Pushing the Xbox as a gaming platform across all screen was the one thing I thought would be announce Tuesday. The parts are there, but its the implementation that will be tricky. I would love for the Xbox to really compete with Steam on the PC and really become a compelling feature on Windows Phone.

about 15 hours ago on Microserfs: a weekly community thread- Three screens and a cloud (May 24 - 30)

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It has taken a long time but the 3 screens Microsoft has talked about since at least PDC 2009 is coming together. I do think that the future of Microsoft looks a lot like the Xbox One, in fact it would be interesting to see if soon we see the work done by the Xbox team bleed over to the Surface and Windows proper.

One thing to remember is the Xbox One already shares a lot in common with Windows and Windows Phone; according to Mary Jo Foley all share some form of WinRT. Also with Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Microsoft has been pushing C++ and DirectX for gaming on both platforms.

I think the first test for the 3 Screen strategy will be how the One uses Smart Glass. I just watched a video in which Marc Whitten at Microsoft talked about having up to 16 devices running Smart Glass at the same time and that the new architecture allows the Xbox to render directly on a Smart Glass enabled device. So that could mean a scenario similar to the Nintendo Wii U could happen on a Surface or iPad.

about 16 hours ago on Microserfs: a weekly community thread- Three screens and a cloud (May 24 - 30) 1 reply

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I don’t understand how they complain about standards but build sites for particular browsers

1 day ago on IE 10 is actually...pretty good? 11 recommends

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Only thing standing in IE10’s(and 11’s) way are web developers that ignore it. The NY Times is redoing its web site and I signed up for the Beta. I log in on IE, MODERN IE and it says to try FireFox, Safari, or Chrome. I get that IE6 was a mess (it wasn’t alone) but still.

1 day ago on IE 10 is actually...pretty good? 5 replies 14 recommends

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Re-watching the architecture panel yesterday I get the sense that the Xbox team will be leveraging the cloud with the One and that could be the equalizer. Imagine a developer being able to have some parts on the device and having other elements running on the server. I think that is one of the main reasons the One has the Always on aspect.

1 day ago on The Playstation 4 GPU is 50% more powerful than the XBox One GPU. 1 reply 1 recommend

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Okay I put the game into the One and the game (in digital form) is tied to my Microsoft account. The physical copy can be sold or shared, the digital copy will just be a part of my account history. That is what I meant; apologies for being unclear.

1 day ago on An interesting approach for used games on the XBOX ONE...

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I really think that the Xbox One will work like Windows 8; games will be tied to the user and follow the user across devices.If this is the case it wouldn’t matter if you sold the game because it would be part of your profile.

1 day ago on An interesting approach for used games on the XBOX ONE... 1 reply

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Before Microsoft, SONY, or even Apple can lead a revolution anywhere you would have to have the content to attract customers. There would have to be companies with content willing to take a chance on moving away from tried and true revenue structures. Second, they would have to find a way for everyone to get paid.

1 day ago on Xbox One won't lead the post-TV revolution and here's why...

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Of top of my head either a new gaming tablet with AMD’s Temash or something along the lines of a refresh for the Blade

1 day ago on Razer teases something "thinner than a dime," but what?

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You’re not a troll, trolls live under bridges. Thank you for your opinion

1 day ago on Please Stop Complaining about Verge Bias and Microsoft 2 recommends

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But the games using the Windows Run Time are built using C++ and Direct X which are used by the Xbox so porting is a possibility

1 day ago on Updated: The future of the Xbox. Hyper-V?

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duly noted

3 days ago on Please Stop Complaining about Verge Bias and Microsoft 1 recommend

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From what’s been said so far it looks like the Xbox team is adopting what the Windows team is doing with apps; tying them to your account. When the One takes the information of the disk, the game is tied to you the user and not the device. This is similar to Windows where apps are tied not to the device but the user.

Here’s a link

http://youtu.be/Y508_rXPogQ

3 days ago on XB1: This is how used games and DRM will work

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Having read the articles I understand there aim.

3 days ago on Please Stop Complaining about Verge Bias and Microsoft 1 reply

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Not my name but thanks for playing

3 days ago on Please Stop Complaining about Verge Bias and Microsoft

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And see here is why we can’t have nice things or thoughtful conversations. This is a tech site they cover stuff that not even its daily readers will never use.

3 days ago on Please Stop Complaining about Verge Bias and Microsoft 1 recommend

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Why?

Because as much as I like reading through the Tribe’s views we have a tendency to go overboard when we feel like the Verge’s writer exhibit a bias or dislike for Microsoft and its products. Its something I’ve done too so I am not calling folks out. I am also not accusing anyone of anything particular just pointing out behavior.

3 days ago on Please Stop Complaining about Verge Bias and Microsoft 2 replies 3 recommends

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My hope is that the new architecture of the One along with it using Windows 8 means they use WinRT. It would give Windows 8 and RT a boost and move Microsoft closer to write-once/run anywhere. My worry is as with Windows 8 is developers wanting to JUST write once and not optimize. My other worry is that they don’t use all of WinRT and limit it to HTML and C++, XAML needs love too.

3 days ago on Will Microsoft leverage on XBOX One and have it run a WinRT derived runtime and give it an app store.

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Its about applications not gaming. With a growing percentage using the Xbox for thing other than gaming apps are important.

3 days ago on Will Microsoft leverage on XBOX One and have it run a WinRT derived runtime and give it an app store.

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XOne

3 days ago on Can we agree on an Xbox One acronym... 1 recommend