Well we have the option. I'll be playing it on my Pro.
HellBlade is not an exclusive, we are not pretending it is unlike the other guys who own the other console. It's a console exclusive. I'm sorry it hurts you that some people are happy a game is coming out to their console of choice.

Not necessarily if weren't for that BS play anywhere or some tool at MS undoubtedly Xbox games would remain exclusives to the console. Here hoping play anywhere fails and Xbox games remain selling point for the console.

Play anywhere is the best thing MS have every done for their cross community (PC/Console), it's only first party games so it isn't forced upon 3rd parties.

Why anyone would think that being able to buy your game once but use it on multiple devices (if you own them) is a bad thing is beyond me. You must care about console sales figures or billion dollar company bottom lines more than games if that the case.

I personally don't give a rats ass how many consoles MS/Sony/Nintendo (or GPUs Nvidia/amd) sell. I just play the games, now I can play them where and when I want. It's great.

The money is also in software, not hardware. So it's really win win. They've got tens of millions of potential new software buyers (again, where the money is).

Literally hundreds of them...

NiOh ?

@moegooner88

NiOH = nickel hydroxide

Like Fishy said above the money is in the software. If MS made more money just releasing their 1st party games on the X1 they wouldn't release them on PC. This helps them as a company and more gamers get to enjoy their games. From my point of view MS releasing their games on PC is a win win scenario.

@Imalwaysright

I agree. Let's say all these people that are complaining actually encourage Microsoft to stop putting their games on PC, what do these people gain?

Are Xbox gamers going to suddenly have more games to play? No, they haven't lost any games to PC. Microsoft putting their games on PC doesn't reduce the amount of games they can play on their chosen console.

And how is it going to benefit Sony fans? They complain about it more than anybody, but what will they actually gain if Microsoft stops putting their games on PC? Xbox One will have the same games either way. If anything it's only going to take away their favorite fanboy talking point. Won't be able to say "na na na the Xbox One is irrelevant 'cause I can just play those games on my PC ".

I definitely don't see how legitimate PC gamers like us benefit either. I see some people complain about it and I'm baffled. They speak as if it were a good thing to have to buy a redundant piece of hardware that does nothing our PCs can't do better and is only necessary because certain games are artificially restricted to it. It's like these guys want to be forced to spend $400 to play a handful of exclusives. I don't get it.

I'm glad to see sensible PC gamers like you and Fishy Fingers. I agree with you that it's mostly a win-win situation for MS and gamers in general.

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The only way MS makes money on PC is if people buy games through windows store, and we all know what store conquers PC platform now aren't we?

MS doesn't get a lick of Gaben's money. At All.

I'm talking about MS 1st party and the games they publish/fund. If you think that MS doesn't make money from each Quantum Break or Ori's sale on steam, think again.

@notachance

That's incorrect. Microsoft makes money having their games on PC the same way any other publisher does.

But more significant than that, Microsoft benefits by the proliferation of Windows. That's their main bread and butter. The more people choose Windows for gaming, or for any other purpose, the more successful Microsoft's OS business is.