-Open to cross-play across all platforms, whether it's Steam, Win10, Xbox, Android, iOS, Switch, and PS4.
-Allows (or is in the process of allowing) Steam-like refunds for any game you've played less than 2 hours and owned less than 14 days.
-Supports BC for 360 and original Xbox games.
-Supports X enhancements for BC games (both 360 and original Xbox)
-Any BC game that you already own digitally or on disc works without paying extra
-Microsoft shows they won't hold back a BC title just because it has a remaster, i.e. Halo games are BC even though MCC exists, Gears 1 is BC even though the Gears Ultimate remaster exists, etc...
-Multiple available subscription options: Gold, Ea Access, Games Pass
-Moving forward all their 1st-party titles launch day and date with Game Pass
-All (with a few exceptions I believe) their 1st-party titles have free cross-buy with Win10
-Although they've made new 1st-party investments and it's expected the vast majority of their titles will be exclusive to Xbox/Win10, they occasionally have their own 1st-party published games releasing to Steam (Ori, Killer Instinct, etc...)
-Related to the above point, but they aren't trying to force Gearbox to cut PS4 out of the We Happy Few release (a game made by their new 1st-party dev Compulsion Games), they're allowing Ninja Theory to complete a PS4 HDR patch for Hellblade, and they continue to release Minecraft on all consoles.
Is there anything I'm missing?
I sincerely think they'd be the perfect "pro-consumer" gaming company if they just removed the Gold requirement for F2P games.
I think it's remarkable how much they've changed from the days of May 2013 (with the original Xbox One reveal) to today.
MOD EDIT:
-Allows (or is in the process of allowing) Steam-like refunds for any game you've played less than 2 hours and owned less than 14 days.
-Supports BC for 360 and original Xbox games.
-Supports X enhancements for BC games (both 360 and original Xbox)
-Any BC game that you already own digitally or on disc works without paying extra
-Microsoft shows they won't hold back a BC title just because it has a remaster, i.e. Halo games are BC even though MCC exists, Gears 1 is BC even though the Gears Ultimate remaster exists, etc...
-Multiple available subscription options: Gold, Ea Access, Games Pass
-Moving forward all their 1st-party titles launch day and date with Game Pass
-All (with a few exceptions I believe) their 1st-party titles have free cross-buy with Win10
-Although they've made new 1st-party investments and it's expected the vast majority of their titles will be exclusive to Xbox/Win10, they occasionally have their own 1st-party published games releasing to Steam (Ori, Killer Instinct, etc...)
-Related to the above point, but they aren't trying to force Gearbox to cut PS4 out of the We Happy Few release (a game made by their new 1st-party dev Compulsion Games), they're allowing Ninja Theory to complete a PS4 HDR patch for Hellblade, and they continue to release Minecraft on all consoles.
Is there anything I'm missing?
I sincerely think they'd be the perfect "pro-consumer" gaming company if they just removed the Gold requirement for F2P games.
I think it's remarkable how much they've changed from the days of May 2013 (with the original Xbox One reveal) to today.
MOD EDIT:
The thread title has been updated to discourage users who are simply reading it and making a drive by post.
Hopefully the thread can have a productive discussion about some of the changes Microsoft has made over the course of the generation to the benefit of consumers.
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