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It is not a secret that Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox One game console will get its own version of Windows 10 operating system, but it is not completely clear what that OS will support and what it will not. Apparently, according to the head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, the upcoming OS will, among other things, bring full support for keyboards and mice.
Phil Spencer, corporate vice president of Microsoft Game Studios, confirmed in a Twitter post that Xbox One will get support for keyboards and mice, which will help it to stream games from personal computers. Moreover, support of keyboards and mice will transform Xbox One into a fully-fledged living-room personal computer.
“Keyboard and mouse support for Xbox would need to be there for this [streaming of PC games to Xbox One] to work, those are not far away,” said Mr. Spencer in a post.
Streaming PC games to Xbox One will mean another competitive advantage of the console compared to Sony’s PlayStation 4. In particular, this will allow the console to run realtime strategy games and other genres not available on video game consoles. Moreover, it will help Microsoft to further expand market of applications and games for Windows 10.
As it appears, Microsoft is aggressively expanding capabilities of Xbox One in a bid to improve its popularity among end-users going forward. Unfortunately, at present it is unclear what goals Microsoft has and how it plans to differentiate between Xbox One and gaming PCs.
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KitGuru Says: The big question is how far Microsoft wants to go with improving feature-set of Xbox One. The console is essentially a PC tailored for video games, but if Microsoft just turns Xbox One into a personal computer, then it will be evident that this PC is actually a low-end system without a lot of performance under the hood…
inb4 idiots spamming “unfair advantage!”
I don’t know why people even complain about it. Everyone has or can get keyboards and mice, some for cheaper than controllers. Using a kb/m vs controller is no more of an unfair advantage than using 7.1 Surround sound vs Stereo, voice chat for realtime info, or things like RoG’s radar, it’s just a case of whether you have these things that help or not.
i doubt we’ll see KB/M being a selectable choice for most xbox games, but at the very least it will give RTS games a new platform to work with.
Just add windows support tooo nd it will sell like hot cakes
IF I can use a m+kb in Halo 5 then good, the beta was amazing but the gamepad drived me nuts
Interesting. One of the main reasons I prefer PC gaming to console gaming is the fact that console controllers are just so awful. This could change things.
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“The big question is how far Microsoft wants to go with improving feature-set of Xbox One. The console is essentially a PC tailored for video games, but if Microsoft just turns Xbox One into a personal computer, then it will be evident that this PC is actually a low-end system without a lot of performance under the hood…”
Yes and no. There’s a huge market for consoles, and there’s an even bigger market for PCs. Right now the front room streaming box/HTPC thing is just kicking off. Microsoft moving in on this, to offer a cheap but relatively capable low end gaming PC (XB1) with extra features, and that can pair with the PC to stream across both ways – that is a *very* smart move in a very tough climate.
Hmm. If you’re playing with a controller on something like CSGO against me with a mech, playing 8200dpi @1.5, I’m going to absolutely thrash you, no matter my skill level. I wouldn’t exactly call it an ‘unfair advantage’, but it will definitely make a big difference.
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