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Xbox windows live5/21/2023 ![]() The company has put out an Xbox Live SDK for Windows 10, so PC game makers can take advantage of the same tools that Microsoft offers to console developers. There are signs that Microsoft has bigger ambitions. The company is instead starting its cross-buy initiative with a few free-to-play games- Pinball FX2, Fable Legends and Gigantic-whose in-app purchases will work on both platforms. So far, Microsoft hasn’t announced a single paid game that you can buy on Xbox One and play natively on PC at no extra charge, or vice versa. ![]() Microsoft has flirted with a “buy once, play everywhere” model for years, but with Windows 10, this remains a hazy dream at best. It’s unclear whether the Xbox might allow native console play with a mouse and keyboard, as doing so might create an imbalance in competitive multiplayer. What about Xbox gaming for mouse-and-keyboard diehards? Xbox head Phil Spencer has hinted this might happen, at least for PC-to-Xbox streaming. A live TV app on the Windows 10 side might even help convert some people who are clinging to Windows Media Center on older versions of Windows. All other devices will be limited to in-home streaming.Īgain, it’d be nice if this worked in the opposite direction, so users could drive their DVR setups through the PC and stream recordings to Xbox consoles. Next year Microsoft is adding DVR capabilities for those over-the-air channels, and Windows 10 users will have a special benefit: They’ll be able to download recordings to any Windows 10 PC, phone, or tablet for offline playback from anywhere. And today, you can already stream those live broadcasts to the Xbox app in Windows 10, along with the SmartGlass app for iOS, Android, and Windows 8. The console is becoming a powerful tool for cutting out a cable TV subscription, especially with the Xbox One TV tuner that pulls in over-the-air channels (such as NBC and Fox) at no monthly charge. The Xbox One’s streaming capabilities don’t just apply to games. Unfortunately for Xbox owners with a large PC game library, streaming doesn’t work in the opposite direction, though Microsoft says it would like to implement PC-to-Xbox streaming in the future.
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