The problem with the PC platform is that you have everything except some of the best games ever made.Without a PS3 i would have missed the GOD OF WAR series, the KILLZONE series, The Uncharted Series and yadidadida.. you know the brag list and the 360 is just as good with exclusives.
Well I try not to count exclusives because then it's not a fair fight as pc has by far the most exclusives. Plus there's no point in arguing tit for tat on exclusives anyways as they don't have the same interest for everyone. For example I'd rather play PID on pc than all the Killzone games combined. but that's me. If someone is hung up on playing a particular game on a particular platform then they are stuck and will have to live with the limitations of that platform. That's up to them. I'm just not one of those people anymore, if the platform is run in an archaic manner then I have no interest in it anymore. It's not like there's a shortage of games out there, I'll just go elsewhere and play on a more modern platform.
If the Durango games goes PC as well then there is no need for a 720, i would just need a PS4 and my 6GB graphics card to keep on rollin on my pc. That makes me doubt that there will be shared games between the 2 platforms, at least when it comes to 1st party games.
I don't think they will go that far right away, but what I would like is that Durango at least use the same Windows app store as pc does. Right now for example they are in the process of getting Windows Phone 8 to share code with Windows 8, but not only is it not totally there yet but Windows Phone 8 still uses a separate app store. This is retarded for many reasons, not the least of which means people have to rebuy the same app on phone if they have it already on Windows 8. Also it's doesn't share saves which is equally archaic. Simple example there, the Windows 8 games I've put out use roaming saves. So if you play on tablet, then put that down and go play on pc your save game automatically follows you there. Then if you go play on a laptop likewise your save game follows you there as well. They have that platform synched up nicely, one purchase one save file all automatically handled and it all works, except on their Phone platform which seems to be perpetually behind, and that is stupid, stupid, stupid.
For Durango I don't expect every game to work everywhere, but I would at least like them to take baby steps in that direction to where it uses the same Windows 8 store, some apps there will work everywhere and saves will transfer around. Or to wrap it around my apps again, I want to be able to put my games on Durango, and if someone buys my games there then they can install them on all their other Windows 8 devices as well, the current limit being 5 devices. So if you play it on Durango, then go play the same game on your tablet on the train later your save game will be there automatically and you don't have to rebuy the app. No I don't expect all the games there to do that right away, but I at least hope they have that goal in mind. The big clue there will be the app store, if they go with a totally separate Durango app store then fail, it will imply they aren't ready for that yet. If they use the same Windows 8 app store then cool, that goal is in their targets.
The talk of them getting Skype everywhere gives me hope that they have complete platform convergence in mind, but we'll have to wait and see what happens. At this point in my mind there is no reason to not go in this direction, especially for a company like Microsoft which has devices of all form factors and uses out there. The more convergence they have, the more then can lock people to their ecosystem. This is not a hardware problem anymore as there is enough hardware available in 2013 to make this a reality. It's a software problem, it can be done they just have to be willing to do it.
Now if they would just add Durango to that fold I'd be really happy.
