Xbox One will run Windows 10 apps starting this summer
Bringing Windows 10 and the Xbox One together is a continuation of Microsoft's push to get all of its products onto a single platform. Microsoft wants to get Windows 10 into as many hands as possible, and offering this bridge could convince Xbox One owners to upgrade to the new operating system. The move comes as major tech companies such as Apple and Google jockey to power your gadgets with their software.
On the flip side, Microsoft wants to create greater demand for the Xbox One, which for the past couple of years has seen its sales trounced by those of Sony's PlayStation 4.
The Xbox One is part of Microsoft's "universal apps" strategy, under which developers can more easily create games and other apps for one platform and then tweak them to run on another platform. For example, a developer could create a game once using a core programming code and then easily modify it to run on a Windows 10 PC, a Windows 10 mobile device and on the Xbox One.
Windows 10 universal apps will also gradually be beefed up so they can handle the more advanced graphics capabilities found in higher-end games. At the conference, Microsoft also announced the "Xbox Live Tournaments Platform," a feature through which developers who create Windows 10 and Xbox One games can set up their own virtual competitive sports leagues, BI added.
A Windows 10 Xbox One app already lets you play Xbox One games on your Windows 10 PC or tablet. Playing Xbox One games on your PC requires just a controller. Playing Windows 10 games and apps on your Xbox One means the console will need to support a keyboard and mouse. In February, Microsoft Xbox division head Phil Spencer tweeted that keyboard and mouse support for the console is something the company will get done.
Microsoft did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment.
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