Microsoft Introduces Cross-Buy Feature With Xbox Play Anywhere

[heirdeux]

The cross-buy feature is finally available on the Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs. If you buy the Xbox version of certain titles, you can get the PC version free.

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[turkey3_scratch]

This is really cool. What if you already own the games on Xbox One? Can you get the PC version then?

 

[clonazepam]

This could get really exciting. Xbox One and Windows 10 Store going head to head with the PS4 and Steam. It really could be a win/win for the PC crowd. PS4 could also release a game streaming app to maintain exclusivity in the sense that the best experience is still found on the console, while you can get a taste on PC.

 

[Zapin]

The Cross-Buy is not new. Unfortunately the UWP implementation has been pretty poor so far. Windows 10 UWP only. Maybe it will get better but I still wish these titles were available on Steam instead.

 

[back_by_demand]

I know that MS wants to sell games through it's own store, obviously, but if they could implement cross-play between Steam and Xbox it would kill Playstation dead.

 

[gggplaya]

Smart move, a major reason for me to buy the Xbox.

 

[Guest]

No thanks...don't need <mod edit> Windows 10, let alone <mod edit> XBOX.

<Watch your language in these forums>

 

[koss64]

So does this mean you have to own an Xbox and does this mean that one day , eventually I can finally play Halo 3?

 

[Zapin]

So does this mean you have to own an Xbox and does this mean that one day , eventually I can finally play Halo 3?

Well so far the only cross-buy I have seen involved buying it via the Xbox Store then getting a code for the windows store, but in the future I imagine you could do it the other way around.

 

[Zapin]

No thanks...don't need <mod edit> Windows 10, let alone <mod edit> XBOX.

Well at this point PC gaming is not leaving the MS ecosystem anytime soon so you can hang on to Windows 7 or whatever but eventually you are going to feel pretty behind the times as DX12, UWP exclusives (hopefully UWP will stop sucking soon) and other Windows 10 advantages appear down the road. There will be a tipping point where the vast majority of systems will be Windows 10 and support for older operating systems will be a lower priority for drivers and developers.