Are you a PC gamer who wants to play Xbox One games but don't want to shell out some cash for an actual Xbox One? Good news, Xbox One games are PC compatible and every game made for the platform will work on Windows 8 PC's!
WCCF Tech reported that the Xbox One OS is actually Windows 8 and not just any windows 8, it is almost the one found on PC's which leads to something interesting that PC gamers will surely like.
WCCF Tech reports that:
"The first tier 'Host OS' and the 'to-the-metal- operating system present in Xbox One dubbed the 'Host OS' is an RTOS (Real Time Operating System) has complete control over the entire Xbox One hardware and resources. In Frank Savage's words "... owns where everything and how everything works.... owns CPU...GPU". This is your basic Xbox One Operating System. However the thing is , this particular OS only handles tasking and the security layer. It does not run any game or application. It does however host (in a non - hyper-v form) the 'OS' and the 'Exclusive OS', which is Windows 8 and the stripped down Windows 8."
"The second tier 'Shared Partition' is occupied by Windows 8. This Operating System is "virtually indistinguishable" from the Windows 8 we know (and love?) , code wise. This particular Windows 8 handles all the basic functions of the Xbox One including the shell. Shared Apps are run here. It handles some major features of games such as networking and some audio."
"The third tier 'Exclusive Partition' is the Exclusive OS, which in Frank Savage's words is a "windows 8 that has gone on a massive massive diet...... lean and mean windows 8″. It has been hand tuned to remove any and all bottlenecks as well as bloatware. However this is the part which defines it as a 'partition' and not a virtual machine. All the Direct X draw calls go straight from the Exclusive OS down to the Host OS. It does not go through the full windows 8 ' shared partition'."
"Basically the Xbox One is a true X86, X86-64 machine. As Frank Savage said, "any game I made ran equally well on Windows 8 (desktop) and Xbox One". The porting capability this implies is very powerful, infact, if Frank Savage is to be believed, port-lag is non existent. Just convince the devs, and you shall have the game."
Now the devs' only excuse for making Xbox One exclusives are contracts for exclusivity as the technical details confirm that any Xbox One game will work on Windows 8 PC's natively.
Will more Xbox One exclusive games appear on PC after this revelation? What do you think? Will this make the Xbox One win over the Sony PS4? Sound off in the comments below!