Pachter: Microsoft Is Trying To “Future Proof Xbox For A Day When There Is No Hardware”

According to analyst Michael Pachter, Microsoft is trying to time to come proof the Xbox make for the future through the Xbox Play Anywhere plan.

That's what the Wedbush Securities annotator said in his new episode of Pachter Gene.

Pachter was asked whether the recent announcements that more than Xbox One exclusives are headed towards PC, would hurt the Xbox make in the console market.

According to Pachter, the Xbox exclusives that were announced for PC, are actually part of the Xbox Play Anywhere program. Pachter added that through this feature, Microsoft is preparing the Xbox brand for a futurity when there is no longer hardware.

"I call up that y'all're missing the point of what Microsoft trying to exercise. The exclusives that there are offering on pc are really called Xbox anywhere, so they're their branding it as Xbox. The access to your pc game is through your Xbox live account so if you get to windows ten, and you click on the commencement button in the bottom left corner, upward pops your Xbox dashboard. Information technology actually looks like your Xbox dashboard on the Xbox, and any game you buy equally a digital download on Xbox one will prove up there, and will be playable on your pc", Pachter said.

"And then what they're actually trying to practice is future proof Xbox for a 24-hour interval when there is no hardware, and that could happen. I mean that could happen in the adjacent three or four years. I don't recall hardware is going away. I think each succeeding console cycle will be about half as big as the one earlier it, because ultimately, as they migrate people to Windows 10, in that location's no real reason to buy an Xbox, just get buy the game, just the idea is that yous don't actually need special hardware to play it. Any pc that runs windows ten theoretically will play Xbox one games", the Wedbush annotator added.

Pachter connected by stating that what Microsoft is really trying to do, is stay relevant in the console business.

Do yous hold with Pachter? Is Microsoft trying to future proof the Xbox brand for a day when special hardware is no longer needed? Will be the Xbox brand stay relevant?