Microsoft is currently in the process of finalising their play anywhere system and Universal Window Platform plans. The aim of which is to allow complete cross platforming between an Xbox console and Windows computer, so you would be able to play a game on one system switch to the other and lose no progress.
Although the system launches next month this does not mean that all the features from either system will be transferring across. Xbox One mouse and keyboard support is still months away according to a new report from PCGameSN.
This time frame is not just a made up figure either, the news outlet caught up with the current head of Microsoft’s Gaming Division, Phil Spencer at E3 who said “I keep talking about it in the press and my platform team keeps shaking their head”.
Carrying on Phil went on to explain that, “truthfully in our dev kit modes now keyboard works, mouse support is a little bit further away, I say it because I know it’s not years away, it’s more like months away, but we don’t have an exact date yet”.
Microsoft has been preparing the Xbox to become more like a PC for a while now, with Windows 10 arriving on the console last year and this summer’s update is looking to integrate Cortana much more. There are also rumors that Microsoft is trying the reverse as well. Project Helix, as it is known internally, is looking to bring the Xbox UI to Windows PCs without the need for streaming.
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