Microsoft Goes After Steam

True gist of Microsofts move:

But what’s likely to be most controversial is the indication that the Xbox One will follow the smartphone model of regular iteration, with updated hardware versions going on sale throughout its lifetime. In the past, console manufacturers have often tweaked the hardware within a generation, but usually only to make certain components more efficient. Xbox One would become a new kind of hybrid device, effectively a living room PC in the same space that Valve’s Steam Machine is currently trying to occupy. The question becomes: is that what console owners actually want?

The allure of consoles was the fixed hardware on which you were sure to play your game. Not the constant updates of the superior PC race. In which processors & brands make the difference between running a game and flooring a game. Interesting to see where they are going to take this. But I see the opening up of the hardware as nothign more but a PC move. Which devalues the purpose of a console.

Microsoft to unify PC and Xbox One platforms, ending fixed console hardware