[Hardware] Why hasn't Microsoft ever released an Xbox-based PC?

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What would it cost Microsoft to turn its Xbox into a PC or release a derivative model that could be used as a conventional computer? We explain to you to what extent it is possible and what difficulties they would encounter in order to do so, not only technical, but also commercial. We explain all the details.

In four generations of Xbox consoles we have never seen a version of it that works like a PC. While Xbox 360 was not based on computer hardware, the first one and later both Xbox One and Xbox Series were. It was even raised in its day as a low-cost computer. What prevents Microsoft from doing it?

Xbox has certain differences compared to a PC
We have to start from the fact that Xbox runs three operating systems at the same time, the first one that is Hyper-V is the one that has direct access to the hardware and gives it to each of the two operating systems in the following way in a fixed and equitable manner, and this can be summarized as:

The number of cores and execution threads assigned to each of the systems.
What part of the RAM memory is assigned to one operating system or another.
The usage percentage of accessory components, such as the GPU, are assigned to each system.
Now, the first of the operating systems is called Game OS that runs all the instances of the game, while it is active, the resources corresponding to the Shared OS are not used, but are on standby. When is the change? When we access the game menu or use Apps such as Netflix, which run on a version of Windows based solely on the Universal Windows Platform, UWP, and therefore cannot load applications under the Win32 API, it is because of That reason we can't load PC games on Xbox.

If we think about it, Microsoft could create a fusion between PC and Xbox in the same device, but by replacing the Shared OS part with that of a conventional Windows, the problem is that then the hardware necessary to run both environments would increase considerably.

What would your hardware be like?
The idea of creating a PC based on Xbox hardware may seem like a good idea at first, however, with it, Microsoft loses the ability to finance the hardware with the proceeds through royalties on games and accessories, as well as in subscriptions like Game Pass. So the base console should sell for $100-$200 higher.

 

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