Microsoft Has ‘a Lot to Prove’ With PC Gaming

As Microsoft moves to unify Xbox and PC, the failure of Games for Windows Live still haunts Phil Spencer.

"The amount I see Games for Windows Live come up in my Twitter feed when we talk about PC gaming, it's staggering," Spencer, Head of Xbox, said. "We are committed to this space…. We know we have a lot to prove."

It's true. Microsoft has its heart in the right place, its 2016 goals look strong, and it's making huge, important moves, but it's still repeating the mistakes of its past.

At Microsoft's Spring Showcase event in San Francisco last week, Phil Spencer spoke at length about a new philosophy for Microsoft: Marrying Xbox and PC gaming. Spencer has said for nearly two years that PC gaming is important to Xbox and its audience, and to gamers as a whole, but it isn't until now we're finally seeing the fruits of that ambition come to bear -- both in terms of games we can play and what Spencer has to say.

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