Til tross for at det å streame filmer, serier og nå spill blir stadig større, og til tross for at Microsoft selv eksperimenterer med sin egen streaming-tjeneste, tror ikke Xbox-sjef Phil Spencer at denne teknologien kommer til å erstatte tradisjonelle konsoller med det første. I et intervju med LevelUp (via ResetEra) på X018-arrangementet i Mexico City sa Spencer følgende:
"No. There are certain scenarios where a stream game is the best answer. On a console the best scenario for you is to download that game and play. If you are on a PC that`s capable of download and play that game, download and play that game. Not all devices are capable of playing the most demanding games that we see here on the show, so streaming is an option in those scenario, and there are some scenarios of like instant start and trials where maybe streaming on a device might be interesting, but I think for years and years the best way to play a game will be to download that game and play it. The same thing on PC. I think streaming is something that is further out in terms of it becoming a really mass marked where everybody`s doing it, and even way further out before it`s the best way to play that game, if it ever is.
It's about giving you a choice as a player, not about replacing what you do today."
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