Microsoft will add keyboard, mouse support to Xbox One for gaming

Microsoft has been working to improve the Xbox One’s value proposition through offering features like backwards compatibility and the ability to stream games from the Xbox One to Windows 10 devices. Now the company is planning to add keyboard and mouse support to the Xbox One. With these features, one of the last significant differentiations between the Xbox One and a standard PC will vanish.More generally, the addition of Windows streaming to an Xbox One could allow for smooth play across a home network without dragging a PC out to the living room. It could be used to easily blow up a spreadsheet or Word document from a smaller Windows 10 device or laptop. Heck, with keyboard and mouse support, Microsoft could actually release certain applications for the platform. Don’t mistake me — I don’t think anyone is going to buy an Xbox One just to load Office on it — but an Xbox One that can run Office in addition to having a web browser and gaming capabilities could actually replace a desktop PC in many people’s homes. Even if its primarily an entertainment device, the option to load applications or data could still come in handy.Microsoft’s backwards compatibility announcement was one of the big events at E3 this year and the company wasn’t always certain it could be done. In an interview with Xbox Wire, Mike Ybarra, Xbox director of program management, said, “We knew it would be an enormous engineering challenge, and many people told us it would be impossible,” Ybarra said in an interview with Xbox Wire. “However, the team had conviction, and delivered. This is what I love most about Xbox: We’re all gamers, and fan feedback fuels our passion.”
Gamers get ready for this!