Microsoft at one point had plans to bridge Xbox and Windows gaming, but eventually killed them, because in cross-platform matches, console gamers couldn't hack it.
Project was "designed to allow console gamers and PC gamers to interact and battle over a connected environment," and that "during the development they brought together the best console gamers to play mediocre PC gamers at the same game," keyboard and mouse against console gamepad.

The results?

"The console players got destroyed every time," says Sood. "So much so that it would be embarrassing to the XBOX team in general had Microsoft launched this initiative.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/201657/d ... ?tk=hp_blg

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Yeah ... console games are always watered down so kiddies can play !!! PC gaming is harder to play than Xbox even if playing the exact same game.

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Cross platform gaming is coming....Just hope they get it done before 2012...end of the world.

I hope not before the olympics !!!!

We need to get a return on all the wasted money we have spent !!!