Did Microsoft kill Xbox Live+Windows Live cross-platform play because console gamers were too bad?

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Oh, what can have been. Rahul Sood, of Voodoo PC fame (now at HP), says he’s heard from people inside the know that Microsoft was working on a project that could have integrated Xbox Live with a type of Windows Live. The tip goal was to were console gamers and PC gamers playing against each other on a combined Xbox Live+Windows Live service. The explanation why this project never saw the light of day? Because console gamers are rubbish.

What happened was that the combined service, or whatever it’s essential to call it, was moving along smoothly, even getting to the testing stages. It really is, testing between console gamers over here and PC gamers over there. Console gamers can be using their standard controller and PC gamers could be using their standard mouse and keyboard.

Every single time the PC gamer killed the console gamer. And I don’t mean killed as in “fragged,” but killed as inside the PC gamer knocked enamel out of the console gamers every single time.

So partially subsequently-console gamers didn’t stand an opportunity against PC gamers-that Microsoft decided to kill the project. Maybe that’s good (would PC gaming be more popular today?), maybe that’s bad (would PC gamers must post with 12-year-olds screaming stupid nonsense at the head of their lungs all game long?). Who knows.

Now, this can be saying a number of ones. One is evident: a mouse and keyboard is more precise than any console controller. That’s not disputable, right? I should hope not! Two, it may be saying something concerning the relative skill level of PC and console gamers. Can you name even one “famous” professional console gamer? I certainly cannot, but I know you’ve heard the name Fatal1ty before. Perhaps PC gamers are simply better at gaming then their console counterparts?

Then again, it can simply be function following form. PC games (that’s from-the-ground-up PC games, not mere ports) tend to be more complex than console games, so after years of getting used to playing, say, Eve Online (or name-your-complex-game), they’ve developed better skills?

No one is saying that PC gamers are “better” than console gamers, just that maybe they have got a better developed skill-set because of a more precise input method and usually harder games. Please don’t throw pointy things at me.

*ducks*