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Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen
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On the bullshit scale of 1-10 with "Infinite Power of the Cloud" at a 10, How viable is it to have every console double as a dev-kit?
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Honestly, I don't know.
Technically speaking, it's possible.
Realistically speaking though, where would that put their existing XB1 dev kit programmes? Does this extend out to non-indies? What would be the difference between the development environments for proper dev kits and retail dev kits? What are the security ramifications of allowing all retail consoles to have a backdoor for development purposes? There's a hundred unanswered questions.
It feels like it would be easier to just sell a separate SKU of 'XB1 : Developer Edition.' Just take the existing dev-kits, make their specs the same as retail version, and maybe sell them at a $100 more or something, like what phone makers are doing.