Microsoft Are Killing Xbox
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- Microsoft are REMOVING reasons to buy an Xbox.
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The x360 era was the height of the Xbox brand. They never recovered from E3 2013. It just took 11 years for everything unravel.
That…..sounds about right. It didn’t help that all while Xbox was ice cold trying to recover, Sony and Nintendo were red HOT!!!!
I agree with ya. The 360 was there best console
I forgot what happened specifically that year; was it peak red ring era or was it their Kinnect stuff?
I miss the days of Left 4 Dead
yeap, bobby kotick made it clear in the ways he used blackrock to kill all western studios, while propping up nintendo financially.
Games companies aiming for "live service" over "AAA singleplayer" games are burying the entire industry.
Continuous profit from bare-bones, grindy trash, over meaningful one-time payment art, may be the final nail in the coffin.
Ah yes, because the Ubisoft formula is the holy grail of game design. All hail the AAA singleplayer experience!
I think you can do both right ? There’s a massive market for online there’s also a massive market for sp. Both would always be best
@@davidjones797 there's definitely room for both. But short production cost, with higher/continous yield will be more attractive than long production, and a once-off payment.
They could use one to pay for the other, but that's where greed of the boardroom comes in.
I can't imagine too many devs want to *just* be making soulless live service games. (Some "AAA" singleplayer games are also soulless)
@@notoriousbmc1 I think at the end of the day make a good game regardless wether it’s single player or mp if it’s good and your not trying to rip off consumers then it’s a win win for everyone. But yes the problem in the industry is the greed with big publishers. What been cool the last year or so is that indie developers are really starting to make a big mark on the industry like balder gate 3 like hell divers independent studios that just want to make good games and not try to rip of consumer. Seeing both of them games blow up is really good for the industry and I feel there a big change coming where companies like EA/activision/ubisoft ect will no longer exist because there on a unrealistic path of grow grow grow. They will crash and burn and developers like larian and arrowhead will be the ones left. That doesn’t sound so bad to me. 🤣
No, that nail would be putting ads on your $100+ offline game.
Yeaaaah the XBOX brand is basically dead at this point. Microsoft clearly doesn't care about shipping a quality console or games. I can't see myself ever investing in anything Microsoft ever again.
They explained nothing & are just complaining. A video game is not ruining an entire console, go complain to the forums
They have a quality console? And they don't have the best exclusives but Ps5 hasn't had much either. The whole industry is down. Talk about overreacting lmaoo
Don Mattrick killed Xbox, Phil
Spencer went all Weekend at Bernie’s with it.
@@DevinDBellHell would probably be an upgrade.
This is a good analogy. Mattrick had a bunch of shitty ideas, all Phil said was “nah… we’re not gonna do that.” And the fan base treated him like the second coming lol. Oh my god instead of death by Kinect and DRM it’s going to be a directionless PS4 clone but weaker and without games!? All hail the savior of Xbox! 😂
That is beautiful. Good analogy sir
Well effing said
@@shecklesmack9563 LOL SECOND KOME!!!
I really just can't understand what the logic was that a VG company decided to focus on everything other than making VGs
Imagine if Ben & Jerry's suddenly decided to focus on other things than ice-cream, letting the ice-cream division stagnate n drop in options, we'd think they lost their fucking minds but we gave Xbox a pass for 10 fucking years
This is way past shame on them, n very much shame on us
Hey! SEGA 2.0. Remember when Sega was a console then slowly gave up and became a game developer? History seems to be repeating itself.
bullsht. sega went broke. xbox is just run by morons. AT LEAST XBOX OWNERS PHONES HAVE GYRO, HAPTICS AND VR!
Well in this case it makes sense. Microsoft makes Windows and most games released on Xbox are also made for Windows it's kinda like they are producing two systems.
Don't remember Sega buying a single publisher with a higher marker valuation than the entire competing console business....
I really wanted an evil within 3 and a Ghostwire Tokyo sequel
Me two
Replaying GWT again cause I like to torture myself and be reminded I'm never getting a sequel.
Me too... Me too.
Same 😅
Evil Within is what hurts me the most
Meanwhile, Nintendo is just chillin off to the side in their own world xD
In all seriousness, bring back the old days when gaming was competitively friendly and not toxically greedy
The whole industry is tanking. Games are overpriced, too much gouging of the customers with loot boxes and other micro transactions. Now companies want to put ads into the games. It's insane. Half the games you have to buy an online subscription to even play.
Greed is destroying so many industries in this world and its just going to continue until they run it completely into the ground.
Or, people could stop standing there watching the pyromaniac burn down the building. Aka start putting pressure on governments to make laws banning this greed. As an American i am so sick and tired of seeing the horrid unchecked greed that goes on here. All itll take is one law. And the whole castle of glass comes crashing down. Because if the patient zero of the greed plague that is america gets quarantined finally. Other countries will follow suit.
@@crazedlucidityzeroProblem is governments don't really listen. Just look at your country as you said you're an American there's almost 40 million people in the us who are on the poverty line you really think they are gonna wanna fight the government to put laws in place for gaming when the government won't even help them with the cost of living?
@@jcdenton41100 every battle, no matter how small or for what. Is worth fighting for. Im not wealthy hell im not even middle class (i work in aerospace btw but im still considered lower class). But i cant stand idly by and watch the last bastion that lets us get away from the cruelty of reality get destroyed. America is where this storm started. Its up to my people to fix this. I get where your coming from. But if we do nothing then nothing will get better. Ill keep trying to hammer this home.
@@crazedlucidityzero I hope you vote with your wallet then my friend. The ultimate power we have is to vote with our wallet where possible, and when it comes to gaming, it's all optional.
There's not mucha worse than keyboard activists that then go and unnecessarily fund the thing they're railing against.
Phil, if you're in trouble: blink twice and touch your nose at your next public appearance!
Being a fan of Xbox has been painful. I recently sold my PS5 because my account got hacked twice and I don’t trust their security and now this is happening 🤦🏽♂️
Yet over a thousand bank accounts get hacked every day. Are you going to stop using your bank. The US government gets hacked every day. It doesn't matter what company it is or who it is. You can't stop it from happening if it's contented with the Internet. Personally I never had any of my psn accounts hacked but then again I don't leave my bank account contented to any online subscription and I don't buy items of the Internet that makes it even easier for you to be hacked. And I call it BS you been hacked twice.
PC is the way to go
@@daksans6764yeah probably gonna invest in a pc set up
What is crazy is, I have been going back to my 360 games and they were more polished than the current games
Keep up the critical Xbox videos. It's about time someone held them accountable
For what exactly? They explained literally nothing as to how its being ruined. Apparently according to them, a game is ruining an entire console. They're just complaining & so are you
@@jameslahey2005 there are still several issues for example they just announced they're creating a new studio. The spending money on an unproven Studio instead of keeping quality well-established ones like Tango. Also they're putting Call of Duty on Game Pass which will probably lead to a price hike for Game Pass smh
@@Macktube So again, my question remains the same. How is a single game going to ruin an entire console. No sense at all
@@jameslahey2005 It's not just one game
@@Macktube Yes it is. You just admitted to it
We really are living in Dark times in gaming. ~Our Tech has advanced but making games has gone out the window. Bring back making games in a similar style as previous gen games but utilize modern day advancements. Game projects like that will cost less $, take less time to build. We drastically need an array of different unique game types to select from. Right now consoles are almost useless. Unless you play COD only 1 or 2 games come out. We hardly see the amount of games we used to see and the different types of games we used to see. We need games that harness art design. Designs that have proved to be timeless. Cell shaded, low poly effects, pre rendered backgrounds, 2D, 2.5D, creative 3D that's not trying to be hyper realistic. Inspiration from previous gens should not stop, just because new consoles have come out. Timeless games don't need hyper realistic graphics. Some of the best games have creative art styles such as Sly Cooper. Anytime i say this someone in the comments always says: "well we have indie games" but that's not my point. I wish the gaming industry would recalibrate their focus & start making games for consoles with all sorts of styles & designs. Just look at current Gen consoles Game Library's? It's NOTHING compared to the N64, PS1, Xbox, GameCube, dreamcast, 360, PS2, Sega Saturn, classic PC games, etc. Life would be amazing If game companies will start making games that are inspired by these previous gen designs. We shouldn't leave those unique aspects of gaming in the past. Hopefully the struggles of the modern triple AAA games will organically transition the gaming industry back towards a better direction. It's exhausting how long it's taking for most games to be made. Just for a lot of those games to end up being total let down projects anyways. It's crazy. Idk how these game companies have been able to keep getting away with this BS.
I dig your post. I agree and disagree with some points, but mostly on track. I’ve done plenty of software development in my time. And yes, it really does take a LONG time to produce them. No doubt. It’s a very technical field with a lot of different hands in the same cookie jar. Major corporate structure and greed are honestly what holds it back. That’s the core of why game development has gone down the tubes. An old company I worked for used to have entire server farms just to render assets. Mostly done autonomously, without human intervention. And even with that, it still would take days just to render a few assets. I can’t imagine the amount of power and time it must take to render an entire game. Players need to learn patience and companies need to learn how to properly embrace, appreciate, and reward talent. Instead of the current barren landscape of laid off technical experts to line the executives pockets. What a sad situation.
Take2 does the same thing with rockstar. How many rockstar sequels have we been asking for but all they do is GTA online.
Because you still play it & buy shark cards
What sequels are people still asking for? Bully 2? I haven’t seen any other sequels in recent history that fans are still asking for.
Plus, GTA Online is a completely different situation - Rockstar is still pulling in *hundreds of millions* per year off of that title. They aren’t flopping.
Since 2013.
For the amount of developers and resources they have the output has not been great on the whole. And when they do make a great game with hi fi rush they close the studio
I patiently waited 10yrs on the promise that exclusive were coming
Valuable lesson, ignore the words (they're always lies) focus on the actions
Nintendo n PS really are where you go if you just want good, new games
PC is where you go if you want good games
You mean there is no reason to buy a console period - Get a PC and get both sony and ms exclusive - why get a console period...? Helldivers 2 was not an anomaly - Sony have said they will put the multiplayer/live service games on PC day 1... So expect it to happen more often...
to adegree I mean if you want to play the games early just buy a PlayStation not like Sony's doing day and date with PC anytime soon
Because PC are bad for gaming now. Every game is full of cheats. I also refuse to give Microsoft any money for anything. Not one thing in my house is Microsoft. Also try and find a good local PC shop who sells gaming PC, we're I live there's one PC shop and that's over 10 miles away and they don't sell gaming PC and you can't buy hardware from them. PC sales globally have been dropping in the past 10 years.
I am so sad that any hope for an Evil Within 3 is gone now...srsly Microsoft should just stop taking part in the console market atp they are doing more bad than good outside of Gamepass
GamePass is the reasson these studios got shut down
They keep talking about Sony's $70 pricetag, yet Helldivers 2 was only $40 and was a success
Until Sony pulled some bs & has basically got it banned in more & more countries. Last I heard it was tanking fast.
Helldivers 2 was published by Sony, not developed, there's a difference.
aw the little "ur smarter than me" "nah bro we're both smart" was great love that y'all manage to make even the news warm and conversational and feel like... like im at lunch with friends as a kid again talking about the latest games. anyway keep it up love whatculture
Didn't Phil Spencer say just last year that if Game Pass didn't take off, then there probably wouldn't be an XBox brand by around 2027? To me, this just looks like them positioning the company to cut its losses and maximize their revenue based on the I.P.'s that they've acquired along the way.
Insert dog in burning house meme
They did a long time ago when Don Matrick revealed the xbox one. Lol.
And yet people still said xbox was better than playstation😂
@@briangallardo5645 Many people can say anything. Your point?
xbox 3*
That's a bit of a myth. Xbox could have pulled it back if they'd knuckled down and consistently developed great games, but they didn't.
@@bobbobbins4877 A myth? Were you even there? Or are you just used to lying to yourself? That showcase was a sh!tshow period you CANNOT still be coping about that 🤣
Yeesh, a 25 minute video for 5 minutes of content?
You guys just kept talking in circles, repeating yourselves, one would say something and then the other would basically repeat it all over again agreeing with him... trying writing a script or at least using an outline.
😂
That's all news on general lol, this is the hot topic rn so everyone's milking it
I've criticised the guy on the left before (sorry never catch their names) but the last few vids they've both been awesome. I know my opinion doesn't matter too much but wanted to praise the energy n chat around the various topics. ❤
Damn I really hope Microsoft can turn Xbox around. Recently got GamePass and a Series X and love both the hardware and the service. The backwards compatibility on the Xbox especially is a killer feature that the PlayStation just doesn't have.
Gamepass is great, can't wait for the new COD in october.
I think the best thing Phil can do at the summer event is just to be honest around what is coming, if that be good or bad.
I am so speechless on what are they doing. I was about giving Xbox a chance of console with good gameplay with my cousins and now this.
Don't believe alot from What You hear ... I have Verified at Times, inaccurate or fake Information from Uploads like this.... Microsoft is Doing well, Regardless of What this Video states
For the major titles like the call of duties, Timed exclusives are not really a bad idea. Putting the new titles out for sale for individual sale for a few months before putting them on subscriptions like PS Plus or game pass will be a good thing. There are millions of plarys that rush out to buy each new title in teh first 30 days as we have seen historically. Tjere will always be a segment of playrs taht need/want to wait for sales or something like gamepass due to teh individual price of titles. Myself included. I buy maybe 1or 2 full pricef games in a year and pick up others on sale when they better fit my budget.
To me this looks like Microsoft trying to squeeze every last dollar they can from the Xbox brand by porting over exclusive titles, then when this ultimately backfires and the profits plummet, they’ll just kill the Xbox console as a whole and focus on cloud gaming.
Hell yah for more xbox games on PS5, I'm excited for that!
Now it's just a box with no 'x' in site
The CEO needs to be fired. The best chance of getting that 70B back is console exclusives. It's the decades old console success strategy. Just ask Nintendo how they are doing. What's gonna happen is gamers like me are just going to abandon their Xbox and just play on Playstation. That strategy is stupid.
If Sony keeps being stupid, they'll lose to PC.
Don't be ignorant. "I want to make more money, so I'm going to sell one thing in one place, and be as limiting as possible to make sure poor people can't afford it."
IT WILL BE FINE, THEY'RE MAKING A PHONE GAME STORE AND AT LEAST XBOX OWNERS PHONES HAVE GYRO, HAPTICS AND VR!
@@joejoe2658 So shitty mobile games? Wonderful. : /
Ugh Playstation is also on fire & are blaming exclusives for it. They're strategy is pivot away from exclusives. This might help in short-term but it's not addressing the actual problem, the ever increasing budgets for AAA development is unsustainable.
These gaming companies are collapsing under their own weight. They could alleviate this by staggering their releases so that every 4-6 yrs you get AA-AAA game while having their smaller studios make much smaller more focused games with 2-3 yr turnarounds so that every year you have at least a somewhat full quarterly release schedule.
To me, the writing on the wall is that Xbox is not a hardware company anymore. Hell, it's not even a gaming company anymore. Sony is also circling the drain. After a lifelong Xbox user I'm sick of this situation and I'm Craigslisting my Series X. My PS5 will be following Craigslist at some point. I'll be using that cash to build my new gaming PC.
I don’t have gamepass or any other subscription service as it’s a concept that will never work for games and only works for movies.
We’ve seen how it doesn’t work for big games or small games as starfield didn’t increase their numbers and the studio that made hi-fi rush is just gone now, if those two reasons don’t spell out how subscriptions don’t help these companies like they’ve stated they do than I don’t know what does.
The thing Xbox just needed to do was make great games I know Phil doesn’t agree with that notion but it’s one of the reasons PlayStation is still in this business and it’s half the reason nintendo still exists as well.
Lastly, I will always say this, the abk deal is the worst deal Xbox ever made for themselves they basically latched on a $70b leech hoping that it would stop the bleeding but in actuality they basically chopped off all of their limbs and are hoping that they will grow back.
I think we might be headed for a place where gaming options are going to be limited to PC and Nintendo. Sony will hang in there for another generation, I think, but the writing seems to be on the wall. PC is a better deal for publishers since they've already eliminated physical media from their eco system. It's possible Sony could turn things around if the inevitable PS6 is widely available at launch, the price point is more appealing than a mid-range gaming PC and they don't hold the software back by making it also work on the PS5. 11:56
Or the future might be mobile gaming.
Sony can offer something that makes them a viable alternative to Nintendo or PC, but if any console is next to die its the Playstation line.
This comes at a time I am about to get my new Xbox! Now I'm uncertain if I should?! I've not been a big PlayStation supporter for over a decade.
Nintendo recovered from the Wii-U gen by making Mario Od and BOTW for the Switch. A console a lot of people were uneasy about.
They also recovered from the disasterous 3DS launch by lowering the price and making excellent games and bundles. Then worked on the hardware.
PlayStation had a rough go during 3's era. They recovered by releasing excellent games for 4 (Spider Man, God of War, The Last of Us etc)
Scott and Josh are 100% correct. It is about the games, always has been. No ammount of corporate scheming replaces a quality product and player enjoyment.
Where's Fable? Elder Scrolls 6? Gears of War? Etc etc. If they had released even one of these highly sought after titles, they would be in better shape.
Passing the buck to a previous mistake is weak leadership.
Good.
Uncharted 4 and Horizon killed Xbox One. Damn, I think Phil is going to sunset Xbox hardware and announce the PS and Game Pass release dates for current and future platforms.
The one problem with the Helldivers 2 conversation is that Sony is not giving the breakdown on how many of the 12M sales were actually on PC. So far the PC sales of other PS ports have been 10% of the console sales or less. I tend to think Helldivers 2 is the same, but Sony needs talking point for areas of differentiation to satisfy board members, stockholders and public pundits to avoid stock dips on “The same old successful PlayStation news.” We’ll have to wait see, but of the 12M sold I suspect only roughly 1.2M are PC sales. The day and date on PC is really just to maximize multiplayer counts, but depending on the breakdown they may have needed for that. Keep in mind Sony hasn’t released a significant MP in years so the PlayStation console market was living in a first party drought of MP games so there are valid reasons for Helldivers 2 to be successful just on PS5 console where the majority of AA/AAA shooter games on PC are MP.
Didn’t you guys have this same convo last week?
They just like to remind the xbox fans that there system is crap
At this point Whatculture is just regurgitating the same anti-Xbox garbage over and over again because they’re too lazy to do anything else and afraid to risk offending their PlayStation fans by reporting on negative PlayStation news. Sad to see them fall off like this.
@@Megablueliner1You follows zalker one of the biggest fanboys on CZcams yet you are crying about Playstation fanboys. Whatculture literally did a video a couple of days ago talking negative towards playstation. You console warriors need to get a life it's pathetic.
If ABK was that important, why haven’t Microsoft put WoW on Game Pass yet?
Or really any Activision published games by now.
@@Qballiz2kool the new COD will be day 1 on Gamepass though.
You don't have to replace parts on a console. The games are made to the machine instead of the machine being made for the game.
One of the reasons I'm still on consoles. Heck I can't use my computer because I need to get a new processor among other things.
Selling games on other platforms is a great idea if you want to sell more copies, it's a terrible idea if you want to move more hardware.
They shouldn’t kill off Xbox! There making a similar mistake with Rare!
I'm not sure what the problem is with releasing games on multiple platforms. So many games and series have benefited from this (the Witcher, GTA, Call of Duty, Red Dead, Minecraft, etc) it doesn't doom a console, because a console is made for games. Without the games and the devs and the people...the console and the brand die. That is the issue with Microsoft. Shutting down their studios. laying off the people trying to feed their familes. maybe if Hi-Fi Rush had been multi-plat the studio could have survivied and all those devs would still have jobs. I even hate the idea of timed exclusives. that's just strong arming a dev or publisher or both. It's almost like a giant paywall and it's anti-consumer. The world is getting too expensive and too exclusive and it's driving me nuts. Everyone wants their cut until you split a consumer's wallet 75 ways and then the consumer cuts ties with everything. Eventually you will hit a breaking point. You have spotify, apple music, youtube music, netflix, hulu, disney+, mgm+, hbo max, paramount+, peacock, apple tv..... entertainment is getting way too complicated, convulted, expensive and filled with ads, paywalls, and microtransactions. I kind of went off on a rant but I think it's the opposite. You guys are thinking short-term. Look at the bigger picture.
That works for those companies because they don’t have any associated proprietary hardware. For platforms like Xbox & PlayStation the games are more of a gateway to get people to invest in the ecosystem. Which is done by buying games (not just exclusives), movies, and other purchases through their store fronts. Each of which MS or Sony (depending on platform) gets a cut. The only way these companies would make the jump to being primarily 3rd party is by either removing the proprietary hardware (consoles) from the equation entirely or making them more of a niche side of their strategy. Sort of like how Steam makes Steam Decks but only in limited numbers to reduce production costs since their primary business is a PC games storefront. What you’re saying isn’t impossible, but would be a huge shift for these platform holders and the industry at large.
Short term gain, long term loss
I think the hellblade 2 argument about pc n console gamers was brought up cos it showed that if u release something day one on pc people will buy, I'm a console gamer and do believe there is a complete difference between console and pc and one of the main reasons is if your in the know even if a game comes out for console exclusive or not there are ports or emulators where u can get these games for free so if you want it day one or 2 or 3 on pc u can grab it however if you just introduce it there is a market for people just buying it and that will surely increase devolper revenue which I don't care what contracts they've signed they done it to be profitable to be able to continue making more games at a profit, that's the whole reason we had the leap in console game prices in the first place, and it will be interesting to see when gta launches because they could and probably will introduce and new price point and get away with it because it's gta and maybe over develpers will follow suit, maybe not to the same price point but still introduce a hike which is a double edge sword because you get more money from a product but potentially don't sell as many
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The thing that stings the most about the past week is the shuttering of Tango Gameworks. They really didn’t deserve what happened to them. Xbox execs better give a formal apology and do something to win the community back because I’m already in the process of moving to PS…
As a ps5 owner, this is all a win for me. I'm excited to get Starfield and a GoW HD Anthology
This is all linked to the future of AAA games and big companies overspending buying dev studios. MS are probably regretting buying Bethesda etc and the only way of making their money back is making them mulriplatform.
Phil Spencer can't speak right now, he's being "teabagged" by Satya Nadella, it's tough to talk with someone's baws on ya gums.
& i was really looking forward to the evil within 3.
Not only do you get a better game if you wait, but you can usually get a cheaper and a better game if you wait.
I’ve never seen a real reason for console exclusive games, they should be accessible to everyone regardless of systems
Long term they’ll make money off sharing Xbox exclusives, but they’ll stand to save more money by shrinking the budgets for games and releasing quality games. They have the means to recoup this but they have to make some internal shifts
I mean, if the brand doesn't pay off after all these years of excessively putting time and money into it, I'd scratch that too.
Maybe we're all wrong. Maybe the developers Microsoft fired didn't have any new projects to work on, no new ideas at least.
I have a Xbox series X and a ps5 I play the PlayStation more due to the fact my mates all say there’s no point them getting a Xbox due to the fact everything goes to Sony in time XD
If I wait or buy the game on release date I’m paying the same price
Xbox Series-X is the Dreamcast of Microsoft. A great machine that marked the end of a console brand.
Yup. And Sega recently has been bouncing back with their ips.
Persona basically pushed them up. The sonic movie is making sonic more relevant.
AT LEAST XBOX OWNERS PHONES HAVE GYRO, HAPTICS AND VR!
I will be trading my series X in now whilst it still has any value left....
Scott/internet where do you get that Ifrit T-shirt? The news is irrelevant now I've seen that!
Nadella is no good
Guys, he meant that forever after that comment people would be more skeptical of XBox. Yes, it is about the games, but think about the fail that was Halo: Infinite; the commentary wasn’t 343 proves again they don’t understand this IP, it was XBox doesn’t understand this IP. This really isn’t that hard
If Sony is thinking about launching games on PlayStation and PC at the same time. Don't make the PC gamers sign up or kn to PSN. Look what happened with helldivers. They're not going to put up with thay bullshit
I had a greedy and generally negative impression of xbox since the first console. For some strange reason, that hasn't changed.
I waited 2 years for cyberpunk and I love it now
Why do people say we "need" Xbox so they can be competition to Playstation? As if Nintendo doesn't exist. Switch is slaughtering Xbox and Playstation. In terms of exclusives, its always been a race between Sony and Nintendo. Xbox isn't even a part of that equation.
it's because they're too young to remember when the PS2 launched or we're never a part of that era let alone know why Play station as a brand even exist not like when Xbox came into the party Sony wasn't standing over the dead corpse of saga but you know apparently there would be no PlayStation without Xbox lmfao
Their adapting to the changing climate. Personally I think it’s a great idea for them to publish their games on PlayStation and Switch .
The assessment that Xbox is in trouble because of the bigger fish at Microsoft is correct. However, I disagree with the rest. What continues to kill the Xbox brand is PC getting Xbox exclusives and this obsession with transforming games into a subscription service. GamePass is not an unknown that needs marketing, people by and large know what it is. The proposition of spending $299 on Series S to rent games didn't appeal to the mass market and that's why Series consoles are selling worse than the Xbox One, which had exclusives and didn't bet its identity on renting games. I want Xbox to be competitive with both Sony and Playstation, but its time to throw in the towel in the direction of renting games and Series S all digital hellscape.
Even as someone who primarily uses a PC or PS5, I do not want X-Box to go away. It's bad for devs, it's bad for fans, it's bad for games.
Have you not seen Ghost Of Tushima Community Tab its all Sony Ponies complaining saying we PC players killed the PS5. I think Exclusivity of any kind is stupid release the game on every platform ao we can play where we want and just rake in all the money that results.
Sony never marketed hell divers 2 ? What are you guys talking about ? It was at one of there main conferences 💀the games big because it’s good that’s what happens when a games good word of mouth gets round and people buy the game. Balder gate 3 is another great example.
Microsoft bought ABK for mobile & cod
The “doesn’t matter how many 10/10 games we release, we can’t get that momentum back” mindset is completely BS. PlayStation went through the same thing when the PS3 was announced. The speaker said something along the lines of “you’re gonna want to have 2 or more jobs to afford a PS3.” And people were PISSED (rightfully so)! But PlayStation have made great games since and invested in new tech and now released games for PC. Takes effort. Also, I agree that only games make the success of your hardware, not your hardware’s features.
PC's not disregarded, they're comfortable. They have their own exclusives too.
This is AWESOME console war nonsennse just needs to end and everything needs to go multiplat. It is better all around for the customer on evfery single metric.
Literally just sold my Series X, One & Series X games, 2tb hard drive and Starfield controller. To turn around and buy more 360, PS3 and Wii games. The 8th gen was so-so..this 9th gen has lacked a lot! 6th and 7th gen are the peak of gaming imo. Play my PS3, 360 and Wii more than my Swith and, the Series X. And tried to like PS5. But just didn't like it.
If you buy a ps5 controller with an Xbox stick layout, how is it not exactly.. EXACTLY, the same?
You'll even be playing Xbox games on it soon?
If you have just sold your Xbox setup you can simply switch to ps5 for next to no additional cost if you buy one used?
Ultimately it's just a box under the TV at the end of the day.
All I'm seeing is Playstation owners should for sure be getting the next fallout and elder scrolls now, if they need money so bad, also with 2:35 Square Enix went to PS exclusive because the sales numbers were laughbly horrible, Xbox has always been DOA in Japan, and I don't think having any of the Square Enix IP's on Xbox will change anything, they need to remake 6 or 9, and then actually get people behind it instead of just going "Hey look, it's 7, won't you buy it"
The only reason I bought an xbox, was hoping they will release a fallout game during this generation. Otherwise it’s collecting dust :(
It’s absolutely ridiculous that these “industry leaders” think everyone wants to play the exact same games. Budgeting for more A and AA titles would allow for variety and creativity. I have zero interest in anything AAA because it’s all stuff I’ve done before. Been there done that gameplay.
You sir are ready to become a pc gamer, you just don't know it yet.
There are loads more A,AA hand to be had for £30.
Where are the games? The good ones... long single player or co-op campaigns, it's like they just don't care anymore. Even racing games have just become cumbersome and tired.
XBOX acts like Activision blizzard does pump cash monthly for them... Candy crush, wow, cod
I am just jelly over that Ifrit shirt. Goddamn.
Its nothing special just a design on a bland shirt
I wanna own my games physical
Am i aloud to enjoy my xbox 😅
Hopefully putting games on PlayStation works out for Microsoft. I am a PlayStation player and will definitely pick up Microsoft games on my PlayStation but the main reason I want them to succeed is if there is no competition PlayStation will suck again.
There has never been a reason to buy ganes at launch, and this solidifies it.
PC ports coming 6 months or whatever after isn't the issue. It's that they're almost always fucking broken
Game pass did a lot more harm than it’s thought no game gets the sales it needs to stay with Xbox for indies it’s great Honestly it was probably the Day 1 on Game pass that hurt most
Let’s not forget that Xbox has been doing this for years now with their PC parody. Like as a console maker, it mmediately kills themselves as people often play the Xbox games on pc day one launch
Fallout 4 was rereleased recently on PS5 & XBox. It was a free upgrade with my previously purchased digital copy including all DLCs. My nephew with his XBox received the main game upgrade for free…but had to pay $70 for the DLC…despite already “owning” the game digitally, previously.
Microsoft lost me when they a) allowed the “Red-Ring-of-Death” saga to drag on for too long. (Including 6 replaced 360’s…)
b) forced you to pay for rechargeable battery packs for the 360, amongst other egregious, costly accessories.
And c), let 343 Industries ruin the Halo series…
X360 did almost beat PS3.... Ps3 was slightly better but that was xbox/ms most impressive console that had a large fanbase
My gamer mind likes this. My business mind thinks this is a dumb move long term
Compared to the console community the pc community is a small majority which is why most games come to console 1st.