But at the same time, they can't just say "F you!" to those people who's still buying physical versions. We're long passed Don Mattrick's shit and MS simply can't afford to do that again, not to mention that none of the studios and bublishers they bought, actually did any good for Xbox brand in any significant way, plus they clearly thought that Game Pass will be huge and it's just not. Some can say that just wait and see, there's a lot of stuff announced and didn't come out yet, to which I say there's plenty of games that already out and did absolutely nothing to save Xbox as a brand. Also, I don't care about Xbox, PS or Nintendo and their platforms, I only care about games... and platforms... they're just a box which alows me to play the games and not some sacred shit.
PS5 Digital sold like shit, can't imagine Series S did much better, not to mention that it's even worse hardware wise.
It won't surprise me too. But cloud? Fuck cloud! Where's games worth buying and playing? OK, there Hi-Fi Rush and Psychonauts 2 (which won't move mountains), but what else? It's been almost 3 years and there's nothing worth buying and playing still to counter Sony stuff at least, and Nintendo... forget about Nintendo, they live in the bobble and their own universe. It's not like Sony has something waiting for us in 2024 1st party-wise, but they've at least had a lot of 1st party games since PS5s release where as Xbox had zero console sellers and relied heavily on 3rd party and indie devs. I mean, we can talk on and on about this and that in regards to MS, but so far they've failed miserably on pretty much all fronts and not, I'm not counting just a few exceptions cuz they don't matter.
I wish them luck with what's comming next and I really want to play some of the games that are coming, but count me not impressed with everything they've done after FH4 and Gears 5 games-wise.