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CBR: Its the End of an Era for PlayStation and Xbox
- Thread starter Orbital2060
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deeptech
Member
Is this AI generated satire???
bitbydeath
Member
Seems pointless like consoles vs mobiles, who cares.
Windows vs Steam will be more interesting.
Badlucktroll
Member
I think bluntly what happened literally was playstation totally steamrolled xbox and now microsoft has to put xbox games on playstation to get out of red
Calverz
Member
This guy is so emotionally attached to this.
What the fuck is that thing on the right?The true console war is still on, and has been since 1994…
…Microsoft was just a sideshow that never won a single generation.
RetroGamingUK
Member
You mean Game of the Year 2024?
RickMasters
Member
huh?...what?.....nah!.....The war is never over!...Ever. Its gamer vs gamer now. come to think of it....cmon lets go right now, right in front of the mods. My console is better than yours....hoe!
RickMasters
Member
RickMasters
Member
I hear ya. I wish they would pay me to write something. plus, I like stirring shit. may aswell pay me to rile up the internet. PLus I need a new set of michelins pilots...these shits dont last long!
Synastry
Member
To be fair Xbox fans wouldn't know since they haven't won GOTY and god knows how long.
RickMasters
Member
PC players enjoying first party console exclusives on PC while watching console war
Well...technically we can all even find a reason to war over PC....intel vs AMD...nvidia VS amd Asus vs gigabyte Vs MSI........ Thats right ...you heard me....you MSI loving peasant.
Asus gang!
Astray
Member
They're realizing that a lot of their clicks depend on console warring being a reality.
If the console wars die then people stop caring about daily gaming news and only tune in when something big happens or when they're trying to look up something.
Mibu no ookami
Demoted Member® Pro™
Western gaming media was already in a really bad spot, but rather than adapt with reality, they've decided to double and triple down.
IGN buying Eurogamer was a really bad result for independent journalism and it probably isn't the end of it either. IGN will buy as much gaming media as it can to push out the competition and maintain views/clicks.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
To be fair Xbox fans wouldn't know since they haven't won GOTY and god knows how long.
Haters gonna hate
GOTY2024
Is that a new Pokémon?
DavJay
Member
Game pass killed Xbox. The fact that they still messed up after given a third chance after the RROD and Xbone fiasco. The guy at top of Xbox don’t know what they are doing. It’s great exclusives. They should have made online gaming free first before giving away their exclusives to competitors.
RoboFu
One of the green rats
ohh it sold more than a 7 year old console sunsetting for the next iteration? really!!??
but also its not sales that is the problem with console gaming on these consoles, they just lack any soul . PS does heave astro bot though and thank god for that game!
Sooner
Member
ohh it sold more than a 7 year old console sunsetting for the next iteration? really!!??
Well, "green rat", can Xbox say the same?
Sooner
Member
Nope. It's not because we don't play Microsoft games anymore that we think Xbox is dying, it's because we are now playing them on PlayStation consoles.
Sega might not be dead either, but their consoles are.
Bungie
Member
It's very clear that Microsoft can afford to continue making consoles & the Xbox teams are already in the next stages of doing so. Nothing points to Xbox being dead just because older titles are being sold on other platforms. So many people like you are reaching with this decision that it can only mean its dying because games are being sold elsewhere, but really it's just more money to invest into growing Xboxs portfolios which has been recently confirmed by Phil.
djjinx2
Member
Second use of this in 2 Xbox related threads.
Embarrassing if your older than 12.
Fucking fanboy
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Orbital2060
Member
Shawn Layden on the future of videogame consoles (december 2024):
www.eurogamer.net
"There comes a time when we all declare the war is over": Former PlayStation Studios boss Shawn Layden on the future of video game consoles
Eurogamer's week-long coverage of PlayStation's 30th anniversary continues today with the concluding half of our specia…
www.eurogamer.net
If you lived a while and played videogames over several decades by now, its pretty clear we have come to a point where the business is changing because of new technology and market economy. Youre not going to sell plastic discs in plastic covers to kids standing in a line outside a shop anymore. People are getting used to apps and stores and being able to play on the device they find most convenient.
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ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
Shawn Layden on the future of videogame consoles (december 2024):
"There comes a time when we all declare the war is over": Former PlayStation Studios boss Shawn Layden on the future of video game consoles
Eurogamer's week-long coverage of PlayStation's 30th anniversary continues today with the concluding half of our specia…
If you lived a while and played videogames over several decades by now, its pretty clear we have come to a point where the business is changing because of new technology and market economy. Youre not going to sell plastic discs in plastic covers to kids standing in a line outside a shop anymore. People are getting used to apps and stores and being able to play on the device they find most convenient.
Have to say this is certainly true. The dynamic and climate will change. We're not longer in that era where console players line up outside the shops to buy physical games anymore.
ResilientBanana
Member
Someone made a thread about this discussion that happens in every thread.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
100%! It HAS to be.
So why can't gamers just buy their games from an online digital store going forward?
ArtHands
Thinks buying more servers can fix a bad patch
I didn't say they can't.
March Climber
Member
That era was already dying last gen, and was accelerated heavily into a 6 ft grave by Covid.
Only older crowds and hipsters cared about physical, and it doesn’t even have staying power because gaming never had a format as cool as Vinyl.
{insert code here}
Member
Console wars are over and the future war is going to be mobile vs PC and it's going to be worse than it sounds 
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mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
So should 30% of people be ignored?
Crayon
Member
Cartridges are pretty cool.
March Climber
Member
Eventually yes, because an aging market can’t fight time.
Stores are tired of wasting shelf space carrying discs that are barely purchased, almost all of gen z and younger are already all digital and are playing other types of games (including the massive elephant in the room, mobile games), rental services are bleeding money, barely anyone goes to gamestop anymore, and most modern disc games require day 1 patches anyway.
Two further counterpoints:
1) The same happened with VHS, CDs, DVDs, etc. regardless of their percentage.
2) The PC gaming crowd was the first to move on, and they have been steadily growing in size each year, especially now that Xbox gamers are feeling betrayed. Steam was the first big hammer strike to the giant nail that is physical games.
Literally Nintendo is probably the last company left where I’d recommend physical to anyone, and that’s mainly because they cheap out on internal storage and also because their games rarely, if ever, go on sale digitally.
Contrary to what PC gamers believe, Playstation has been having digital sales and deep discounts, weekly. I’m assuming this is Steam’s doing as a competitor, and a thank you goes out to them if so. It’s been a good run
mckmas8808
, 30+ years, but I’m not going to have a shocked pikachu face like others here when Playstation finally drops the disc slot next gen or the gen after. I will have expected it.
Gamerguy84
Member
Eh I agree with Layden. Gaming isn't something the new generation is doing. Cell phone, tik tok, social media addiction is replacing it. Kids can look at their phone all day every day.
I think even mobile gaming will lose to it.
I think even mobile gaming will lose to it.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Eventually yes, because an aging market can’t fight time.
Stores are tired of wasting shelf space carrying discs that are barely purchased, almost all of gen z and younger are already all digital and are playing other types of games (including the massive elephant in the room, mobile games), rental services are bleeding money, barely anyone goes to gamestop anymore, and most modern disc games require day 1 patches anyway.
Two further counterpoints:
1) The same happened with VHS, CDs, DVDs, etc. regardless of their percentage.
2) The PC gaming crowd was the first to move on, and they have been steadily growing in size each year, especially now that Xbox gamers are feeling betrayed. Steam was the first big hammer strike to the giant nail that is physical games.
Literally Nintendo is probably the last company left where I’d recommend physical to anyone, and that’s mainly because they cheap out on internal storage and also because their games rarely, if ever, go on sale digitally.
Contrary to what PC gamers believe, Playstation has been having digital sales and deep discounts, weekly. I’m assuming this is Steam’s doing as a competitor, and a thank you goes out to them if so. It’s been a good run
I hope the PS6 at least has it as an option like the PS5 Pro. I'm sure the PS7 will be digital only though.
No way man LOL!!! Raise your kids right. My 5 year old daughter loves playing with her Switch. And even some simple tablet mobile games.
Gamerguy84
Member
Lol I hear you. I know it sucks to see a cherished part of my life going away, and I wish it wasn't true, but I feel it is.
I built my daughter a PC and she played the hell out of Sims for years but that was the only game. Her friends all had switch so she got one only to never play it.
She gets into PSVR2 a bit still with Vaca simulator and Beat Saber but that's about it.
I asked her what games the boys at school play and of course football and fortnight were the andwer.
Shadowstar39
Member
Microsoft basically took over for Sega while they sat it out.The true console war is still on, and has been since 1994…
…Microsoft was just a sideshow that never won a single generation.
Now Sega should come back, and buy Xbox on Wednesday, lol...
In all seriousness, this is good and bad. Its bad as if no future xbox means lots of old xboxs games end on the series x. How will you play backwards compatible og xbox and 360 games with no new console after the x. I doubt they will port any of them to playstation. And pc versions don't exist. PC gamepass doesn't have a lot of those original releases, or they no longer work on modern 64bit pcs.
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Killjoy-NL
Member
Nonsense.
My 11yo stepson plays games every day (Fortnite and football), as do all his friends.
My nephew and niece also play video games everyday on Switch/laptop.
All my friends kids ages up to early teens all play videogames as well.
I'd argue it's more today than it was in the 90s. It's just part of day to day life.
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Shadowstar39
Member
That is really sad to hear. When I was a kid in the 80s everyone was talking about Super mario bros and Legend of Zelda. How to get to the minus world. Secret warp zones. Zelda's second quest (new game plus before it was a thing) , that i stumbled on ,when you put in Zelda as the character name only to find the map didn't match what came in the box.
Mike Tyson's punch out, who got to him and beat Iron mike. Kung fu, did anyone get to the top level.
I remember all these talks going on in Elementary school. I remember playing with my cousins with SMB3 and mario world on snes.
When my kids were kids and teens, I had them play all sorts of games. My daughter of course was into the sims. Sims 2 and 3 then 4 but it wasn't as good and she lost some interest. She also played sims 2 and castaway on psp.
Son was into racers like nfs, and star wars battlefront. Then got into Gary's mod on pc and robolox. He went through the fortnight and Siege phase plus always played Cod. I had him try other games though. He played through mad max, god or war , and all the need for speed games. He is more balanced because of my insistence of trying new stuff. Problem is men and women are different, it was easy to get my son to do this, my daughter only wanted to play the sims.
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RetroGamingUK
Member
How do you play backwards compatible MasterSystem, MegaDrive, Saturn and Dreamcast games?
Shadowstar39
Member
Different as those consoles were built better. Most og xbox's have capacitor problems and 360s rrod. You can still play nes games from the cart, the hardware holds up, not so for xbox. PS1 and ps2 holds up as well. The main reason for me even owning the x was to play bc games upscaled.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
This thread seems to be saying something different.
The numbers almost always tell a different story than what is often portrayed on the forums/twitter.
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