Cyber_hunter026
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Pouring one out for the Xbox homies
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EXCLUSIVE | Microsoft plans Starfield launch for PlayStation 5
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Pouring one out for the Xbox homies
Makes sense.
Microsoft invested a lot of capital in acquisitions and probably expects the Gaming division to be self-sufficient (or else).
With games like Starfield flopping flat on its face and coming in under expectations, the only way to seek out new revenue is to multi-platform them.
Still not a recommended game though, unless it’s years down the road and you can buy a discounted all-in-one version.
Microsoft invested a lot of capital in acquisitions and probably expects the Gaming division to be self-sufficient (or else).
With games like Starfield flopping flat on its face and coming in under expectations, the only way to seek out new revenue is to multi-platform them.
Still not a recommended game though, unless it’s years down the road and you can buy a discounted all-in-one version.
Little Chicken
Member
Well there has been a reason if you own Game Pass. I think most people just don't know the ridiculous amount of high quality day one releases that subscription provides. Certainly haven't touched my PS5 since FFXVI because there's been no reason to.
Deerock71
Member
Yeah they did. They were trying to kill Nintendo to become Nintendo. They failed.
ReBurn
Gold Member
The market also had another option.
SEGAvangelist
Member
Gonna spoiler this obvious overreaction to hopefully avoid a ban...
OK. All good now. Starfield is pretty popular, right?
I'm reliving my SEGA 2001 nightmare. Fuck Sony. I think it's time to avoid gaming news, sell my PS5, and save up for a MARS FPGA to relive my 90s glory days. It was fun, y'all.
Congrats to the Sony stans here. You won. Enjoy your $100 boring movie games and $700 consoles.
Also, I hope all the purple hair shims continue to destroy Sony from within, and all we're left with is expensive PCs and Switch toy games.
Congrats to the Sony stans here. You won. Enjoy your $100 boring movie games and $700 consoles.
Also, I hope all the purple hair shims continue to destroy Sony from within, and all we're left with is expensive PCs and Switch toy games.
OK. All good now. Starfield is pretty popular, right?
HeWhoWalks
Member
They were trying no such thing.
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Nigel
Member
It’s obvious this would happen eventually. Games are becoming service based with their monthly subscriptions and digital market places. Multiplatform results in more subscribers.
Naturally the few consoles that are left will also be digital only. PS5 Slim’s disk player is an accessory. Fully expect digital only, cloud & service based consoles to be the standard for the future.
Naturally the few consoles that are left will also be digital only. PS5 Slim’s disk player is an accessory. Fully expect digital only, cloud & service based consoles to be the standard for the future.
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FunkMiller
Gold Member
Hopefully.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I disagree. Most of the day one releases aren't anything special. Ms's own games are few and far between leaving third party to fill in the gaps. Most months the drops are very lackluster.
Mr Moose
Member
Wasn't that PSOne?
Luigi Mario
Member
Things must be looking pretty dire if Xbox faithful like Timdog are ready to jump ship.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
They still do.
SkylineRKR
Member
What console war? It ended as soon as shipments normalized. PS5 is hammering Xbox in sales to no end.
AngelMuffin
Member
Deerock71
Member
Yes, as well.
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
It ended when Nintendo went with carts for the N64.
ByWatterson
Member
Here is a picture of Phil Spencer as Icarus, in pixel art.
No reason.
No reason.
Banjo64
cumsessed
Let it go bro no one cares about your olden days game consoles that Sony bitch slapped out of existence.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
F0rneus
Tears in the rain
Why would sell your PS5? Best place to play Microsoft and Sony games.
What have you done MS...I miss the 360 and Summer of Arcade. End of an era
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Xion_Stellar
People should stop referencing data that makes me feel uncomfortable because games get ported to platforms I don't like
The subscription model is too dependent on the player's lifestyle and games they play.
Gamepass can give you unlimited access to every game in existence but it could still not be worth it to many people because the fact of the matter is that many people don't play that many different games at once or maybe only play a single game/franchise at a time so the subscription model doesn't make sense for everyone.
midnightAI
Member
Their split console strategy didn't help at all in my opinion and I have a Series S, but it really is just a gamepass machine, I haven't bought a single XBox game and I got the Series S for free with a phone purchase so they are probably minus money from me.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Nope. I haven’t touched GamePass in ages. Not since Lies Of P. The quality has been nowhere near good enough (same goes for Ps Plus). I don’t play multiple games at a time. I play one. And GP has not provided anywhere near enough new, great content for me to subscribe.
MS bet it all hard on GP to sell consoles, and it’s clearly failed as a strategy.
They should have made exclusive games for the Xbox. Everything would be very different right now, if they had. The truth of that is inescapable.
Games. Sell. Consoles.
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RJMacready73
Simps for Amouranth
You can keep Starfield it looks shit but I'll take Gears, Hellblade 2 and Sea of Thieves
ChorizoPicozo
Member
reinking
Gold Member
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Maxwell Jacob Friedman
leads to fear. Fear leads to xbox.
WHERES ALL THE PEOPLE WHO SAID SALES DONT MATTER?
WHERES ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SAID HARDWARE SALES DONT MATTER?
WHERE YOU ALL AT?!?
Ive got some crow for ya'll to eat lmfao
WHERES ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SAID HARDWARE SALES DONT MATTER?
WHERE YOU ALL AT?!?
Ive got some crow for ya'll to eat lmfao
HeisenbergFX4
Gold Member
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
Oh fuck i'm done. Going bed. What a day
Ahahahahaahahahahahahahaha
Peace
Ahahahahaahahahahahahahaha
Peace
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Sega started killing itself before Sony was in the picture. Let it go.
SkylineRKR
Member
As if Sony killed Sega lol. They only said wait for the PS2 if you want the best gaming experience. Sega bailed essentially in the weeks Sony launched its console in the west. Sega killed their hardware prematurely over and over, Sony kept supporting the PS1. If anything Sega was too shitty and too clueless to be sustainable in this business. But everything regarding this is well documented.
Sony does one thing right, and that is they generally don't stray too far and they keep supporting their hardware. PS3 had excellent lead out, unlike 360 and OG Xbox was killed off quickly. Sony didn't go all in on the motion control hype.
Sony does one thing right, and that is they generally don't stray too far and they keep supporting their hardware. PS3 had excellent lead out, unlike 360 and OG Xbox was killed off quickly. Sony didn't go all in on the motion control hype.
kyussman
Member
So this is Microsoft's newest strategy......seems slightly at odds with their last new strategy(GamePass)......I'll be honest I'm a bit confused,but then I don't posses the intellectual might of someone like Phil Spencer,I'm sure this will result in more record breaking profits for Xbox.
SkylineRKR
Member
Purchasing Nintendo would've been his magnum opus. His career moment.
DeltaPolarBear
Member
But that was the problem. Gamepass wasn't profitable, or at least not profitable enough, to justify its continued existence. The hammer has to fall at sometime.
Remind me of my younger years wasting my time not studying while being a university student. That cost me dearly. But at the time everything seemed rosy.
RyanEvans21
Member
What competition? Xbox already in third place before current gen started.
FrankWza
Member
Congratulations. You fell for the sustainability claims and contributed to this situation by not purchasing more games.
Mr.ODST
Member
Ive been saying this loads and so many people in denial about it
Little Chicken
Member
I still buy games...
Gaelyon
Member
The 7 stages of grief : 1- Denial
RyanEvans21
Member
Or another Fallout single player?