[GameSpot] Xbox Is An Increasingly Unstable Platform For Anyone To Invest In

HeisenbergFX4 said:
Likely their last generation of hardware coming up

And this is coming from a known Xbot
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Here is the rub, and while I agree with you that this is their swan song and it wont be cutting edge top of the pack hardware and the PS6 will suffer from this move by Microsoft, I have to ask why are they even going to go down this road? they have screwed over their hardcore fanbase, they have screwed over developers and their AAA big titles have performed more like AA title releases, and just fill GamePass Quotas.

Why would anyone buy their new console or handheld? Knowing full well the writing is on the wall?
 
Taur007 said:
They'll be repeating all of this next gen and the gen after that, buckle up.
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Be nice. They are looking out for us and saving the games industry ( or at least they think so)


What's more played out….The old Xbox " wait till next year" gag, or the 'Xbox is dead, I need to talk about it one more time… again" post.


In the meantime I'll keep playing new games and my backlog with my friends on the 'dead' platform. 😅
 
DavidGzz said:
That slop made up 60% of Playstations bestselling games recently. The key is to not play them all, just the good ones. You're welcome.
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Dorfdad said:
Here is the rub, and while I agree with you that this is their swan song and it wont be cutting edge top of the pack hardware and the PS6 will suffer from this move by Microsoft, I have to ask why are they even going to go down this road? they have screwed over their hardcore fanbase, they have screwed over developers and their AAA big titles have performed more like AA title releases, and just fill GamePass Quotas.

Why would anyone buy their new console or handheld? Knowing full well the writing is on the wall?
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Possibly because they don't want new Xbox users. Xbox Gamers are being transitioned to PC gamers. I'll get what I can play my backlog in with my friends. I'd imagine that will be the case for most Xbox gamers. The nature of their next console suggest that much too.
 
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Dorfdad said:
Here is the rub, and while I agree with you that this is their swan song and it wont be cutting edge top of the pack hardware and the PS6 will suffer from this move by Microsoft, I have to ask why are they even going to go down this road? they have screwed over their hardcore fanbase, they have screwed over developers and their AAA big titles have performed more like AA title releases, and just fill GamePass Quotas.

Why would anyone buy their new console or handheld? Knowing full well the writing is on the wall?
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If memory serves, their next hardware is meant to be quite decent based on what we know. If the PS6 rumours hold, it'll keep up and then some even if it launches earlier.
That might get them some early adopters looking for the latest kit to run multiplats at their best.
 
Punished Miku said:
Alternate thread title: Xbox trolling greatest hits, infinite repeat.

Literally one of his main points is referencing Ralph Constantino, the failing developer that bombed at retail with Arkane at Zenimax so badly that his teams were forced to make GAAS and roguelike games, bombed with his indie game Weird West, despite taking payouts from subs 3x, and is now complaining that he's not getting yet another bailout.

Zero new information in the entire article. Softcore porn for PS fans to click on.
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Yeah, it seems nuts to buy a game on the Xbox.

All you need to justify the console is game pass. Buy everything else on Switch 2 or PC.
 
Punished Miku said:
Alternate thread title: Xbox trolling greatest hits, infinite repeat.

Literally one of his main points is referencing Ralph Constantino, the failing developer that bombed at retail with Arkane at Zenimax so badly that his teams were forced to make GAAS and roguelike games, bombed with his indie game Weird West, despite taking payouts from subs 3x, and is now complaining that he's not getting yet another bailout.

Zero new information in the entire article. Softcore porn for PS fans to click on.
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Copium injection needed....
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Punished Miku said:
Alternate thread title: Xbox trolling greatest hits, infinite repeat.

Literally one of his main points is referencing Ralph Constantino, the failing developer that bombed at retail with Arkane at Zenimax so badly that his teams were forced to make GAAS and roguelike games, bombed with his indie game Weird West, despite taking payouts from subs 3x, and is now complaining that he's not getting yet another bailout.

Zero new information in the entire article. Softcore porn for PS fans to click on.
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@XBots
These threads aren't just to laugh at your dying platform, it's frustrating for many people just how badly Xbox has been managed, what could have been and how much damage is being done to the industry, it's quite a big deal.
To think we lost Sega consoles to end up with this.
 
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this remind me of its like how foreign investor hesitate to invest on unstable country.

cant blame them.

Microsoft rarely stick to one thing at a time. they keep changing stuff and not hesitate to do clashed among their own approach. they are severely impatient and too hungry for instant domination success. often chasing trend in fear they not first.

only one thing they consistence for long period of time is maintain same unperformed leader on their division. they seems prefer someone that could act as 'mascot' than actually deliver the result.
 
Glanced over and its pretty much on the money.

I cant picture what they are going to try and do with this next gen. Going to be an interesting watch.
 
Article is shockingly written well imo. Much better reasoned than a lot of the slop we get here from The Gamer or Gamerant.

Will definitely not be the last though. No management team gets to do 3 pivots in one gen, buy up studios and publishers and fire thousands of employees from those same studios and publishers and then get a clean slate again. It genuinely feels like the media has largely stopped grading Xbox on a curve.
 
What stands out for me is the wasted opportunities. What could have been.
After the incredible success of X360. They had the studios, the 3rd party, the 1st party games but more importantly the fans. They blew it all away with XBox One and the direction they took.
Hell, the fans even stuck by them after the shambolic release of DOA hardware which ofc was X360 and its red ring of death and even Disc destroying DVD drive.
I know I was one my 5th x360 because of the RROD.

They threw it all away. What a waste.
 
DenchDeckard said:
Glanced over and its pretty much on the money.

I cant picture what they are going to try and do with this next gen. Going to be an interesting watch.
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Yeah, unless they are happy with Wii U sales numbers their next gen device will almost certainly flop. I'm not sure I see the point.

If it's about backwards compatibility I don't see why they couldn't repackage the Series S with a disc drive and sell it for $199 with its own tier of Gamepass as the "Xbox Legacy" console or whatever. Then they could make a clean break and switch to pc for the new high end stuff.
 
Qute the contrast with recent Sony report, to say the least.

Personally I think that MS need to finally stop toying with dedicated hardware and start improving Windows for gaming, because for PC-based handhelds Linux is the current king if the hill. And this was unimaginable 5 short years ago.
 
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Topher said:
Still shocked they are giving it another go, honestly.
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There are like 25-30-35(?) million paying for what once was Gold, so it's not like there isn't money to be made in the business, Uncle Phil gambled everything on Gamepass when they could have gone the traditional route with an actual effort like in the X360 days and things would have gone differently than what we're witnessing right now
 
Punished Miku said:
Alternate thread title: Xbox trolling greatest hits, infinite repeat.

Literally one of his main points is referencing Ralph Constantino, the failing developer that bombed at retail with Arkane at Zenimax so badly that his teams were forced to make GAAS and roguelike games, bombed with his indie game Weird West, despite taking payouts from subs 3x, and is now complaining that he's not getting yet another bailout.

Zero new information in the entire article. Softcore porn for PS fans to click on.
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Seek help

Seek therapy
 
so…nothing really new. Just the usual clickbait slop.


The section on GamePass is especially silly. Apparently the service is now 'anti-consumer' because they essentially took the price up by $5 a month.

With what we now know about the state of Perfect Dark and Everwild, no real surprise they got canceled.
 
I think they have a better shot with this upcoming PC hybrid. I'm interested in it if its a pain-free box that allows me to tweak games just like PC and provided access to my Steam library.

The only question is the power and how soon the refreshes will come. I like to upgrade often.
 
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