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I think one way Microsoft can make a comeback
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digoutyoursoul
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hououinkyouma00
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This absolutely needed to be it's own thread and totally couldn't have been a post in the existing thread(s).
Unpopular opinion though: Gaming was better with exclusives and Xbox should have never started the Play Anywhere initiative.
Unpopular opinion though: Gaming was better with exclusives and Xbox should have never started the Play Anywhere initiative.
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Every one of those games would flop just like before they went multiplatform
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ResilientBanana
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That would make up for less than 1/10th their current sales.
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J Required
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MS wishes it was this easy, btw I agree with you that full exclusives should return.
PauloRoberto
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If this, and this alone is enough, how can you explain WiiU total and absolute failure ?
if they made the next call of duty, elder scrolls, gears, halo and forza great you think they would still flop?
Shifty1897
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I agree, actually. It would take a 5 billion dollar investment to catch up though.
ByWatterson
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I generally agree, but it's impractical and impracticable.
It's just not going to happen very much. Maybe a few titles to test the waters, but they have to have a customer base willing to buy the console first. Sony and Nintendo both have this. The only other way is money-hatting, and the slow boil of a console generation to gain trust - with billions and billions lost on subsidization of hardware, getting reputation back, and real cutthroat tactics.
That's just not who they are anymore. I don't see it.
It's just not going to happen very much. Maybe a few titles to test the waters, but they have to have a customer base willing to buy the console first. Sony and Nintendo both have this. The only other way is money-hatting, and the slow boil of a console generation to gain trust - with billions and billions lost on subsidization of hardware, getting reputation back, and real cutthroat tactics.
That's just not who they are anymore. I don't see it.
roosnam1980
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that ship has sailed
DenchDeckard
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Please
for all that is holy
Let
It
Die!
for all that is holy
Let
It
Die!
PauloRoberto
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Gears, halo and Forza? Yes. Elder Scrools, probably, Call of Duty if the continue to fill it with AI slop, also yes...
hououinkyouma00
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Well it's obviously not the only thing you need. WiiU had A LOT of issues but games were not one of them.
MisterXDTV
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I don't understand why you would want this the gaming industry is better when there's competition that's when you get the best of what gaming has to offer. If Xbox dies Sony gets complacent.
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Light_Crusader25
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Yep. Can't imagine a better way of killing ABK, Zenimax and their internal studios in one shot. Now you're thinking!
panda-zebra
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Cope thread #476.
Just stop doing it to yourselves, it's unhealthy.
(At least it wasn't AI-ridden filth like the previous one minutes earlier).
Just stop doing it to yourselves, it's unhealthy.
(At least it wasn't AI-ridden filth like the previous one minutes earlier).
ChorizoPicozo
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PauloRoberto
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Which shows your plan would not work, because games are not then only issue with Xbox, so... :-(
On just Xbox? Yes it's been a long time since a game sold well on Xbox alone.
Kinect Adventure was the last game to do big numbers on Xbox alone .
Shifty1897
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Insane take. Sony has done practically nothing this Gen because they don't have to anymore, they've won. Competition pushes the industry forward.
It's not even cope I have a PS5, PC, and Series X, I like having exclusives to different platforms plus competition is good.
DenchDeckard
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Yeah, but all fingers are pointing to ms not competing with Sony anymore on that playing field. I think MS and news about them should be quiet until they have something to show. Just show their third party games for a while.
Im hoping someone else steps in to keep Sony on their toes. Someone like Apple, or valve in a few more years.
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Tobimacoss
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Consoles at various price points based on power levels and free multiplayer is all they will need.
hououinkyouma00
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Not my plan but yes.
In OP's defense.. It's my opinion at least that despite the terrible start with Xbox One Microsoft could have easily turned everything around if it wasn't for the Play Anywhere initiative. While it probably seemed like a good idea at the time from a PR perspective at least it removed any reason for a lot of people to buy a Xbox console during a time when PC gaming was becoming more mainstream (I doubt MS saw this coming personally and though it would be good PR but wouldn't take away from their console business as much as it did).
All their current issues all stem from this. The over reliance and over expansion of Game Pass comes from the fact that they can't rely on console sales nearly as much as they used to because PC doesn't have as much reliable income (XBL, controllers/accessories, etc) but the reliance on Game Pass is the other big killer for the brand IMO because it also comes with stuff like the terrible acquisition of studios.
To speak on the WiiU comment briefly though. It was simply a console without clear marketing released too late (I say too late because the vast majority of games were PS3/360 ports but you could argue too early as well). What WiiU didn't lack though was great games. I find it hilarious when people shit on the WiiU but praise the Switch when a lot of the biggest games on Switch are fucking WiiU titles ported over.