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[OmegaSupreme]

We are laughing gif

 

[Radical_3d]

Eurogamer.

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[MrA]

 

[Zacfoldor]

 

[DrumNBassDanTTV]

Ahh a post to make yourself feel better about going balls deep with xbox. ggs

 

[Banjo64]

Hey GHG it’s not The Verge but this will do.

I’m glad Xbox is doing so well!

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Hopefully he got paid real money (and not GP months) to write the article.

 

[GHG]

Hey GHG it’s not The Verge but this will do.

I’m glad Xbox is doing so well!

Best it's ever been. Record revenues.

I'm so grateful to everyone for the support.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Its funny…after their latest quarter results i think the opposite.

 

[mayham2199]

Ok this has to be satire or a troll cause if not then wtf!!!! His son has multiple xbox hoodies and wanted an xbox themed cake for his birthday...

"My son is all-in on Xbox. On the TV he only plays Xbox. He prefers the Xbox UI and services (not that he'd use that term, he's not a robot), the Xbox controller, and the fact that he has Game Pass on there. He has multiple Xbox hoodies and bemoaned the lack of an Xbox birthday cake in the supermarket that was selling a PlayStation-branded one. When I ask him if he thinks he'll prefer PlayStation one day, he's typically pre-teen: "Why would I?" he replies as if talking to the world's dumbest man. He's not a console warrior, but it's fair to say that Xbox is his life."

It's neither. It's an article to put a positive spin on the ecosystem with the obvious negativity they knew was coming.

 

[TheCrowsReaper]

Nonsense.

 

[alphachino]

 

[WoodyStare]

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Article makes some good points. The SX launch was very poor in terms of software and it took them too long to right the ship. Also enjoyed the line about how Pentiment and Grounded would be viewed much differently if they were from Sony, but now they’re the type of games Sony wouldn’t touch.

 

[cireza]

Not a proper Yoda sentence.

 

[grvg]

I haven’t given a single shit about Xbox since the 360 (wonderful console, rip). At least Sony got Bloodborne during that time window.

 

[rofif]

Conditioning customers into eating shit and not even owning it... I see it goes well

 

[Horseganador]

 

[Idleyes]

America First! …Except when it’s Microsoft vs. Sony.

 

[Oppoi]

 

[Mr Moose]

The sheer cynicism you people have in your hearts to sneer at this heart-warming story about a father's love for his son and his son's endearing but irrational love for Xbox. This forum can be a dark place.

We found the writer.

 

[EN250]

Ain't reading that giant wall of text, go back to delululand

 

[ByWatterson]

If anything, Microsoft's recent success selling games on Playstation is evidence that Gamepass was a really terrible idea.

 

[loktaiextatus]

Well... At least he didnt say "My wifes son" and talk about how his wife's boyfriend prefers Playstation

 

[Calverz]

Author after today:

 

[Sooner]

My son is all-in on Xbox.

Oh and here I thought Microsoft was going third-party and the Xbox was on its death bed. But, since your son is still all-in, I guess maybe I should sell my PS5.

 

[Alebrije]

OP Are you Phil Spencer's dad?

 

[Sooner]

adamsapple your dad is a terrible journalist.

Congrats on your Xbox big boy undies though.

 

[spookyfish]

Pressing X to doubt

Xbox to doubt.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

Glad to see that military-grade Hopium is tax-free in Europe.

 

[kruis]

NeoGAF: shitting on Xbox and laughing at the green mice every hour of every single day.

Also NeoGAF: PS5 has cemented itself as the worst console Playstation generation ever

It's our shared negativity and spitefulness that creates a bond that cannot be broken.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

NeoGAF: shitting on Xbox and laughing at the green mice every hour of every single day.

Also NeoGAF: PS5 has cemented itself as the worst console Playstation generation ever

It's our shared negativity and spitefulness that creates a bond that cannot be broken.

While I don't share the dramatic sentiment, both things are true to a degree.

 

[kiphalfton]

If you start downplaying your kids for being nothing special you’ve failed at life.
But this is a dumb shill article so I stopped reading early on as well. And Gamepass is not going to save the Xbox console business, it’s already dead. But ports to PlayStation and Switch could save Gamepass since MS would get regular game purchases that way while still having them day 1 on Gamepass.

Nobody else cares what other people's kids do, say, etc. Whether they're a wunderkind, or not.

All it is is hubris.

 

[Crayon]

NeoGAF: shitting on Xbox and laughing at the green mice every hour of every single day.

Also NeoGAF: PS5 has cemented itself as the worst console Playstation generation ever

It's our shared negativity and spitefulness that creates a bond that cannot be broken.

 

[havoc00]

based

 

[Katatonic]

So I guess XBOX is the system for little kids.

 

[Darkkahn]

It will be a sad day at havoc00 's household when he has to tell his son the xbox brand has died.

 

[Bojanglez]

The brutal reality is that although his son may be all in on Xbox, from my own son's experience it seems that the kids in his school and football teams with xbox's are the minority and of given a choice would switch over the playstation because that's where most of the others are.

We can all pull anecdotes out, but the facts show Xbox hardware is trending downwards. Ultimately the XBox brand will probably thrive, but as the biggest software publisher, so his son's wardrobe won't be completely irrelevant.

 

[Interfectum]

 

[Maddoxswe]

Haha the meltdown is real

 

[Fahdis]

Your "other" console or PC is still an Xbox. Microsoft always wins baby!

 

[SteadyEvo]

Majority of gamepass subs are console. They're making another one.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

So I guess XBOX is the system for little kids.

I mean isn’t that what they want?

 

[kazuyamishima]

 

[havoc00]

What a mogger

 

[Sakura]

I'm sure there were kids all in on the Dreamcast too back in the day.

 

[Windle Poons]

Sons probably 10, plays Minecraft and Fortnite.

Xbox is saved.

 

[TheGodfather07]

It only has a future on other hardware. It won't grow anymore on their own. How can it if nobody is buying an xbox? Oh and..

 

[SkylineRKR]

That kid is in for a rude awakening once MS abandons its console.

Gamepass has been around for 8 years, and on the Series consoles since their launch. MS didn't gain any market share, they even lost the little they had with the miserable Xbox One. So where exactly does GP fit in?

MS is so satisfied with GP, that they start to release their premier IP on PS5. A device that doesn't even have GP. And this same company actually wanted CoD to be exclusive for Xbox to begin with.

Why this move though? Because they want to sell software. And I think if they could, they would kill GP today, or at least remove its day and date free exclusives policy. Even the cinema business doesn't do day one streaming (except during the pandemic, and it proved to be a disaster).

I doubt GP is the future.