So a feature the developer wants to have works everywhere but the XSS and this feature cannot be disabled just for the XSS because MS answered the fears of fragmenting the userbase because of the HW divide with a mandate that developers must keep feature parity across XSX and XSS… the problem is not the XSS and/or MS, but the developer’s…
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Earlier today I hadn't realized the Xbox Series S and X were delayed but not the other versions. Instead I thought it was delayed on all platforms due to XSS. Which is why I was focusing on some bright side that doesn't apply.
So I reiterate, wow, what a clusterfuck this is. Microsoft should have waived the XSS requirement in this case. It's just a feature, the bad publicity for XSS here will be massive and it'll do the opposite of what they want.
Not gonna lie this really pisses me off, MS temper tantrum panic buying a publisher when they realised its the only way to secure more exclusives for their platform. I hope Sony buys Capcom,Kadokawa,and Take Two, cancel Xbox versions of already announced games, make GTA 6 exclusive,Elden Ring expansion pc/ps5 only,thats fair trade for MS being petulant little cunts.
What bothers me the most is that they've been buying some publishers I enjoy and then mismanage them by not managing them at all. If they didn't operate like this, like it or not their consoles would be worth more and more people would be buying them (not to say they aren't selling or that everything is bad).
This makes things hard, if a publisher is bought by Sony or Nintendo I believe their value and output goes up, if it's bought by Microsoft I think their value usually goes down over time, all this because of management or lack thereof.
Microsoft bought and owns a lot of classics I adore. but at the same time I feel they dismantle the talent.