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[Killjoy-NL]

I know you were expecting more, I'm sorry. You'll be ok.

Tbf, I did kinda expect a rebranding of Xbox, but the main expectation was MS releasing select games on Playstation and Nintendo, with more to come.

Which they confirmed.

The rest will follow gradually. Baby-steps, to ease the Xbox fanbase into it.

 

[DJ12]

The problem for Phil is he's made xbox easy to ignore for GaaS games. No one buys games on xbox, and there's not enough people buying xbox consoles.

 

[balls of snow]

And to add: If they were in first place..
Fuck you buy an xbox we wont ever port our games to your dirty consoles.

 

[Portugeezer]

Just spend a few hundred billion on Nintendo, no problem.

 

[Skelterz]

Holy fuck, does this man have 0 self awareness?

Starfield, Redfall, Indiana Jones were being developed for Xbox, PS5, PC. Phil acquired Zenimax and made the decision (unilaterally, apparently) to remove PS5 from that equation. Who does that help in the industry? How does that benefit anyone?

He's a fucking idiot and anybody who trusts/Believes his moronic ramblings need to give there head a wobble. Phil's Spencer announced today that going forward Xbox will Be releasing select 1st party games and going forward anything and everything will be considered.

 

[Ronin_7]

Just spend a few hundred billion on Nintendo, no problem.

It was his career goal according to the leaks

 

[nial]

I think it should be too. I've got friends on Xbox who I'm sure would love to play it.

I mean, I can't see that happening but never say never. Sony higher ups are looking to increase revenue, what better place to start than release these third party semi exclusives on other platforms?

Not on the dying, users not buying software-console.

 

[rapid32.5]

You don't give away big games that made you successful to your competitors, otherwise you fail.

 

[Alebrije]

Sorry Phil , Democracy is not for Xbox.

 

[H From Steps]

It's also the reason why their console is dying.

lol to the Xbox ecosystem maybe but as for as money and more engagement it's a win in their book you guys keep looking at it with fanboism they haven't made profits on console ever so they don't care lol

 

[IDKFA]

I'm not exactly sure who it helps in the industry by not being on Xbox," he said. "If you try to twist yourself to say, like, somehow that benefited somebody somewhere.

Let's get Halo Infinite and Forza on Playstation then, Philip. Come on. How does that benefit the industry?

How about unlocking Starfield? That was in development for PlayStation before you put an end to it.

 

[reinking]

"We're doing it for the better of Xbox's business."

The most honest thing Phil Spencer has said today. That should be the attitude going forward instead of feeding the influencers with click bait information.

 

[Snake29]

Can't they just kill the xbox brand? I'm so tired of this guy and MS.

 

[Saber]

I too want billions of cash and a mansion full of asian hookers.

Bro wants to get laughed out of nintendos offices a second time.

Nintendo should call everyone around the globe to a specific place and stream live, so we can all laugh at them together.

 

[Skifi28]

Too soon Phil, at least wait until all your games are on other platforms because you start questioning exclusives. Certainly didn't stop you from buying Bethesda and canning the PS version of Starfield.

 

[Darsxx82]

The problem for Phil is he's made xbox easy to ignore for GaaS games. No one buys games on xbox, and there's not enough people buying xbox consoles.

Well, I am clear that Helldivers 2 ( that people have clear It will never come out in Gamepass) would be the perfect type of game to become a success among XBOX users.... Not enough user base?? Certainly not for niche or Japanese games. But for an online coop shooter???

You not see any 3rd party game with those characteristics that have been left out in an XBox version. And they don't do it because they would be crazy if they did.

That said, in fact only some niche publishers or exclusive purchases for Sony dont release on XBOX.

 

[Del_X]

They got the sale either PC or Xbox, it's a win-win. Who cares that someone paid their games on PC (also their home with windows) rather than a plastic box? It's archaic thinking for epeen wars.

Console war hawks. They want a console war despite the industry moving well beyond that.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

As long as it makes money, do it. Only hold out is Nintendo. MS does PC games and has legacy games on competing platforms still there before Xbox bought the company. Sony does PC games and even does MLB The Show on Xbox and Switch.

 

[T-0800]

If my screen is already an Xbox then Sony games are on Xbox.

 

[Porcile]

Phil/Xbox/the 3rd place loser once again telling far more successful companies what they should be doing. This guy is like a jacked-up Reggie except instead of muscle he is full of PR steroids. Unbelievable.

 

[Nydius]

Sony does PC games and even does MLB The Show on Xbox and Switch.

Because Major League Baseball told them they had to or they'd find someone else to license to make MLB games.

That's a pretty important tidbit. If MLB hadn't done that, The Show would still be PlayStation exclusive.

 

[Atrus]

The gaming division of Microsoft is not material to the company. It is material to both Sony and Nintendo and neither have indicated that they want to endanger the core sales of their platform.

There's more at stake for the other two companies.

 

[knguyen]

Imagine interviewing this guy, you ask him a legit question, next thing you know, a bow full of Spencer shit flies straight at your face.

 

[SHA]

Just like Master Chief want to cooperate with the blue and the red team but expect nothing from them.

 

[nowhat]

It's nice to want things.

I've very likely told this story before, but whatthehell, I'm a bit tipsy, here goes again.

I have a habit of using English idioms directly translated to my native Finnish. So if you know the origin of the idiom, you'll get it, but otherwise it'll be quite nonsensical. So when my daughter was a toddler and wanted this and that and all, I usually replied with "yeah, and I want a pony". So this one time I'm picking her up from daycare, and she's absolutely livid. She started ranting about how a friend of hers gets everything she wants. I'm trying to assure her that it's definitely not the case, but she insists "no it's true, she gets everything she wants!". So I reply "be as it may, you don't get everything you want. Neither do I." And suddenly she's all contemplative and after a while says "...yeah, I guess you're right, you don't still have a pony".

Phil Spencer wants Sony/Nintendo games on Xbox, and I want a pony. My guess is both are equally probable.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

Xbox can't make top tier quality games to give their platform appeal, so they tried to buy all the third party games and make them exclusive.

When their console ended up on life support, now they're resorting to port begging from Sony and Nintendo.

Lol

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

In an interview for journalist Stephen Totilo's Game File newsletter, Spencer said the decision to bring four Xbox games to other consoles wasn't intended to make its rivals follow suit.



Despite this, Spencer said he would of course welcome other consoles' games on Xbox, and noted that it would be beneficial for multiplayer games in particular, where building a large online community is important for a game's lifespan.

This is the jackass who created an internal team with the express intention of getting around the clause in the minecraft contract that specified that it had to be available on playstation systems.
The same one who cancelled all playstation versions of Bethesda games but continued to blow smoke up the publics (and regulators asses) about how nothing had been decided regarding exclusivity and that it was a "case by case basis".
And now hes fucking crying about Helldivers not being on xbox - a game that sony funded completely.
Fire him. Into the sun. Or a black hole.

 

[zapper]

he has acquired publishers to make their products exclusive to xbox but wants sony and nintendo to bring their games to xbox

 

[StueyDuck]

In an interview for journalist Stephen Totilo's Game File newsletter, Spencer said the decision to bring four Xbox games to other consoles wasn't intended to make its rivals follow suit.



Despite this, Spencer said he would of course welcome other consoles' games on Xbox, and noted that it would be beneficial for multiplayer games in particular, where building a large online community is important for a game's lifespan.

If he can pull it off I'll respect him.

I have very little respect for the way MS and Xbox has conducted themselves in the past few years.

I'll always say that consolidation is/was stupid shit

 

[CobraAB]

At times, i seemed like Phil was looking down with his eyes closed at times as he spoke.

Just sort of seems like he lacks some confidence in what he is saying.

 

[ChoosableOne]

 

[Moses85]

 

[Alan Silvestro]

He can try with Ybox.

 

[[Sigma]]

Fake good guy Phil has been actively killing his Xbox consoles, pretending like things were this "enter lie" when it wasn't out here gaslighting. Now we here port begging.

 

[Null Persp]

 

[ProtoByte]

Wow, he still doesn't get it. Going day 1 PC hurt Xbox beyond repair and now saying putting their stuff on competitors consoles is good for business? Not thinking, are ya?

Sony and nintendo have no reason to do so as they have successful and growing platforms.

Tell that to PlayStation. I don't think they're on exactly the same path, but they're this close to crossing the PC Rubicon.

 

[TheGodfather07]

Wow, he still doesn't get it. Going day 1 PC hurt Xbox beyond repair and now saying putting their stuff on competitors consoles is good for business? Not thinking, are ya?

It is good for Microsoft as a whole. Its not good for their own console though. Now it's even less enticing than it was before.

 

[Panajev2001a]

In an interview for journalist Stephen Totilo's Game File newsletter, Spencer said the decision to bring four Xbox games to other consoles wasn't intended to make its rivals follow suit.



Despite this, Spencer said he would of course welcome other consoles' games on Xbox, and noted that it would be beneficial for multiplayer games in particular, where building a large online community is important for a game's lifespan.

"I will say, when I look at a game like Helldivers 2 – and it's a great game, kudos to the team shipping on PC and PlayStation – I'm not exactly sure who it helps in the industry by not being on Xbox," he said. "If you try to twist yourself to say, like, somehow that benefited somebody somewhere.

He just boasted about Windows and Xbox only games and then comes out like this? He has no shame…

 

[FrankWza]

Spencer said he would of course welcome other Playstation games on Xbox

 

[RoadHazard]

They got the sale either PC or Xbox, it's a win-win. Who cares that someone paid their games on PC (also their home with windows) rather than a plastic box? It's archaic thinking for epeen wars.

That's not how it works though. If someone buys an Xbox game on Steam, they get that revenue minus 30% or whatever. That's it. If someone buys an Xbox to get that game, that person is now in the Xbox ecosystem and MS will make money from every transaction they make in that ecosystem (buying other games from which MS gets a cut, microtransactions, subscriptions). They would much rather have the latter, but they haven't been able to entice enough people to join that ecosystem.

 

[AmuroChan]

Sony: Fine, we'll put Dreams on XBox.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Make great games , not excuses, repetitive quotes and paying off people with access to influence narratives on social media. It's not rocket science.

Why are Sony and Nintendo more successful? They make and publish games in a steady flow that people want to play. That brings in money, that keeps a core user base that spreads out to the less informed to also invest time and money into your product.

Why was Halo so successful for a time? A game that followed that formula above.

You are clearly the incapable of doing this consistently and when Xbox is more about quotes from you, apologies from you, how after a decade you are still learning, constant talk of how and where you play far more then what you actually play, it's a problem.

You have had your time , it's not working.

In time I hope there is a honest retrospective on this guys leadership and see just what a shocking waste of potential Xbox has been.

 

[Unknown?]

Tell that to PlayStation. I don't think they're on exactly the same path, but they're this close to crossing the PC Rubicon.

Then they will die also.

 

[Robb]

Sony and Nintendo's official response:

 

[kyussman]

I thought Microsoft liked winning,why are they indulging this guy,he's fucking clueless.....seriously,third place,fuck all great games,fuck all consoles sold,zero chance of hitting their GamePass numbers.....I don't get it.

 

[ProtoByte]

Then they will die also.

I really don't know why Sony isn't looking at this and saying "Yeah, doing consoles the traditional way is the only way".

 

[Fox Mulder]

MS wouldn't either if their hardware was selling well fueled on highly reviewed GoTY quality first party titles.

It would be nice if Nintendo allowed the old Rare games to fill out the Rare Replay collection on Xbox though. MS sent over Banjo Kazzoie N64 games to Switch.

 

[JordiENP]

I mean, they have The Show and Banjo.

 

[DryvBy]

Why would they? Lol

 

[laynelane]

same way that third-party exclusives was anti-consumer but buying third-party companies & making their games (previously) exclusive was perfectly fine the amount of gaslighting that comes from the Xbox evangelical base is suffocating

I used to think they were just making things up as they went along (the rabid Xbox fans/influencers/shills), but it's become more and more apparent that the bullshit comes right from the top. 'When everybody plays, we all win', Sony wants to grow by making Xbox smaller, 'gee, it sure would be nice if Nintendo and Sony returned the favour by porting their exclusives to Xbox but I don't expect anything (humble smile)', etc.

Phil is a massive warrior himself and, as long as he there to lead by example, I see discussions around Xbox related topics becoming even more toxic than they already are.