Xbox has been lagging behind PlayStation in terms of 1st party content, but 2024 offers the platform and Phil Spencer a chance at redemption.
During the IGN Live interview with Phil Spencer, the crowd cheered even if the topic was about closures, and its because they were told to.
Just reading this headline alone made me feel grimy. Disgusting, all around. Haven't trusted IGN since over a decade ago, so this isn't really surprising to hear.
MS are buying up the industry so you need a compliant media to tell you how awesome consolidation and mass layoffs are... and they know MS is IP hunting too, they will be cut off from review copies of some of gaming's biggest IP's if they don't play ball.
The only way they can rise excitement in a crowd is paying for it. LAMENESS is MIcrosoft best product to date.
I think that kind of thing night be standard. I once was in the audience for Wheel of Fortune and there was a guy that briefed us before the show on his hand signals, when we were supposed to react/applaud and stuff like that and we were told to check under our seats because one of them had a prize underneath it.
Edit: Okay, read the article, this was definitely some slimy behaviour by IGN and it sounds like it wasn't just on the behalf of Xbox either.
Also, since IGN bought Humble Bundle years ago, they stopped occasionally giving a game away for free during certain big sales events etc, screw IGN.
It is for say a game show or similar shows for entertainment purposes but a interview not really.
Bruno Rodriguez confirmed that his statement applied to the entire three-day Fanfest event, not solely Phil Spencer's interview. Regrettably, this part of his response is absent from the article, which raises questions about its omission.
Here is the complete explanation
https://x.com/BrunoRo115301...
Petebloodyonion,
It is an odd omission. While I do believe IGN has some problematic biases, one can't really say it's done for Spencer in light of this information.
Good follow up.
I remember when they gave Alien Isolation a bad review because the alien AI acted like a actual Xenomorph which was free to do what it wanted and hunt you down, and docked Days Gone points because it had a white female as Deacons Girl, oh and they have one of the worst fanboys in Dustin, he has no shame whatsoever.
Don't forget "too much water". It's like they hate hire people that hate their jobs. This is a people problem, when people aren't humbled they become full of themselves. IGN and other news publishers have been given too much sway, and too much preferential treatment. They forget they're meant to inform the people, and have instead become a tool to sell an image these companies want to portray. Perception of power and authority and influence corrupts people.
Remember when game journalism wasn't about playing kiss a** to ensure that you would still have a working relationship with a vendor.
2013 journalism
So what do people without stable a internet connection do
Well fortunately we have a product for those people it's the 360
So stick with 360 that's your message
2024 journalism
Ok everybody Phil's coming clap and cheer or we kick you out here's a copy of assassins creed now clap
“Remember when game journalism wasn't about playing kiss a** to ensure that you would still have a working relationship with a vendor.”
No, I don’t hunk such a time existed. And when non-gaming a site like Paste Magazine or general news publication like The Chicago Tribune negatively reviews a game, the fans go out of their God dammed minds. So it’s not just about cozying up to publishers and their advertising dollars, also about pandering to fan bases.
I think the biggest difference between the past and present is that games were rated based on a number of factors, not opinions and emotions. Pre internet when print magazines were your source for reviews, guides, and news. While still subjective the measurements gave a base line about the games own merits & worth in it's own right from technical to storytelling. Such measures as graphics, story, sound, etc. Today professional games journalist merely means you get paid to write your opinionated drivel. At this point it's nothing more and no different than user reviews minus the fact they get paid. Because of this good games suffer in sales and we see less risks taken by publishers and instead see more and more retreads, remasters, remakes.... Because of this people are too quick to jump into the narrative instead of actually trying something new, different, etc. What is missing today is that subjectivity where games are rated on merits. 2 cents
Yet here you are, trying to down play the down playing?
Slimy behaviour is slimy behaviour, no matter when it happens.
Did you read the article? The crowd was told to cheer for whatever guest they had on and what they spoke about. The specific part about the layoff during the article was made up for the views.
Whenever something sounds outrageous, it is best to investigate further.
@Skuletor
Slimy behavior would also be calling something slimy behavior because of your fanboy hatred for said company, when in fact ALL live audiences are giving direction and incentive to act in a positive manner. It sales the product being promoted and gives the appearance of a fun atmosphere so more people would want to come and be involved in future tapings or events.
Bleed,
Exactly, super overdone desperate.
"Oh they stopped a union of Q&A people"
"Oh they paid people to cheer at a show"(which by the way is standard stuff). They do that shit at plays, comedy shows and I'm sure at almost any game show, I see people clap for UBIsoft lame ass shows all the time.
Haha, all this hate, and stupid news, because MS and Xbox is on fire...man people are really trying hard because no other game company had shit to show...
MS has so much devs under their belt and the heat is getting real now, no more drought years, shit they are even making PS fans happy when they throw them a bone from THEIR(MS) owned, (yup they bought them), developers.
Mostly on this bubble of a site are people even reacting to such silly nonsense, let's say they did so fucking what lol, the show spoke for itself.
With their multiplatform fest?
This is slimy whether it happened now or a year ago.
No, I wouldn't; I acknowledge any company when they have a great showing; that is a fact because I get more games to play.
My whole talk for the last week has been mostly shutting down all the nonsense hate of such a great gaming showcase. Trust me, I am well aware that MS is not "winning" and it's never a point I try to push.
For me, it's when you look at all the shit talking about MS having no games, they suck, there is no excitement for Xbox comments, and then boom, they have an excellent showcase, then the narratives change, and the goalposts move, and the ridiculousness ensues, point in case, silly fanboys calling it a "Sony show" because they had multiples.
So again, no, I wouldn't; my points as a whole are mostly pointing to hypocrisy and the silly fanboy hive mind mentality.
You're focusing on the showcase when this article in particular isn't about that.
This is about the crowd being told to cheer no matter what and we're given incentives to do so. If this was Sony you'd be damn be sure to focus that and criticize it. I'll give you credit in that you may sprinkle in a "they had a great showcase. No need to resort to stuff like this" to come off as neutral.
Edit:
I just read your post in it's entirety. Man, MS isn't only one that gets heat from fanboys. If Sony does a showcase where the main highlights are multiplats they will get comments from fanboys too. Question is, if Sony actually did this, what will YOUR reaction be? Will you praise them like you do Microsoft? Or focus on the hypocrisy of Sony fans who will undoubtedly praise the show? Or call out the hypocrisy of MS fans who will undoubtedly criticize the show for multiplats being the best games shown?
"I'll give you credit in that you may sprinkle in a "they had a great showcase. No need to resort to stuff like this" to come off as neutral."
SMH, you have to understand that this comment alone will make you miss most points of what I say, so discussions with you come off as almost pointless, lol.
Your constant guesses about what I would say equate to nothingness because you are going to read, interpret, and fabricate in your own head what I say instead of what I actually said. To you, it's a console war, and you are fighting it, not me. I vote mostly with my wallet, and in that regard, I support Sony, Nintendo, and MS. Anything else is a lesser value argument than your perceived thoughts about me being neutral or not.
Sony did, in fact, have a 2023 showcase where they showed and displayed a lot of 3rd party, multiplatform games(I posted it on the other thread, about 16 games from the showcase coming to PS); I did not shit on the conference or say that it was an MS show. If going forward, MS fans were to say the same thing, I would not join in on the nonsense, and at the same time, the Sony-only fans are setting the stage for that type of behavior.
Lastly, the main highlights of the showcase were NOT multiplatform(unless you are counting PC, then lol). I guess they were, but then that would be the case for everything Xbox shows and the games that Sony releases on PC, staggered or not.
I'm not fabricating anything in my head. There's obvious bias in your posts you're just not willing to admit them.
" I would not join in on the nonsense, and at the same time, the Sony-only fans are setting the stage for that type of behavior."
O REALLY?
Well BOY, do I have bad news for you. Xbox fans are the ones that set the stage for 'insert console' has no games type of behavior during the PS360 era at the beginning of the Gen. Since then each side has been flipping back and forth on the 'no game mantra swhen it suits them. If you truly weren't fighting the "console war" you'd acknowledge this and realize why only pointing the finger to one side is pointless because they BOTH do it when it suits them and shamelessly so.
Exactly, it's been a long a** time since they had a decent show and all of the sudden it's the second coming of Jesus lmao oh, and apparently we PS gamers are afraid and salty because Sony didn't have a 2 hr show...It'll only take a 20 sec trailer of the new Ghost of Tsushima just to smack them down to reality and show them who's boss;)
Yeah IGN is a mouthpiece for advertiser's that's how they make money try going to a IGN site without being suffocated by ads. Microsoft like this practical as they have deep pockets
You're not going to take out full page ads and side banners in a publication and see the game get a 6/10
Most of the gaming media are the same, especially the ones here in the States. They try so hard to keep their preferred brand kinda relevant. It hasn't worked though, with every month that passes by we see their box to decline in sales more and more.
Once again, we observe the familiar scenario of individuals diving into the comments section without reading the article itself. Below is some information extracted from the article.
"The person who talked about it, Bruno Rodriguez, mentioned that this cheering and shouting wasn’t an exclusive thing just for Spencer, and this was something they were instructed to do regardless of the person being interviewed."
It's quite surprising that MP1st didn't post Bruno Rodriguez's full response to the video, clarifying the context, his inability to hear the host properly, and how it wasn't a Phil Spencer thing, it happened the WHOLE weekend. The link is provided as the source is significant.
https://x.com/i/status/1800...
But I'm pretty sure that no one will actually go see the response and make it a IGN suck they planned this for Spencer
Actually, I find a certain aspect of IGN scummy, the idea that it wasn't broadcast live despite the event being named IGN LIVE.
haha, they are still ignoring your facts; man, you can't make this shit up.
17 downvotes for a factual post and people under you are saying the same shit, not seeing how their biased ass opinions are even worst than anyone on IGN.
No conspiracy right ? IGN and Digital Foundry have nothing to do with being MS shills. But the obvious tells us otherwise.
Are Comicon, Gamescon, and similar events now conspiring simply because they offer prizes, drinks, and more during their conventions?
IGN Live 2024 was a three-day fanfest convention featuring numerous events, including the Spencer interview.
Here is the complete 3day event recap
https://www.ign.com/article...
Click bait and petty stuff right there. Even if it was true it's not that big of a deal. No need for people to get upset over it. Like I said before this type of stuff is expected because of the good Xbox showcase.
Not surprised. Phil Spencer is literally the gaming industry's Homelander personified.
It's an IGN thing, not an xbox thing.
"The person who talked about it, Bruno Rodriguez, mentioned that this cheering and shouting wasn’t an exclusive thing just for Spencer, and this was something they were instructed to do regardless of the person being interviewed."
and all of you eat it up like cotton candy, very nice. Disgusting headline Excaliburps, maybe read the article.
I would say keep your fucking prizes, I'm going to say what I want period. Phil the shit bag would definitely hear me about the topic about closures. Would have called him and MS greedy POS's and Phil your a fucking disgrace to the gaming community and would be best if you just resign, just GTFO. MS is worth how much? 3 trillion, that's all I'm saying.
Lol...I don't believe a word of that. That keyboard warrior stuff doesn't go far nowadays. Phil Spencer is a multimillionaire. I'm sure he gets a butt load of comments like this on a daily basis. If this stuff bothers you that much that you are saying such ridiculous things about a person you've never met it's time to take a breather. It's not that serious. I don't condone the closing of studios but unfortunately it happens. I don't get the negative attitude about Phil. He's not a saint but neither are the other people in the same position at other companies. What has he done to you personally that you would've have this attitude towards him? At the end of the day he is just another dude doing a job.
No really I would say that. I'm the type that is shoot first ask questions later I do not hold back anywhere, and don't care what comes out of my mouth. I have always been this way, it's shit bags like Phil that need to be told off and most likely deserve to be slapped around. You know it's true he's rich, MS is rich but those studios he closed, those people are not rich and TBH he does not give a fuck. What's worse peole keep supporting a company that does this.
PRIMORDUS,
" I'm the type that is shoot first ask questions later I do not hold back anywhere, and don't care what comes out of my mouth."
Hmmm, is this a good thing? From reading your comment, I would say not.
It's a beta attitude, loud, obnoxious, Karen type, and generally spoken by people who need more confidence or are not happy.
You would ruin a showcase by yelling and screaming at a show where people are generally fans of a thing because of your opinion on a matter. I can assure you that it's not an admirable quality, and you need to sort that out. One option would be not to attend things you don't like, lol.
Few days ago, they were caught doing some IGNorant poll question on youtube asking who won the summer showcase showdown, Sony or Microsoft even though Sony have yet to get do their showcase.
They simply not even tried to hide it anymore now that they have too much power buyout other gaming sites does that remind you of some other company lately who tried pay to win the industry?
I know I would do it lol. We all know many shows like this have rigged cheerings.
I'm literally one of the folks that pays no attention to ign I don't even clock on their YouTube channel I usually watch gameranx, ign always seemed off to me for some reason lol
Is this what adults are upset about in 2024? Damn, I could find a lot more to be upset about than pizza being offered at an Xbox event. 🤣
If I was there I wouldn't need any pizza to cheer. Xbox just had the best game conference that I've seen in at least 10 years.
Totally reminds me of the 360 days.
Don't know why guys are trying to trash it should be happy we got some games coming that are going to be awesome.
As dumb as this is, it is how live shows go.
At least we can stop pretending that ign is journalism.
Lol the prizes better be worth it headsets and 5hr energy lol. All that to sell ones integrity to cheer with excitement. I bet the headsets were something very cheap that a person could buy off Aliexpress.
This has nothing to do with Phil. But I guess it’s just fits better with the blue narrative here on n4.
… and Other Live Interviews
Exactly what I've been saying in the comments, IGN bought and paid for by Microsoft and now IGN bought out a large chunk of the gaming press in preparation to try and turn around Xbox's misfortunes whether you like it or not. IGN and its outlets are going to spam you with positive reviews and articles covering Xbox over the next decade. This is Rupert Murdoch levels of trying to control the messaging.
Duuh, as soon as there is a bit of negative news about Sony, IGN is all over it, making 10 videos about it. I already knew they were biased.
There are also US based Youtubers who do the same thing, Spawn Wave, YongYea, ReviewTechUSA to name a few. Sony makes a minor mistake they are all on it trying to kill Sony or Nintendo but when Microsoft continually makes nuclear bomb sized mistakes they are all silent. Unfortunately there are people who just support Xbox because it is the American Patriot Box and they invested too much in their digital eco system to quit, not because it is a better product.
I think people were forgetting or something. During ps360 days they were on Sonys neck every other day. It's known since then that IGN has some hardcore Xbox fanboys in their staff. This isn't exactly news
Weren't they caught using ps3 footage of games while reviewing 360 versions?
I haven't trusted them since and never will.
Usual for Xbox Shows. Remember their E3 events with tons of people in xbox shirts that clapped and cheered like there is no tomorrow.
that's why i don't give a fk about game reviews anymore, biased and bought companies
you tube game-play is your friend
This is a terrible and misleading article. The crowd was given prizes for cheering in general regardless of who was being interviewed or what they were talking about to keep the energy going. This is something every studio that has a crowd is instructed to do when they have a guest.
The article added the portion about Phil Spenser for the clicks and views.
You all are crying about Sony not giving you a pizza party. 🤣🤣🤣 🤣
There is no way people are surprised by this. It's the entertainment bizz, none of it is real, and it's all about getting your money.
You can't trust Microsoft. I quit following IGN years ago. It just shows how desperate everyone's gotten and the sides people are really on, they're far more interested in supporting the corrupt than those with integrity
Former PlayStation CEO Shawn Layden mocked Xbox Chief Phil Spencer on Twitter over his comments in a recent interview, though it seems the former PlayStation boss didn't see the entire interview before reacting.
Must be a slow news day 🙄 😴 We're talking about a former ceo that doesn't even work for Sony anymore
@mp1st.com’s Ibrahim Kabir is so invested in the format wars that when Shawn Layden called out Phil Spencer for his hypocritical stance on Call of Duty exclusivity, Ibrahim got upset at the mocking of Spencer. So now he’s written a useless article to say Phil Spencer deliberately said that because IT WAS A TRAP?!!
Please stop this nonsense, just stop it. Write about news, not this crap.
Just more senseless crap in attempts to distract us away from all the DEI BS the industry is trying to pull.
He wasn't baited, it was a stupid hypocritical comment from one Phillip Spencer which is par for the course for him.
Well he saying he didn't want to do slimy tactics because he wants it to go to everyone like he's a saint...but we know Starfield still isn't on PS and the call of duty parity is due to a 10 year contract they signed to help get the Activision buy out to go through.
https://www.google.com/amp/...
He also complained that he couldn't advertize COD on their showcase because of the Marketing deal Sony had with COD when they had one with Cyberpunk and currently have one with all the Atlus games. It's just hypocrisy all around.
@VersusDMC they're also the ones who did those deals first on the 360. You'd also bet if they were market leader, they'd be doing the same thing because Microsoft are a bunch of hypocrites.
Also, Phil Spencer is far from a saint. I've never seen such a despicable and worthless human being in my entire life. Plus his stupid smile, clearly evil and I just want to punch him in the face as hard as I can.
Gamepass is good for gamers, but the worst thing for developers and you can bet if it takes off even more, the monthly fee will skyrocket. Not that it will, the subscriptions aren't increasing and I seriously doubt they will, they've reach their peak already.
@Giga_Gaia I don't know what's worse the comment or the people who liked your comment.
"Phil Spencer is far from a saint. I've never seen such a despicable and worthless human being in my entire life. Plus his stupid smile, clearly evil and I just want to punch him in the face as hard as I can."
He is the CEO of a video game company. I can think of a hundred other people who deserve that level of hatred.
You failed to mention what vile act was done by Phil Spenser but I suspect the main thing he is really guilty of is that he is Sony's main competitor. Xbox in the 360 days is much different than the Xbox of today so whatever was done back then doesn't apply to how Xbox is being run today. Had Xbox continued with that style of management, they would likely have remained the market leader by a significant margin as they would purposely outbid Sony on every deal. Except what we are hearing Phil Spenser say is that Sony is making all these deals which are detrimental to Xbox which is odd because he has more money than PlayStation. This leads me to believe that his style of leadership is much different from what we know Xbox was back in the 360 days.
Leave this console war nonsense behind. They are just pieces of plastic for your entertainment. Start thinking like a consumer and show no loyalty to either side.
"And Microsoft absolutely ripped Hifi rush, redfall and Starfield off playstation as they had PS5 versions in development."
Big difference between knowing the back room politics of what we found out and those games not being formerly announced to be on PS in the first place, vs a game like Stellar Blade that was announced to the world that its coming to Xbox only years later no longer coming to Xbox. Again those games weren't announced to be on PS. Plus, just like COD they own those games which means they can do what they please with those games. Hi FI made it on PS5 eventually.
Unlike Final Fantasy remakes, keeping a 3rd party IP off other platforms. IP Sony doesn't own. You're right MS was very slimy mainly during the 360 days and early X1 days. As of late in the past 8+ years or so Sony has been doing more 3rd party deals and having timed exclusive things compared to MS. Again I go where the facts are, as you know.
Ms hasn't had many 3rd party exclusives games cause all the 3rd party games their paying for day 1 on gamepass. Idk how tf yall can't see that. They can't pay for both. Well won't pay for both. So what do you want. Day 1 3rd party or 3rd party exclusives
Also come on we already know game sales just aren't there
So if Sony bought Square and every Square game was exclusive to playstation it would be fine but 3 Square games exclusive to PS5 and several on other consoles is worse?
And Microsoft is slimy for not releasing Indiana Jones on PS5 because it is IP Microsoft doesn't own, right?
"So if Sony bought Square and every Square game was exclusive to playstation it would be fine but 3 Square games exclusive to PS5 and several on other consoles is worse?"
Yeah since they would own them. They can do as they please. If the roles were reversed you would be real mad at MS for keeping those games to themselves instead of investing in new IP MS would poach 3rd party constantly, like they use to do. Everyone would hate MS for making the remakes only on Xbox, I mean everyone. Let's not pretend ppl won't.
From a PR standpoint Phil won't mention all the slimy stuff he used to do constantly. Like the entire 360 generation and early x1 days until fans and media blasted him when it came to TR. That's just common sense he won't talk about that.
These are two professional sleaze bags. They know what they are doing when it comes to lying, being slimy and turning a profit. They might be okay outside of work, but while they are playing out their drama for a paycheck, their characters are the moustache twirling bad guy.
I think most people knew that was just click bait stuff meant to get a rise out of sony fans. Unfortunately, some fell for it. Phil wasn't taking a shot at sony or anyone else. All he meant was we are giving you a choice.
He literally responded with a GIF and people think it’s the most unholy immature thing ever
He’s just laughing at Phil Spencer’s hypocrisy which many of us are already doing anyway
When its slighty negative towards Phil ore MS shure you will not qualify it as news...because well you are Petebloodyonion nobody expected something else from you...
Did you actually take the time to read the article?
Please inform me about the negative content regarding Phil Spencer in " Former PlayStation CEO Shawn Layden mocked Xbox Chief Phil Spencer over his comments in a recent interview on Twitter, though it seems he did it out of misinformation."
I may not be a journalist, but I'm quite certain that assumptions do not constitute factual news.
But of course, when 20 out of your 20 comments on this site are aimed against Xbox nobody expected something else from you...
Glad one business in video games is finally standing up for consumers and scummy business of exclusive software. well done Phil your the best
Bleed
Ms doesnt have many third party exclusives cause their paying a sht ton for 3rd party day 1 gamepass releases. Those aren't cheap. They won't do both so which would you rather have. Also the fact that Ms has a few 3rd party, bought 4 to 6 studios, and 2 of the biggest publishers with many studios under them, that tells me phil is full of sht and it seems others are to. So Sony having a handful of 3rd party exclusives, sorry it doesn't add up to the slimyness of what Ms has done.
Ms right now is desperate, their consoles are dead in its tracks, game sales are down, and gp subscribers have stagnated.
Clearly after ready comments it’s evident ppl didn’t read the article
Phil wasn’t taking about PlayStation or any other platform, he was talking about call of duty and not forcing consumers by Him/xbox doing slimey things to get them on game pass but give them the freedom of choice to play wherever or however they want
And I quote:
“the boss sat down for an interview about the decision to bring Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 on Xbox Game Pass. Spencer said he doesn’t want to do “slimy platform things” and give people more options to play. “We didn’t say to anybody, you have to subscribe to play. If you want to buy Black Ops, great. It’s great for us, it’s great for the developer. If you want to subscribe, it’s also great. I want to give you the choice on how you play your games and who you play with and not try to do slimy platform things to force you to do what I want you to do. Give the players choice and what they want to do and who they play with.”
Shawn you work for Tencent(it's far worst than working for xbox)so i can't understand how you got the guts to talk that way abour a a former colleague in the video games industry? Where's the ethics shawn? You don't work anymore with sony ! Try to Get over it , you are with the Chinese now.
Sony paid to Activision to remove an entire mode from the Xbox and PC versions of COD 2019. They have had early betas before everyone else for years and exclusive cosmetics. But the second Xbox got power over the franchise they demanded absolute parity across the board. How the turn tables.
Ybarra, who spent two decades at Microsoft, acknowledged concerns about the future of Xbox hardware by fans once more first-party games go multiplatform.
As an xbox guy, If porting some exclusives to sony and nintendo allows MS to continue offering gamepass day one, I'm all for it. Port them all if you need to.
Your way of thinking is why Microsoft is where they are. All they had to do was hold the line of the 360 circa 2010. Had the continued with thay strategy they would not have had to introduce gamepass which has spectacularly kneecapped them.
@hof, but then they would still be in the same position as sony, fighting for those same 150 million customers. As a publicly traded company, they still need to show growth. Once sony is day and date on PC, they will also need to find new customers, likely by embracing 3rd party. What you consider "kneecapping" I consider an incredible customer value in gamepass.
Kneecapping the xbox and pc owners are loving it I do t think u telise how popular gamepass is
They were faltering in the last year or two of the 360 era. Don't forget that they doubled down on Kinect, which might be part of the reason why they didn't have much to show going into Xbox One.
But GamePass is not MS' consolation effort; it was always the endgame! MS is all about subscription-based revenue-streams now! They have turned almost all of their businesses into software-as-a-service; only Windows remains. Stay tuned for that one in the next 5 years.
As a consumer, I really get that point of view.
As an ex dev seeing what's happened to the industry I have no doubt that GP is harming the industry I love by devaluing games, so my thoughts are little less positive about it.
I can agree with the sentiment that most of their games should be multi platform. Until they swallowed up these devs, most of the titles we are wating for would have been multi platform anyway.
@ThinkThink
"As an xbox guy, If porting some exclusives to sony and nintendo allows MS to continue offering gamepass day one, I'm all for it. Port them all if you need to."
I won´t say all, but definitely some games I wouldn´t care either as long excellence continues to be delivered to us.
If some then why not all? Think think isn't wrong, his reasoning is quite concise in that yes multi platform brings more funds to develop more games all available day 1 on gamepass, he's happy as Larry.
you keep saying continues mate, like its been happening all a long, I see on another post, you used the same word,
xbox has forza, which is a quality game, and the rest are 8/10's
they have very little 9 or 10/10s. quality bar is set lower for xbox.
also on topic, which would Playstation fans buy ported 8/10 games when they are accustomed to 9's
@Cockney
"If some then why not all?"
Because if MS wants to remain in the console, business (like they already confirmed multiple times been working on a next gen Xbox console), they would never allow all of their flagship first party games to be available on the main competitor´s console.
Yeah it's better for the games too.
Like yeah Playstation gets Doom and Call of Duty. But they have to pay 70 dollars for it or 100 dollars if you want a special edition. Meanwhile we get it for nothing extra or 30 dollars for upgrades like the Black Ops 6 Vault Edition.
If Playstation and Nintendo players are used to fund my gamepass content I'm fine with that.
It benefits the games and me as well.
I still find it funny that Microsoft is spinning its obligations that it has to releasing on other systems as if it is some noble decision. Before they bought the companies they did these games were all in development easily the last 3-5 years and had some type of standing agreement they absorbed.
People are acting like this is a dependency when in reality it’s them just trying to avoid major lawsuits. I am willing to bet any game that’s started development in the last year that would release in the next 5 will eventually be Xbox only unless in the next 5 years Xbox just fails hard.
And with the new skus they released I REALLY don’t foresee them having a huge jump. When now the disc version is a HUGE luxury at 600 with them not even having a physical presence anymore it’s them killing their physical market.
It's not just about them avoiding lawsuits. It's about them trying to maximize their returns. They didn't buy multiplat publishers to become exclusive. That wouldn't make sense money wise.
They just need super strong games and consistency. This showcase was the first time since the 360 era where I actually was excited for what Xbox has. I already own a paper weight Xbox Series X, but now it’s looking like it’s time to blow the 3 inch layer of dust off it and give it some loving.
What Xbox needs to do now is be consistent with the releases. Don’t let this be a one time thing and then back the the poultry exclusives and typical Forza, Halo, and whatever else they just release. If they can do that I honestly believe they can rebuild the brand and possibly get it back to how it was when the 360 was alive.
I agree with article and I believe sony will follow suit budgets to big development times to long none can sustain this forever and sony won't be able to either
I also think in 20 years we are going to look back and say "Remember when we used to have to buy a game publishers box to put under your TV in order to play their games?"
Nah, that time has passed for many, and with their words on future plans, i really don't see it ever happening.
Even if they managed to get a win this year it dosent overthrow 10 years of mostly disappointments from Phil’s leadership.
It was the same old story in 2020, 2021,2022 and 2023. XBox has never delivered this gen.
I wonder if the 2025's version of this article is already written, probably I would say
#wait till e3 2024