Xbox takes the much louder approach for hype generation, while Sony and the PlayStation brand have remained quiet for the months leading to E3 2017.
Xbox is making waves on PlayStation.
When you think about it, it's crazy.
Great ideas and success are sometimes born out of defeat.
This is honestly so laughable. Outside of sea of thieves being a new game and releasing in just a few days. COD and Fallout were popular on Playstation long before Microsoft decided to buy them. I have seen bots go from saying Microsoft shouldn't bring Xbox games to Playstation, to using this as a flex. Guess they have accepted Microsoft is moving forward with Playstation with or without them. If this continues, I see the Xbox console selling worse than the S/X
Yep won't be long before we see every Xbox title flooding the Playstation store to try to recoup some of that $68.7billion Activision buyout.
Probably won't stay in the best sellers list long though, I would guess Fallout 4 is really back in there as it's on sale at the moment for £4 in the UK and the free PS5 upgrade is out at the end of the month - FOMO.
But yes, Starfield, Hellblade 2 even Gears & Halo will all be there by this time next year, for better or for worse.
Give Playstation fans an even bigger lineup to choose from.
They bought everything other than sea of thieves, which will lose interest soon. CoD has always been huge for Sony even before the acquisition.
Sony has launched a BAFTA Game Awards 2024 section on the PlayStation Store that lists the different games nominated this year.
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
The simple reason for their approach simply falls on how the brand is being viewed at the moment in the industry. Microsoft NEEDS to build hype since they have a new console coming out and are struggling with the competition. Sony on the other hand will be lip sealed until the actual conference start. Look at how amazingly last yr went for them. This year the same outcome is expected.
Sony is in a very good position now & don't need to make much noise.Their conference at E3 2017 will speak volumes! Games games games!
Like Thatguy said, Sony is in a much better spot. MS is still in a good spot, but needs to be doing a lot better with the games. Sony's plan worked out for them last year. MS is making all the right moves right now for the build up. I can't wait!
True, one is hype about games, while the other is hype about a green box with Phil's soothing voice(power of the cloud, canceling is good for gamers, AAA games like Recore xD)
I really like Sony's quietude. Sony doesn't need to say much or do a whole bunch of PR hype. Just let the games do the talking and that's it. I really hope their E3 approach is the same as last years.
Microsoft and their execs on the other hand are like that annoying dog that keeps barking and won't shut the f*** up! It just keeps barking until you get sick and tired of hearing it..