From GI.biz: "While Steam has long been the go-to home for the PC player base, the proliferation of other platforms, notably the Epic Games Store, has encouraged developers to think beyond Valve's offering as their PC platform of choice.
But, as seems to be the case with many aspects of game development, launching on a new platform is no small feat, and no surefire route to success, either. On paper, a new platform provides the opportunity to attract new players, and all the benefits that would entail."
One of the founding members of the Xbox team has questioned Microsoft’s multiplatform gaming strategy, and said they believe the Xbox hardware business is effectively “dead"
Replies(3)Think that rumor that they'll still make a new console but at a profit at $1000 will be true though. The series consoles will remain their cheap alternative throughout next gen I would say. Keep in mind that game pass and pretty much going 3rd party is their main focus. They want to bring xbox everywhere.
If they don't maintain some kind of console presence, I think they will lose gamepass subscribers and just become a 3rd party publisher who eventually sells everything off
Xbox games are releasing on all platforms. Who needs this hardware? PS or PC is all you need
Even if they could get it down to $800 for a box that can run with comparable performance to a PS6 (at, say $200 cheaper) the population of people willing to buy such a thing would be so limited.
It would be the worst of both worlds.
Hardware manufacturer Moza debuted several new hardware peripherals for flight simulation at FlightSimExpo 2025.
The PlayStation Plus-exclusive PS Store Weekend Offer has some big-name franchises discounted for a limited time.
Cyberpunk 2077 finally hit that sweet sale price for me so I went ahead and picked it up. I just started playing Dragon’s Dogma 2 though so it’ll be a while before I delve into Night City. Looking forward to it though.
