I feel the same way in reverse. I was looking for a reason to buy an Xbox. Not really to switch but to have one for exclusives and I could never justify it based on the games. I didn't want them to buy the industry when those games were already coming to Xbox. I wanted them to spend those billions to make something brand new, top of the line AAA experience. People like me got completely ignored.
Only issue I have is I'd rather game on my TV and setting a a pc to my TV can be quite a pain in the ass. Maybe there's methods out there easier , but I just did the old hook up an hdmi cord and Bluetooth my controller. Alot of games still don't have controller support or good controller mapping aka og fallouts. I tried about a year and a half ago. It blew. I'm not much of a keyboard player. I just don't care for it.
I just switched as well. Got sick of MS buying companies only to layoff employees. Then they wonder why they have no good exclusives. The ones that have come out struggled with their new developers (gears, halo) and the ones in the pipeline (Fable and Perfect Dark) seem to be a mess. Im still waiting on the Rare acquisition to pay off. Could've had a new Banjo Kazooie, Jet Force Gemini and Conker, but instead we got a super boring pirate sim. Hell use Rare to make the new Fable! Sad thing is that I have hundreds of games tied to my live account since I've been a Xbox owner since launch day of the original Xbox.
Rare lost much of their top talent before Microsoft acquired the studio. Microsoft has been letting Rare do what they want for a while now but their games just don't appeal to me like older N64 Rare titles.
@Zacly - What makes you think Fable and Perfect Dark are a mess? I have seen nothing on either of those two games other than the announcement that they are in development. I'm only asking cause I like playground games and didn't know if I was missing gameplay somewhere
You sort of answered your question, there hasn't been really anything shown for either title and it's been years. Not just that though. There have been reports about the struggles in the development on both titles. One of which was a former worker commenting that Playground Games (the company making Fable) lacked people with knowledge on how to create RPGs. They are just used to making Forza games. As for Perfect Dark, last year it was reported that half the staff at The Initiative (the company making the game) left the studio.
I did the opposite and went from PlayStation to Xbox series X (will definitely get a PS5 later this year too)
I feel like with all the acquisitions from Microsoft they will be the best place to place my favorite genre of games (RPG's) but I can't give up on Sony's exclusives (GOW was awesome but I need to play more of them especially my favorite series ratchet and clank)
Depends on the type of rpgs you like. I like all of them which is why when starfield comes out ill cop an Xbox x but for the most part I prefer jrpgs which is why I stick with Sony and i just happen to enjoy most of their first party. Your right though if you can it's best to have both.
Sadly this is the case, unless you're happy to pay the premium to be on the cutting edge of tech to make up for the poor optimisation and shader compilation issues PC doesn't provide a great experience for many games.
Having an open platform that let's you tailor all your games to your own liking, allows you to play virtually everything ever released on one machine, offers better deals on games, and has a much larger catalogue of titles altogether is just terrible. I really don't know have I even get through the day gaming on my PC.
It's not even anti-Sony. It's Sony games that are coming to PC. Sony only benefits from it. It's the console fanboys that can't stand that there are people who now don't have to buy their favorite piece of plastic to play the games. Better versions at that.
That's going to shrink. Sales for games typically drop off a cliff within the first 6 months, no matter how popular the game is. That's where I see the consol exclusivity window headed in due time. As soon as decent sales on the console version is expected, bring it onto PC for another burst in sales for the next quarter.
The problem with your comment is that you don't give the right context. The right information is as follows
Not all PS5 games are going to PC. Is on a case to case scenario. Those selected to go for PC, are going 3+ years later after their exclusive release on PS5.
I left Xbox a long time ago, and I don’t much care for services. Between Sony, Nintendo and PC (complete with Steam, EGS and GoG accounts, though Steam is my preferred of the three) I feel all set. I even recently invested in an Evercade EXP as a side novelty.
All of the Big Three have done things in recent years that have irked me in some way or another, but I can get through any rough patches I may have with Sony or Nintendo, because at the end of the day, the continue to contribute to the industry rather than take from it. I may not always like some of the decisions the other guys make, but MS is the only one I simply don’t see eye-to-eye with ideologically.
Heck, there was a time when I loved Xbox too. Fable was one of my favourite series. I can’t bring myself to support a company though who prefers to gobble up the industry when they can’t compete rather than continuing to produce games that would have allowed them to do just that. I’m all for there being decent competition in the market, but I’d much rather Sony had a proper rival who also created good will by producing great games first and foremost.
I stopped playing my Xbox 360 because they haven’t had any great game since . And now they want to f up the whole market so I want nothing to do with them .
If you have the money to invest in a state of the art PC that can show you a noticable difference from the series X then by all means go with PS5 and PC. I am not sure if I can easily transition between console and PC but if you can overcome that then go ahead.
The great thing about game pass is that it gives you an instant collection of over 100 games on both the Xbox and PC. Playstation offers almost the same thing with less restrictions to cloud gaming. I just the premium tier gave you access to their PC games.
"I am not sure if I can easily transition between console and PC but if you can overcome that then go ahead."
This is a good point that I do not see mentioned often. It's always been hard for me to switch between console and PC games. If i get too used to a really high refresh rate on PC then even the 60fps of console's performance mode can be distracting.
Correct. I'd be a step down. And what's even weirder is this article talks about Gamepass "filling the gap"... But Gamepass is also on Pc so that argument makes no sense. If you have a PS5, a Switch, and a PC you literally don't miss out on any games
I did this year's ago. Though I own a series s due to emulation and old gen Xbox games.
Was mostly a 360 user 15 years ago. Using only the PS3 for exclusives. Then the last 3 years of the PS3/360 life cycle I pretty much was just a PS3 user. Then I started the following gen with a PS4. Bought a Xbox one at a later date. Was not impressed with it or its exclusives and then their exclusives where no longer exclusives anymore as they started releasing on pc. So I sold the Xbox one and never looked at Xbox again until recently when I wanted a S for emulation.
Sounds like you made some wise choices with possibly the exception of picking up the S instead of the X.
While he alone wasn't solely to blame Don Mattrick did a lot of damage to the Xbox brand, the bloke was hopelessly out-of-touch and Microsoft as a whole went that way culminating in the disastrous reveal of the Xbox One.
I don't view a game having a PC version as somehow a massive loss vs a console exclusive because we're seeing more and more issues on PC versions of games so I never blindly buy games now for PC and I prefer to wait until a few patches have come out and/or the game has dropped in price so if the experience isn't ideal at least I haven't paid $80+AUD.
I have zero interest in a series x. I don't play brand new games on it. It's solely for old Xbox OG and 360 games and maybe the odd xb1 title. As well as emulation games.
It does indeed yes. But the series S is small enough so sit under the TV so I can sit in comfort with a wireless controller. My pc is massive and sits at my desk. Don't get me wrong though I'm comfortable at my desk. Noting beatings sitting back on the recliner with a wireless controller and playing games.
While PC is a great option. People are glossing over the strengths of consoles over PC. Excluding, exclusivity on games, consoles are pretty much plug and play out of the box, multiplayer cheating is way way less prevalent, sitting with your family in front of your tv playing or watching content, automatic updates, not having to fiddle with games for them to work.
Some try and add up the costs but a console punch way above their weight and you’ll spend much more on an equivalent. Why do consoles sell so well? Because majority of people just want simplicity and quick/easy access to play games by themselves or with their families.
My gaming PC has pretty much everything the consoles have, auto updates, games that just work, etc. What my PC doesn't have that the consoles do is a multiplayer pay wall, only one storefront and a limit on hardware. PC is the gaming king imo.
Years ago what you said would have been 100% correct. Don't get me wrong some things you said is still correct.
However, PC gaming has gotten easier and near enough plug and play. For example. If I was to do a fresh install of Windows now on my pc. All I really need to do is install the motherboard drivers, GPU drivers. Install steam and epic and maybe ea and gog. Once that initial setup is done. If I wanted to make it a console like experience.
I could set steam to big picture mode. Have it auto launch into steam big picture mode on start up. So it's just like a console menu UI. I have my store and I have my games library. I can download and install with a click of a button and play.
Also SteamOS is coming along really nicely. The steam deck is doing great. In a few years I wouldn't be surprised if valve reintroduce the steam machines and become a competitor to playstation and Switch and Xbox in the console gaming space.
Yeah exactly I'm a multiplatform gamer I typically buy all consoles unless there's strong reasons to hold off like the Wii U which I brought after the switch had come out.
the last Xbox console I purchased was the Xbox one vcr edition literally to play halo 5 and i don't feel the need to upgrade to any series console not because they are not good consoles but because everything is day and date on the PC which I nicknamed my Xbox 2070.
That’s what I did this year, sold my Xbox and built my first pc, an rtx 4090, i9 13900k, 64gb 6000mhz ddr5, it’s a beast and for the first time in my life I am really getting the most out of my games, very bloody expensive though but I had the cash burning a hole in my pocket. With this pc and my ps5 I’m set, I will probably get the next switch but the Xbox is not needed.
I also switched from Xbox to PlayStation after Halo 5 and Gears of War 4 disappointed me, followed by a very disappointing Xbox E3 conference
I saw the Uncharted 4 jeep chase then I had a good dream that i bought a PS4 (no lie) I bought a PS4 the next week or so
PS5 + PC using Steam is the best combo
I just switched as well. Got sick of MS buying companies only to layoff employees. Then they wonder why they have no good exclusives. The ones that have come out struggled with their new developers (gears, halo) and the ones in the pipeline (Fable and Perfect Dark) seem to be a mess. Im still waiting on the Rare acquisition to pay off. Could've had a new Banjo Kazooie, Jet Force Gemini and Conker, but instead we got a super boring pirate sim. Hell use Rare to make the new Fable! Sad thing is that I have hundreds of games tied to my live account since I've been a Xbox owner since launch day of the original Xbox.
I did the opposite and went from PlayStation to Xbox series X (will definitely get a PS5 later this year too)
I feel like with all the acquisitions from Microsoft they will be the best place to place my favorite genre of games (RPG's) but I can't give up on Sony's exclusives (GOW was awesome but I need to play more of them especially my favorite series ratchet and clank)