I get the sense that there are fewer and fewer gaming enthusiasts on the Xbox platform that will be upset about this. Your average family and average kid just doesn't care about the exclusivity thing as long as they're not missing out.
In terms of FH, I think it was ok, but those characters and their dialogue are so cringe. I know it's hard to tack story on to a racer but the story kinda sucked on that game
Not sure a lot of people care at this point, including the majority of Xbox gamers.
Still not as good as it was a year ago. I think they're walking back on the quality of games just like XBGP is. It's a good thing though...ppl gotta start buying games again.
Witcher? Great game, but been there done that already.
It's been a long time since Xbox could be separated from Microsoft... The incubator days are gone, and the culture has probably blended in at this point. How do we really know what Phil really wants to do vs. what he needs to do? Perhaps if he created a winning strategy for Xbox they wouldn't need to resort to ads.
Once I actually saw it I felt instantly worse about it. It's easy to see how this can quickly get out of control and turn our safe haven of gaming into another annoying experience. Then you'll have to pay extra to not see crappy ads?
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Yeah I don't think you have anything to worry about. You won't be getting a next gen Xbox anytime soon.
That's the right idea there. After you trade in or eBay how much is left. If it's $300 to significantly upgrade a 5 year old console, that's a good deal indeed
Meanwhile the day one games get delayed and usually aren't as good as expected when they finally come out. So $20/month for mostly shovelware while you wait for promises
I think Sony was terrified because MS could use COD to potentially force a large part of their user base on to Xbox (as a platform).
If Xbox abandons their hardware, they abandon their platform, and this ceases to be a big risk imo. MS will need Sony as much as Sony needs MS. Xbox would just be big publisher of games. The big news here is how the hardware keeps tanking, because if MS abandons hardware, Sony is sitting pretty for a while
They are certainly not known for GOOD software. Besides the crappy games we have Windows and Office.
There are two sets of numbers in the article, making any hope of discussing them logically in this forum hopeless.
Suffice it to say that revenue is largely increased due to Activision, and console sales are unambiguously taking a big nose dive.
Isn't all the growth still due to the Activision acquisition? Subtract that out to see what the actual growth for Xbox was ..
If it's resting on my nose, I just lift and screw the back dial in tighter.
Kinect's entire list capped out in the 130's.
PSVR1 in the 500's
PSVR2 in the 300's and not dead yet.
PSVR2 definitely hasn't become mainstream or lived up to it's potential, but it's multiple times more successful than Kinect, which was an abject failure
New no man's sky releases usually introduce significant performance issues... Takes a few patches before they get things straightened out. I wouldn't take any of these settings too seriously.
On the plus side, nice to see more signals that the pro is still coming
Was listening to the Jeff Gerstmann Show (great podcast) and he has a good point - so what? It sold great for like half a year and now people are moving on. The expectation that we continue to play the same game in perpetuity is crazy.
er... what?
Old Duffer has got it right is my guess. All logical signs point to this.
If they wanted to stay in the console game they would be taking this opportunity to double down on exclusives, not backing away from them.