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univbee posted:It’s a weird situation because the backbone of video game platform success among the non-gamer masses (who are the majority population) is entirely predicated on its exclusives you can’t play on another console. And while Xbox releasing its games everywhere is “good for gamers”, it does mean there’s little compelling reason to buy an Xbox, if a PS5 has access to all the same games and also more. The things posted here about why Xbox is better aren’t things that “the masses” really have communicated to them or are particularly interested in. People will buy what is available, in their price range and offers what they want. And if Sony is also planning to push games to multiplatform the reverse applies. I can see it boiling down to an "iPhone or Android" preference honestly. Also I don't really expect the PS5 to have gamepass or cloud streaming or similar. Also a lot of non gamer masses I know have no idea what an exclusive is, but you're right in that they might go "I want to play game, I need console". It'll be hilarious to watch if both Xbox and PS start pulling down the walls of exclusivity in the name of corporate profits (which makes a lot of sense and seems very likely) because suddenly you're really just picking what controller and interface you prefer. Edit: I think more importantly is it doesn't really seem like exclusives is a particularly effective method any more, at least in the eyes of the profit holders. I mean, I bought my Xbox cause it was available but I don't think I even checked what exclusives it had, it just plays games. syntaxfunction fucked around with this message at 05:05 on Feb 15, 2024 |
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syntaxfunction posted:And if Sony is also planning to push games to multiplatform the reverse applies. Sounds like Sony is warming up to PC but they're not gonna publish anything on Xbox
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If game pass and Sony is on PC without any release delays I'll be very happy as I can ditch consoles altogether.
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What prevents any other company from offering an identical service to game pass, other than temporary exclusivity deals signed by MS?
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A storefront with thousands of available games.
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American McGay posted:A storefront with thousands of available games. You mean like steam?
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icantfindaname posted:What prevents any other company from offering an identical service to game pass, other than temporary exclusivity deals signed by MS?
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I hope they mention abk games coming to gamepass soon. I got a hankering for diablo again
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smh about people complaining about cloud gaming - console playing hasn‘t been about fidelity for a long time, it‘s about playing fps games with a loving controller because that‘s what’s convenient
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Maybe it has something to do with Microsoft's "We are totally not a monopoly, let us buy Blizzard" move
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BonoMan posted:Literally the most perfect gif. What the gently caress is going on with vidja games lately? Late stage capitalism? It's this, the underlying issue is that there is no growth left in the console market. Gaming overall, while a huge industry, is pretty saturated. Everyone who wants a console already has one, there's no untapped market left. VPs have to demonstrate business growth to keep their jobs. The best case for them is a big jump in revenue or profit. Failing that, they can show growth in some metric like Monthly Active Users, or a reduction in subscription churn. Something they can point to to convince shareholders that something good might be coming, just over the horizon. A big company like MS demands not just growth, but rapid growth. A modest increase in profit year-over-year doesn't cut it. Presumably whatever they announce tomorrow is Phil's attempt to find some kind of growth he can point to big enough to keep the wolves at bay.
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Gimme a big pile of activision titles on gamepass! Dump that slop
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Lube Enthusiast posted:Gimme a big pile of activision titles on gamepass! Dump that slop Geeeeeeeet Zorked idiot
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pthighs posted:A big company like MS demands not just growth, but rapid growth. MS has been subsidizing Xbox for 23 years.
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Alright time for some hardcore sci-fi military shootemup action, ODST! (sad noir detective blues start playing)
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Dead Island 2 is free to play for the next 4 days. Get it, it's awesome.
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Lube Enthusiast posted:Gimme a big pile of activision titles on gamepass! Dump that slop One of those leakers said that CoD wouldn't come to Game Pass at all. Will be interesting to see if Phil clarifies anything regarding that or other ABK games. 
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Haptical Sales Slut posted:MS has been subsidizing Xbox for 23 years. Not surprising then that changes are coming. 23 years is a long time.
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Volte posted:A large part of the library is Microsoft-owned titles. If the titles aren’t compelling enough to get people to buy consoles I doubt they’re compelling enough to get people to buy MS’s service instead of others
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Happy xbox death day, all. What're you going to do with your console after they brick them all tonight?
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ColdPie posted:Happy xbox death day, all. What're you going to do with your console after they brick them all tonight? Use it to bash the Sony customer service rep who keeps banning my account for inactivity (?) and making me call the US from Japan.
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I bet it's a huge bait and switch where Businesslord Phil has bought Nintendo
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Fanatic posted:One of those leakers said that CoD wouldn't come to Game Pass at all. Not even the old ones? But Phil paid like 70 bajillion dollars
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Fanatic posted:One of those leakers said that CoD wouldn't come to Game Pass at all.
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The Kins posted:Was it actual-leaker leakers, or people who remembered that Kotick wasn't too keen on those kinds of subscription services during the FTC trials.
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Okay NOW it’s the 15th 
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microsoft's bold new business plan for next year: -new crimson skies -new mechassault -full backwards compatibility with all original xbox and xbox 360 games -viva pinata 3 as a switch exclusive -master chief in smash bros
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AndrewP posted:Okay NOW it’s the 15th 3pm EST
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Volte posted:Pretty sure it was Timdog This post is not a joke btw, the source for "CoD may not be coming to Game Pass" is literally Timdog.
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"If every screen is an Xbox, no screen is an Xbox" - Friedrich Nietzsche Ecce Xboxen pg. 69
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If you stare into the Xbox Redfall Stares back at you.
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This was all a stunt to increase the numbers for the podcast. We have been played for fools.
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:microsoft's bold new business plan for next year: I'm in
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Scalebound would have saved the Xbox brand
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raccoon.bmp posted:Scalebound would have saved the Xbox brand Is that the weights and measures souls like
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raccoon.bmp posted:Scalebound would have saved the Xbox brand
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MechaSeinfeld posted:I hope they mention abk games coming to gamepass soon. I got a hankering for diablo again Mmm yeah let me and the wife run through couch co-op Diablos and just get the campaigns done. We had a ton of fun with 3 on the Switch. Then I want to slam all the CoD campaigns because I've been missing out on that big dumb setpiece action movie vidya game
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raccoon.bmp posted:Scalebound would have saved the Xbox brand To this day Scalebound still feels like one of the weirdest ever quirks in console fandom. People banged on about that for years based on absolutely jack poo poo. Dragons? A sword dude, I guess? Oh and Platinum were making it for the 28 people who buy their games.
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What is a Timdog? A miserable little pile of secrets. But enough talk... Have at you!
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Bumhead posted:To this day Scalebound still feels like one of the weirdest ever quirks in console fandom. Speaking of Japanese games on Xbox... https://twitter.com/tales_ch/status/1757979507963928979
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