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[HeWhoWalks]

Don't show Nintendo. Funny how everyone always wants to leave out Nintendo as well. Only one of the two high end console is having sales issues.

Even funnier when you consider how outdated those figures are too.

But, as you can see, he's doubling down on his bullshit, fighting for attention. Like the kid on the playground hanging alone but trying to be a Class Clown because no one likes him.

 

[Raonak]

There's a reason why EPIC the publisher of the biggest game in the world, has wasted so much time and money trying to launch their own platform.
and why they are trying so hard to get their own store on ios.

A game selling hundreds of millions is nothing compared to being the platform holder where those games sell on.

Becoming fully multiplatform is only the future for platform holders that failed to gain traction.

 

[Leonidas]

Don't show Nintendo. Funny how everyone always wants to leave out Nintendo as well. Only one of the two high end console is having sales issues.

Nintendo game sales are incredible. Way better than Sony exclusvies.

Nintendo games would probably be in the top 3 if they were multiplatform. You can only sell so much when you're on one platform. They'll never reach Minecraft/GTAV in their current strategy, but Nintendo certainly has the best selling exclusive games.

 

[Ozzie666]

Is this some campaign to make Sony and Nintendo the bad guys for having console exclusives or something? Xbox won't rest until Mario is on their box.

 

[Raven117]

Lol to absolutely any fool who honestly thought that the big Xbox games weren’t going to ps/pc/Nintendo were deluding themselves.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Is this some campaign to make Sony and Nintendo the bad guys for having console exclusives or something? Xbox won't rest until Mario is on their box.

Of course it is . The big give away is the narrative of many are more or less the same in the same short time frame.

Look at how many suddenly mock people for an opinion on a console, “plastic box warriors” is a constant phrase all of a sudden

 

[kazuyamishima]

I'm pretty sure PS Studios games sell well......

 

[bitbydeath]

Nah, this is all wrong. All wrong indeed.

Game budgets skyrocketing and the rise of social gaming means limiting your audience to a single piece of plastic makes less and less sense.

PlayStation is already putting 60% of their resources (GAAS) day and date on PC. Capping the other 40% is going to look more and more foolish as they look at what they could be making on PC.

We've seen this trend happening for years too. There was a time when Sega, Nintendo, and Playstation were considered the biggest game makers in the world. Now EA, Ubisoft, ABK, Tencent and others have all caught up because they've had the advantage of releasing on all platforms.

Hell, look at everyone freaking out over the Helldivers 2 sales splits. That plastic box is worrying to a lot of people.

If nobody put out the plastic then nobody would be gaming.

 

[Raonak]

Is this some campaign to make Sony and Nintendo the bad guys for having console exclusives or something? Xbox won't rest until Mario is on their box.

Yep. It's the new script for the astroturfers.

 

[Jaybe]

Not another podcast!

 

[Shin-Ra]

Yep. It's the new script for the astroturfers.

Is ‘plastic box’ part of the script?

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

You're implying we even left that phase

There was definitely a reprieve last week after the dream of all games going to PS5 and Xbox leaving the hardware market were shattered.

It is shit that’s why. If more had some kind of standards and didn’t defend mediocrity and bullshit spin over the years the brand might of been better off

Delusions in post form, I love it.

 

[fersnake]

lol im a fan of sony but im not marry or have any attachment to them, ppl forget its a fucking company, jeez sometimes you cant count even with family imagine having all your hopes and dreams in a multibillion company. that just morainic.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

There was definitely a reprieve last week after the dream of all games going to PS5 and Xbox leaving the hardware market were shattered.



Delusions in post form, I love it.

And ironically you come across as exactly the kind of condescending person that over the years has been patronising and mocked anyone who showed any form of scrutiny , any form of criticism towards Xbox and its leadership .

Call me what you like but whatever you say the fact is I firmly believe that Xbox can and should have been a lot better than what it currently is. And if that is delusional to you then so be it.

 

[sachos]

About time that twat was called out

 

[digoutyoursoul]

We shall see what happens with PlayStation . Frankly I don’t regard that man at all. But hey, he could be right in the next year or two couldn’t he?

 

[OmegaSupreme]

There was definitely a reprieve last week after the dream of all games going to PS5 and Xbox leaving the hardware market were shattered.



Delusions in post form, I love it.

More games are coming don't you worry. This is just the beginning. Whether Xbox continues to make hardware or not is irrelevant. It'll sell even less now with these games and more coming to PlayStation and Nintendo. It's over.

 

[poppabk]

I don't think this confirmed big titles coming to other consoles but that was impressively bad timing and wording for a tweet like that if they don't have some heavy hitters lined up to come to PS5/Switch real soon.

 

[Leonidas]

Is this some campaign to make Sony and Nintendo the bad guys for having console exclusives or something? Xbox won't rest until Mario is on their box.

To me it seems more like talking about the benefits of their strategy.

Take Sea of Theives for instance.

It sold over 5 million units on Steam, which is good for a game that came over a year late. It is a bigger game as a result. When it releases on PS it will sell some more units, it will become an even bigger game as a result.

Sony will do what makes sense for their business, which is why we are now seeing their games show up on PC, thanks to PC, several Sony games have much higher sales than they would have if they were stuck on PlayStation.

 

[Astray]

Things don't change this rapidly in less than three years lmfao.

What are we living in the singularity yet?

 

[solidus12]

Edit : my bad, that picture was already posted.

 

[nick776]

That's by design.

That is what I was thinking after I made my post. Phil Spencer said what he said last week, and THEN the "twitter" post says something seemingly contrary (I refuse to call it "X"). I think Phil's speech was all about placation whereas the real plans are the basically release everything they can squeeze $$$ from on PS5 and Switch.

 

[bitbydeath]

There was definitely a reprieve last week after the dream of all games going to PS5 and Xbox leaving the hardware market were shattered.

You should rewatch it.

This sounds a lot like the Xbox and PlayStation hardware reveals all over again, where some didn’t understand what was communicated.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

You should rewatch it.

This sounds a lot like the Xbox and PlayStation hardware reveals all over again, where some didn’t understand what was communicated.

Sorry, I should have said going to PS5 day one. Oh and I forgot the death of GamePass as we know it.

 

[Shakka43]

Just rounded up those top PS4 game sells and it still falls short 50 million of GTAV, a multiplatform games.

Abysmal.

10 of the best selling PS4 games can't even reach the second best selling game of all time.

What's with the clown takes? nitpicking GTA when there are thousands of other multiplatform AAA games which can only dream of reaching the level of success Sony's exclusive games have.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

We shall see what happens with PlayStation . Frankly I don’t regard that man at all. But hey, he could be right in the next year or two couldn’t he?

well, a lot of Xbox "pundits" are banking on sony to do the same.

but thinking logically there is no way sony puts their games on Xbox or/and day one on PC (The AAA single player ones).

Unless PS has their own PC store/platform .

PS competition will be to keep trying to offer the best performance per watt/money.

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

More games are coming don't you worry. This is just the beginning. Whether Xbox continues to make hardware or not is irrelevant. It'll sell even less now with these games and more coming to PlayStation and Nintendo. It's over.

Yes eventually maybe probably all games are going blah blah.

That’s not the narrative that was pushed a million times over the last couple of weeks and that’s all I was referring to.

 

[DryvBy]

Microsoft using the 2+2=5 math but this is 4+4=all

 

[digoutyoursoul]

well, a lot of Xbox "pundits" are banking on sony to do the same.

but thinking logically there is no way sony puts their games on Xbox or/and day one on PC (The AAA single player ones).

Unless PS has their own PC store/platform .

PS competition will be to keep trying to offer the best performance per watt/money.

I think if they release another of their other multiplayer games on PC in a shorter time frame it will add fuel to the fire on social media but I suspect you are right and I think the more AAA single player stuff stays to what it is now. I could be wrong of course.

What makes me laugh with some people with all this is , when they proclaim “we all win” , they go quiet when you question if a PlayStation or Nintendo title will go to Xbox.

 

[Pelta88]

Not like this

 

[Leonidas]

What's with the clown takes? nitpicking GTA

Why is it a clown take?

GTAV is nearing 200M (multiplatform). Minecraft is 300M.

Those PS4 only sales numbers are not even in the same league.

there are thousands of other multiplatform AAA games which can only dream of reaching the level of success Sony's exclusive games have.

Topping out at 20M is great for an exclusive, but its abysmal given that those games would have likely done 30-40M if they were also on PC.

Sony isn't Nintendo, Sony is not creating games where 1/2 of their audience buys.

Sony games are also not mega sellers like GTA or Minecraft, but maybe, with the help of PC, they might get closer...

 

[hlm666]

and why they are trying so hard to get their own store on ios.

IOS is only like 7% of the fortnite market according to info from the court cases. It's more likely epic are going with their smallest market which they can afford to lose if it goes against them, if it goes their way they will have precedent when going for broke on closed platforms that actually are important to them and tencent. People think epic wont do it because they are so friendly with other platforms, they were sucking apples dick when pushing infinity blade and quite happy to turn up at apple events and tell everyone how good ios/apple are and look at how they see apple now.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

RIP

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Once again, you're completely overlooking the fact that SEGA, NINTENDO, SONY, XBOX and VALUE want to be platform holder first and foremost.
That's where all the money is.

Xbox and Sega didn't turn into third party publishers because they were chasing money.
They did it because their platforms failed.

TLOU3 will be a PS5/PS6 exclusive.

How is "all the money" on one console when PC, phone, and cloud continue to expand in marketshare?

 

[TheBomb]

Man! Again some are now saying lets us all have a circle jerk since it’s over.

 

[Raven117]

well, a lot of Xbox "pundits" are banking on sony to do the same.

but thinking logically there is no way sony puts their games on Xbox or/and day one on PC (The AAA single player ones).

Unless PS has their own PC store/platform .

PS competition will be to keep trying to offer the best performance per watt/money.

Until Xbox exits the hardware market ((or somehow pivots not being a direct competitor). No way. Exclusives just mean that people will buy the Sony console…. Play the Xbox games and be done.

Why would Sony at this time, move exclusives over? Lol. Delusion.

 

[XXL]

Man! Again some are now saying lets us all have a circle jerk since it’s over.

Wait until the flagship titles start coming to other consoles....

This is going to be a long process for fanboys who blindly follow brands and can't interpret PR statements.

But for me, this is going to be extremely entertaining.

I mean...the false sense of hope didn't even last a week with one tweet.

The whole Xbox community is holding on by a fucking thread.

 

[donfonzie]

Topping out at 20M is abysmal compared to the multiplatform games. Minecraft = 300M. GTAV = 200M

Horizon (thanks to PC) actually made it to the top 48 of all time

Theres no doubt Microsoft has probably become the largest videogame publisher through it's various acquisitions.

The thing in doubt is wether the Xbox brand can survive in the hardware space without any exclusives, especially if it goes completely third party.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Is this some campaign to make Sony and Nintendo the bad guys for having console exclusives or something? Xbox won't rest until Mario is on their box.

Probably just setting themselves up so that it removes exclusivity arguments when attempting to buy their next publisher.

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

I've said for a long time that its hilarious that the of the three major console platform holders, only one of the fanbases consistently says exclusives dont sell consoles.
While unrelentingly praising the one of the three console platform holders whose exclusives are widely viewed by consumers and critics as being subpar when compared to the other two platform holders.
Especially when the other two consistently run rings around them in the market.

 

[reinking]

Theres no doubt Microsoft has probably become the largest videogame publisher through it's various acquisitions.

The thing in doubt is wether the Xbox brand can survive in the hardware space without any exclusives, especially if it goes completely third party.

I have been guilty of this way of thinking myself but it has occurred to me, it is not surviving now. That is why Microsoft is making these moves.

 

[Astray]

Some of those Xbox Twitter fanboys make Timdog look like a very sane, capable and productive member of society.

Also that Astal guy might be actually disabled irl or something.

 

[MDSLKTR]

Is ‘plastic box’ part of the script?

I'm blocked, but every other Colt tweet has had that term since last year.

 

[DeepEnigma]

The new marching orders are in full effect.

 

[Raonak]

"Just you wait! Sony Too(tm) will go multi-platform"

That's called the bargining stage.

 

[Leonidas]

Theres no doubt Microsoft has probably become the largest videogame publisher through it's various acquisitions.

You use some doubt using a word like probably in this instance.

The thing in doubt is wether the Xbox brand can survive in the hardware space without any exclusives, especially if it goes completely third party.

Is that the doomsday scenario? That everything goes to PS? Why does it matter? Everything from MS is already on PC. Who cares if it goes to one or two more platforms at that point.

It is my understanding that a good portion of Xbox users are Game Pass subscribers, given the meme that Xbox users don't buy games. I don't see why any Xbox Game Pass subscriber should care if this "doomsday scenario" happened.

 

[mckmas8808]

More #SonyToo

 

[DeepEnigma]

Nintendo game sales are incredible. Way better than Sony exclusvies.

Nintendo games would probably be in the top 3 if they were multiplatform. You can only sell so much when you're on one platform. They'll never reach Minecraft/GTAV in their current strategy, but Nintendo certainly has the best selling exclusive games.

What's with the clown takes? nitpicking GTA when there are thousands of other multiplatform AAA games which can only dream of reaching the level of success Sony's exclusive games have.

Yep. There are far more successful Sony 1P or Nintendo 1P games than there are multiplats that reach GTAV levels. And there are far, far, far more multiplats that can barely sniff that success.

The data doesn't lie. The numbers don't lie. The only lie is the spin the failing at sales company is trying to pitch and give marching orders of lumping Sony and Nintendo in with their failures.

It's their classic EEE tactic.

 

[Klayzer]

Yep. There are far more successful Sony 1P or Nintendo 1P games than there are multiplats that reach GTAV levels. And there are far, far, far more multuplats that can barely sniff that success.

The data doesn't lie. The numbers don't lie. The only lie is the spin the failing at sales company is trying to pitch and give marching orders of lumping Sony and Nintendo in with their failures.

It's their classic EEE tactic.

 

[Stephen Curry]

OP not only misquoted the tweet but misinterpreted it as well.

This is just another one of those stupid social media handler PR tweets