reinking
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I loved Sega consoles, including their handheld Nomad system, but the industry did not die when they moved on to third party. People need to stop fearmongering.
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Help I feel violated by Microsoft
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ChorizoPicozo
Member
this arouses me
Exentryk
Member
Microsoft just shot themselves in the foot.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Western culture (I'm an expert), but money and ruthlessness are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in Japan where you can become successful by being honourable. If you try to be honourable to someone over in America, you will get laughed at, and the only way to get rid of that shame is by winning in sales.
What this means is the american public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase any Xbox console, nor will they purchase any of Microsoft's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Microsoft has alienated an entire market with this move.
Microsoft, publicly apologize and cancel 3rd party Xbox consoles or you can kiss your business goodbye.
I don't know how much the rest of you know about Western culture (I'm an expert), but money and ruthlessness are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in Japan where you can become successful by being honourable. If you try to be honourable to someone over in America, you will get laughed at, and the only way to get rid of that shame is by winning in sales.
What this means is the american public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase any Xbox console, nor will they purchase any of Microsoft's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but Microsoft has alienated an entire market with this move.
Microsoft, publicly apologize and cancel 3rd party Xbox consoles or you can kiss your business goodbye.
Nydius
Member
Which is functionally the equivalent of “giving up on Xbox”. If you can play everything everywhere, what’s the benefit of buying specific Xbox hardware?
The only reason would be Game Pass and if you have a massive digital library on Xbox. Game Pass is going to end up undergoing a metamorphosis as well as it certainly can’t continue on in its current state.
Mortisfacio
Member
PS5 released Nov 12, 2020. In that span. God of War: Ragnarok is the only exclusive worth playing and it's also on PS4. Still, that was enough to kill Xbox. Absolute masterclass failure by Microsoft.
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Mr Moose
Member
Fixed.
Papa_Wisdom
Member
Wish I was unboxing an 18 year old.
Ooh missed the “game” bit at the end, yeah one of those too.
Papa_Wisdom
Member
Trogdor1123
Member
It’s a fair point. I really dont have an answer to it. Not sure there even is one.
We will see.
BlackTron
Member
This is true, Covid shakeup and temporary weakness of Sony (not bad, just a few stress points) set the stage for a competitive, interesting gen. MS just completely failed to take advantage of the situation handed to them.
SEGAvangelist
Member
You're assuming Nintendo is any kind of direct competition to PlayStation now. They are very different businesses. SEGA and Nintendo were much more similar in the past compared to Sony and Nintendo now.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
Sega made the Yakuza series once they quit consoles, maybe MS will have that moment!
darkangel-212559
Banned
Trust me. As soon as this shit gets confirmed I'm moving on.
(apart from PC game pass lol)
mansoor1980
Gold Member
phil spencer to xbox fans ........................
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
Going quite quickly to bargaining I see, good...
SEGAvangelist
Member
Xbox was on the horizon at that point. There is no major competitor on the horizon right now.
RickMasters
Member
SHit....me too. crazy to think we backed the wrong horse twice! can about it, among ourselves. jumping on halo with the lads later, to chop it up. Im just wondering what they are gonna do to help us preserve our game libraries in a post xbox world. Ive spent thousands on my digital library since the x360 days. Thats probably the only part of all this that concerns me. MS can go to hell after this.
Randall365
Member
Stick to PC Gaming OP - playing at 140fps with rgb going nuts will always outrank consoles. You need never feel the pain of exclusives being denied to you again (well - a long as you can wait a few years).
MarkMe2525
Member
Phil is a genius, you can't lose a war if you aren't in it. He is playing 4d chess.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
How the fuck Is Sarah Bond just posting tweets like nothings happening. LMAO, this is too funny.
Entertaining as fook!
Entertaining as fook!
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Badlucktroll
Member
guys come on its fuckin microsoft 
they will do cuthroat shit at a drop of a dime
they will do cuthroat shit at a drop of a dime
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mayham2199
Member
If it makes you feel any better a lot of us felt this way when they announced the used game policy. A lot of people moved on from MS after that including me. I lost all trust in Xbox after that move and I wanted nothing to do with them.
skyfall
Member
Remember when MS saw Amazon but not Sony as a main competitor going forward? Well, it turns out that wasn't entirely true. But not entirely false either. For every influencer who MS gave depression, Amazon is ready to compete for control over their mental health:
Amazon Health: One Medical Membership for Prime Members
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spons
Gold Member
People in marketing would sell their own family if it benefits the corporation.
BlackTron
Member
Very true but PC is also a more similar and accessible option to consoles than it was back then as well. And if you consider the performance bump we will have in Switch 2, everything will get even more samey.
Topher
Gold Member
BlackTron
Member
I don't come here to see your sick interracial porn stash
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Lots of smoke for there not to be any fire. At the very least things are changing. Maybe not as much as has been said but things are changing for sure.You know........folks really should be allowing for the possibility that Phil Spencer comes out and says all these rumors are bullshit.
I expect him to give a non answer tbh.
Iced Arcade
Member
Well they did say....Beta tested for the future.
SEGAvangelist
Member
TBF, Sony already owns the team that made that game.
DJ12
Member
Lol bet you sub to gamepass, and haven't brought an actual MS game this gen
You sir are the problem and they'll be happy to get rid of you and people like you.
Null Persp
Member
Good thing I bailed out after the xbox 360.
RickMasters
Member
I said it yesterday and Ill say it again...people better get used two nintendo and sony only future. and they wont be competing with eachother so.....sony can set their next gen terms unchallenged (price, specs). Totally bracing for that 6-700 PS6! I got no choice anyway. none of us will. unless you want an unpowered switch 2 that will only play a fraction of what 3rd parties put on PS.
PS will be the high performance, default console you buy. and its not like there is an alternative, so we just gotta go with the flow. and nintendo fans will buy whatever nintendo puts out. the end.
mayham2199
Member
Meicyn
Gold Member
Not really. He projected used car salesman energy from the outset.