I'm not an Xbox fan and don’t pretend to be. I also have nothing against them, just happened to have gotten (without asking) a Playstation on Christmas day 1995...but what games are they launching with?
i havent followed them outside of this thread really, but it seems like the X series is just lauching with Dirt 5, Assisins Creed and a slew of Xbox One games....and gamepass. Has this been their strategy all along? Dont get me wrong, console launches have never really had great games...but in this day and age, it's very underwhelming to have 1 year+ old games used as reference points for a new system. Thats great and all for people who havent played them, but how many people will look forward to playing games theyve already played and beaten all over again for slight improvement? Only games i can see this really benefitting are online multiplayer games and recently released single player games (last 6 months) that have a hint of replayability left.
I cant tell you how many times I've beat Resident 1 and 2 as a child (and even adult), buy replayability to that degree dropped significantly as an adult. One time and im done. I say all of this to say, what are MSFT's plans for the launch period? Are there any outside of hyping BW beyond the heavens?
Again, likely not getting one, but i hope they"ve been holding out and have taken the unusual step of hiding at least one or two next gen games (cross gen or not) for the launch window of the X series.
Other than that, Gamepass would have to be the holy grail they want it to be. Bethesda may help this, but as we've learned from Netflix and the like, they will have to deliver first party/self developed content on a regular basis, sprinkled with an exclusive 3rd party or two sprinkled in for it to be remotely successful.