Shakka43
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If you never buy an Xbox you won't get to pay $180, as of right now it would be $60 ($5/month) as Gamepass Ultimate is just for the console services.
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If you never buy an Xbox you won't get to pay $180, as of right now it would be $60 ($5/month) as Gamepass Ultimate is just for the console services.
Exactly the margins on gamepass PC are nothing being subsidized by console side. They want to sell consoles where they make margins on their services and games. Now that gabe is getting 30% cut of games on steam where most sales will be now. The PC side there is no real money to be made for MS. If the console side is not making money the whole division sinks.
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Kagey K
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Ultimate includes PC Game Pass. That’s one of the benefits of it.
Stiflers Mom
Banned
Those plucky little studios like Obsidian, Double Fine and Ninja Theory are the reason I might be interested in a MS console for the first time ever.
Sony used to be the one to release quirky games, but now everything they do looks like 3rd person walking sim.
Yawn.
Sony used to be the one to release quirky games, but now everything they do looks like 3rd person walking sim.
Yawn.
Shakka43
Member
I know, but for PC only users there is no reason to get Ultimate as you wouldn't get anything extra out of it.
Kagey K
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kraspkibble
Permabanned.
I don't know what will happen but I know I'll be getting an XSX instead of PS5. I just don't have any interest in Sony's exclusives. Well, maybe one game...but Xbox has more exclusives that I'm wanting to play.
jakinov
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I think the new Xbox could do better than Xbox One did but I think the new PlayStation will have the larger install base than the new Xbox. I think Microsoft business will grow with GamePass, publishing, and likely increased software sales. Will it "win the console war"? Probably not. But you don't have to be number one but you have to at least grow.
The PC thing is not a huge issue, as Microsoft doesn't really care about selling you a console if you are likely going to place all the multi-platforms on PC anyways. I think the most important part is launch momentum and have constant positive buzz. I think a lot of people buy what they friends get and getting buzz constantly is how they are going to convince casuals to buy their consoles. The first party exclusives are a small fraction of the total software sales and until the last couple of years exclusives only scratched the surface of the install base and still make up a not so significant percentage. Which is okay, but it seems there's a lot of people just buying consoles to play GTA, sports games, COD, fornite and Minecraft. Finding ways to capture those kinds of people is important whether it's positive buzz of who has better exclusives that they will never play or what console has better graphics.
The PC thing is not a huge issue, as Microsoft doesn't really care about selling you a console if you are likely going to place all the multi-platforms on PC anyways. I think the most important part is launch momentum and have constant positive buzz. I think a lot of people buy what they friends get and getting buzz constantly is how they are going to convince casuals to buy their consoles. The first party exclusives are a small fraction of the total software sales and until the last couple of years exclusives only scratched the surface of the install base and still make up a not so significant percentage. Which is okay, but it seems there's a lot of people just buying consoles to play GTA, sports games, COD, fornite and Minecraft. Finding ways to capture those kinds of people is important whether it's positive buzz of who has better exclusives that they will never play or what console has better graphics.
eastwood333
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Excusing all the fanboy garbage by the OP,i feel its the exact opposite.
1. As it stands now,XSX appears to be the most powerful console. Complete opposite of the launch of 2013 where XB1 was 40% weaker than PS4 in addition to being 100 dollars more. XSX is designed to be the most powerful next gen console MS can possibly build at a premium price. It is a gaming machine.
2. MS has significantly improved their 1st party. Playground (two AAA teams,one for Forza Horizon,2nd on a rumored Fable reboot where they are stealing talent from Rockstar/Rocksteady etc),Ninja Theory (one of the best diverse/unique devs in the biz),The Initiative (new AAA studio who's stealing talent left n right from ex Sony Santa Monica/Naughty Dog),Obsidian(The Outer Worlds is a goty contender),Double Fine(Physchonauts 2),InXile(growing to a AAA team and Wasteland 3 looks great,all on top of current growing studios in 343,The Coalition,Rare,Turn 10,Undead Labs etc.....
MS has addressed there two biggest flaws of XB1 launch. 1.Power and 2. 1st party.
1. As it stands now,XSX appears to be the most powerful console. Complete opposite of the launch of 2013 where XB1 was 40% weaker than PS4 in addition to being 100 dollars more. XSX is designed to be the most powerful next gen console MS can possibly build at a premium price. It is a gaming machine.
2. MS has significantly improved their 1st party. Playground (two AAA teams,one for Forza Horizon,2nd on a rumored Fable reboot where they are stealing talent from Rockstar/Rocksteady etc),Ninja Theory (one of the best diverse/unique devs in the biz),The Initiative (new AAA studio who's stealing talent left n right from ex Sony Santa Monica/Naughty Dog),Obsidian(The Outer Worlds is a goty contender),Double Fine(Physchonauts 2),InXile(growing to a AAA team and Wasteland 3 looks great,all on top of current growing studios in 343,The Coalition,Rare,Turn 10,Undead Labs etc.....
MS has addressed there two biggest flaws of XB1 launch. 1.Power and 2. 1st party.
Self_Destructive
Member
Yea, it is lol
MilkyJoe
Member
Psykodad
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MS being in a better position than at the start of current-gen is hardly an accomplishment.
And buying Obsidian and Ninja Theory was a good decision, but won't put them next to Sony's first party output. Not yet anyway.
They'll probably do better than this gen though.
Maybe sell 50M instead of 45M by the end of the gen.
At this point, their online services will make Xbox consoles obsolete and the brand has little relevance outside the US and UK as is.
And buying Obsidian and Ninja Theory was a good decision, but won't put them next to Sony's first party output. Not yet anyway.
They'll probably do better than this gen though.
Maybe sell 50M instead of 45M by the end of the gen.
At this point, their online services will make Xbox consoles obsolete and the brand has little relevance outside the US and UK as is.
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Heinrich
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Off the top of my head:
Again, so many bullshit you are talking here. But it’s good. Underestimate Microsoft, they will Kick Sonys ass
- Two Xbox systems, with one that sucks, creating consumer confusion and developer disgust —> lol no. How fucking stupid do you think people are? Hardcore gamers take the more expensive one and pay more. Casual gamers can get the cheaper console - even cheaper than the PS5. Lower entry point for nextgen is better
- Sony's 1st party dominance. —> meh. The gen is starting. There is no 1st party even announced and it will take at least until 2022 until something arrives.
- Sony buying experienced AAA developers like Insomniac, instead of "plucky" little squads like Obsidian and Ninja Theory. —> meh. Same point as before, nothing new. Nothing announced. We have to wait.
- Sony's BC looks to be the real deal...and then some if you read the tea leaves. —> same as before. We don’t even know yet. Also MS BC already IS the real deal. Even plays older games in higher res and better performance. How can this get better?
- A very good chance that 343 mucks up Halo: Infinite. —-> not really. Halo 5 has a 85 at metacritic. This is good. Halo infinite is 5 YEARS in development and will have local multiplayer. This will be huge. Why do you think this is going to be bad? You have no reason and no Proof to believe that.
- Xbox One has irreparably damaged the brand. —> new generation. Who cares about the past? All the old people are gone. Same was for Sony, PS3 was a shitshow, like the PSN HACK, YLOD, „get a SECOND job to buy our console“, when nextgen started no one gave a shit. Same for MS nextgen.
- Nintendo is back and better than ever, and can differentiate themselves from Sony in ways that Microsoft can only dream of. —> completely different target audience.
- Europe and Japan aren't interested in Xbox. —-> we will see nextgen.
- 11 vs 9 teraflop difference will not be as pronounced as 6 vs 4 was this time--and it's not like the PS4 Pro was a bad machine or anything. —-> we will see when the first multiplatform titles arrive how big of a difference it will be. It will be BIG.
- The PC will get all the big Xbox games, and a PC is likely a better investment for power-crazed gamers. —-> PC market for console games is tiny. No one gives a shit about those. Not many lost sales.
Again, so many bullshit you are talking here. But it’s good. Underestimate Microsoft, they will Kick Sonys ass
MilkyJoe
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thank odin
Mista
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I don’t mind speculating next-gen based on this gen but here where you pissed me off:
I can see where this thread is going so I’m not going to waste my time any further
Sooooo you wanna act like you don’t know how the BC works on Xbox and think the PS is going to be better while not knowing how it’s going to function?
I can see where this thread is going so I’m not going to waste my time any further
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Heinrich
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This. So damn stupid what he talks about there. True Sony fanboy crap. Fucking blind.
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SLoWMoTIoN
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Explain to me a consumer why ray tracing gives nerds boners.
Chiggs
Member
Come on. You have nothing better to do, jet-setter.
Hobbygaming
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I can see PS5's 1st year being the best Sony's had in a long time
And Naughty Dog will create another timeless classic with TLOU Part 2 never doubt ND
cireza
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Do you have information to share about this ?
Mista
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SLoWMoTIoN
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But the first one was average at best! People need to read a (book/web novel?) if they think that had a good story. The gameplay wasn't fulfilling to me either and as a single STRAIGHT MALE I didn't care about the daughter replacement either. FAR CRY from a TIMELESS CLASSIC if you ask (me).
Chiggs
Member
Oh me? You sure? What a clown
The day we turn our backs on some good old fashioned console warring is the day we’ll all look back on say, “Yes, this is when we lost our purpose.”
Psykodad
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It was more about the execution, character building and production value though.
Everybody knows the story isn't the best ever created.
Gavin Stevens
Formerly 'o'dium'
ND were peak for me at uncharted 2. Last of us, well, I don’t know, I enjoyed it but it didn’t really hit me like it should have done from what I read.
I can count on ND to deliver some cutting edge best in field visuals, and I know the stuff they will pump out on PS5 will be stupidly good looking.
But their gameplay is utterly dreadful, and their stories, they just aren’t what they used to be.
No console war BS. Uncharted 3 was the same, it was a clear down step from 2. And don’t even get me started on 4. That may as well been a spin off from a different company.
I can count on ND to deliver some cutting edge best in field visuals, and I know the stuff they will pump out on PS5 will be stupidly good looking.
But their gameplay is utterly dreadful, and their stories, they just aren’t what they used to be.
No console war BS. Uncharted 3 was the same, it was a clear down step from 2. And don’t even get me started on 4. That may as well been a spin off from a different company.
Wolfgang Jr
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You sure do suck a mean Sony dong, OP!
Mista
Banned
Off to the ignore list with the other clowns that adds no value to the place
Ar¢tos
Member
A shift to services makes sense, since the only real competition there is Stadia's corpse and comatose PSNow , and they can still get money from 3rd party games (no money made from hardware anyway). If MS focus more on gamepass/xcloud I can see all 3 co-existing with no problem.
As far as I can see, since the series X announcement, it's not making waves at all in EU (judging by what I have been reading in PT/ES/FR forums), instead of pushing the actual console, a marketing focus on xcloud for EU could give them more brand recognition there.
As far as I can see, since the series X announcement, it's not making waves at all in EU (judging by what I have been reading in PT/ES/FR forums), instead of pushing the actual console, a marketing focus on xcloud for EU could give them more brand recognition there.
Heinrich
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TLOU2 is a base ps4 title and even releases way before PS5 releAse.
Absolutely not. Sony is already going back to indies. See here: https://www.hardcoregamer.com/2019/...cus-on-nurturing-independent-creators/361543/
They did the EXACT SAME thing during PS4 launch and the first couple Years of ps4 that’s why it was called „indiestation 4“.
It will take at least 2 years until we see the first PS5 1st party exclusive games.
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Deleted member 774430
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Here's what i'd do:
1) Invest heavily on the mobile market through xCloud and maybe even some more casual games for mobile: just bring Hexic to Android/iOS or a Fable gacha game idk. Mobile is a huge market, whether you like or not it doesn't matter, and as of now Microsoft's only big presence is through Minecraft.
2) Rescue a japanese studio from bankruptcy by acquiring it. Let's face it: no japanese studio would want to be acquired by Microsoft (patriotism and Xbox's presence in Japan is super irrelevant), but if you acquire a japanese studio that is about to shut down (even small ones like AlphaDream), you get some reputation there and you also end up with a japanese studio. Either this way or you fund a new one but most people would snub it then i feel. Microsoft needs a first party JRPG.
3) Go big on China, India, huge markets still very open to new players to enter and where you can gain a lot especially through mobile and even PC. China in particular as a whole is a bigger market than US and Europe already.
My big problem with Xbox is that in many ways it is still a very US focused brand. They have very little presence in Europe and not enough appeal for asian markets. They don't have a global mentality yet and that is reflected in their library which is super focused on shooters and games as a service.
1) Invest heavily on the mobile market through xCloud and maybe even some more casual games for mobile: just bring Hexic to Android/iOS or a Fable gacha game idk. Mobile is a huge market, whether you like or not it doesn't matter, and as of now Microsoft's only big presence is through Minecraft.
2) Rescue a japanese studio from bankruptcy by acquiring it. Let's face it: no japanese studio would want to be acquired by Microsoft (patriotism and Xbox's presence in Japan is super irrelevant), but if you acquire a japanese studio that is about to shut down (even small ones like AlphaDream), you get some reputation there and you also end up with a japanese studio. Either this way or you fund a new one but most people would snub it then i feel. Microsoft needs a first party JRPG.
3) Go big on China, India, huge markets still very open to new players to enter and where you can gain a lot especially through mobile and even PC. China in particular as a whole is a bigger market than US and Europe already.
My big problem with Xbox is that in many ways it is still a very US focused brand. They have very little presence in Europe and not enough appeal for asian markets. They don't have a global mentality yet and that is reflected in their library which is super focused on shooters and games as a service.
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Hobbygaming
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I was replying to him saying ND could mess up with TLOU Part 2
And just because Yoshida has a different role of finding quality indies, doesn't mean that's all PlayStation will have. Hermen Hulst runs WWS now. Spider-man 2 and Horizon 2 could be releasing in the PS5's 1st year, along with a Ratchet and Clank and Gran Turismo 7. These are not out of the realm of possibility
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Hobbygaming
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I loved UC4 and I feel like the rope made encounters more fun, we can agree to disagree
TLOU Part 2 looks astounding in every way
Hobbygaming
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In no world is TLOU average. The game just won metacritic's Game of The Decade, it also won over 200 awards and is one of the best games I've ever played
Ar¢tos
Member
Do you really think Sony is releasing a console without a single 1st party launch game to showcase the console abilities? That makes no sense at all and hasn't happened since the ps1.
Killzone Shadowfall, Knack and Resogun weren't crossgen games, why would they do crossgen games for PS5 launch?
They have several studios, many with multiple teams (Japan Studio, ND, SSM, Guerrilla, Sony London, maybe even more have more than one team) and they often contract 3rd parties for exclusives.
I'll gladly do an avatar and tag bet that they will have at least one first party (or owned IP in case of a contracted 3rd party) ps5 exclusive non-crossgen launch title.
Chiggs
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I only hope you'll see this last message, Mista.
I hope everything works out for you in life.
farmerboy
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Deleted member 762073
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This is the most pathetic post I have read in a long time.
But I will comment on one point in particular.
PS4 wasn't a bad machine?
Chiggs
Member
This is the most pathetic post I have read in a long time.
But I will comment on one point in particular.
PS4 wasn't a bad machine?
You’re saying the PS4 is a bad machine? I don’t follow.
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Deleted member 762073
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It's a piece of crap.
Loud as hell, cheap as hell, you have to manually change thermal paste to not make it loud because they could not be bothered to properly build it.
It's sole purpose was to be used for 4k or at least 60 fps, it does neither 90% of time.
It's 1440p overpriced machine with an awful design.
Worst console I ever bought, by far
Chiggs
Member
Ah, gotcha. Build quality. I haven't had any issues with my Pro, but I do admit the One X is the better unit. Again, it's not like I have a hard-on for MS biting the bullet; it's just they face a real steep climb in next gen.
Outrunner
Member
Which ones?
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SLoWMoTIoN
Unconfirmed Member
Good, for them and you. I don't get the appeal myself and still consider it average in everything outside (graphics) when it came out.
daninthemix
Member
Indeed. From the vast amount of next gen speculation threads you lot must be truly bored with the current gen already.
Ergo they all failed.
Gavin Stevens
Formerly 'o'dium'
Well seeing as the only confirmed games seen so far are:
XS:
Hellblade (exclusive)
Halo Infinite (exclusive)
PS5:
Godfall (Not known, likely multi platform)
I’m going to go with Frogger.
brap
Banned
People love their shitty cliché generic stories.