Microsoft have always been a contending force in the gaming industry, ever since they emerged onto the scene with the original Xbox in the early 2000’s. While the original Xbox wasn’t nearly as successful as the PS2, it held its own and pushed forward, creating amazing titles such as Halo, and with Xbox Live, becoming the dominant online gaming system, a title that still holds true to this day. With all this in mind, I am predicting that Microsoft will have the best selling, most popular system next generation. Why? Read on to find out.
Dear team,
Xbox has always been different.
We started with a simple idea. Games should bring people together through shared experiences. That led to the first Xbox in 2001, Xbox Live in 2002, and new ways to connect, from friends lists and achievements to parties and play across devices. Today, Xbox reaches over 500 million players around the world, with some of the most important franchises in entertainment.
re-evaluating exclusivity 💀
PS players will need to go back to pretending to dislike Xbox games
Or meaning since it’s doing so good they might just do everything day 1.
They didnt say re-evaluating their multiplatform approach.
🤣🤣🤣 Xbox is so dead. I know you scared🤣🫵ӿ 97;
Even when the topic is strictly Xbox he can't stop talking about PlayStation. Xbox has basically become the hate of PlayStation... and not much else.
This whole mess is the result of bad decisions and strategy from those who have "the vision" inside the company.
Hurt over video games 🤣🤣
Lmao we all grew and got jobs but apparently you stayed home broke 🤣🤣.
Man I love loyal dogs like you. MS kicked Spit and slapped you around but you still come back on all 4s.
Good little boy 🤣🤣
My only question is what games are PlayStation gamers gonna play now? They don’t really come out with new games anymore. I’m looking forward to wolverine, but after that then what?
Lmao
There’s no way after everything it’s going back, the damage is done
What you are seeing now is the new management telling what the core fanbase (aka…you) want to hear so they are pumped full of hope and are more likely to invest in the next Xbox console
When Phil took over after the awful Xbox One reveal he did the same thing, he told people what they wanted to hear for damage control.
It’s crazy people are getting suckered into this again.
FWIW..... wasn't the new management speaking to the other staff.... not so much us (regular folk)?
And you'll now go back to again thinking exclusives suddenly matter, that multiplatform is no longer the future, or that revenue from multiplatforms doesn't matter, like all you flop flopping xbox grifters lol.
The whole post just sounds like the previous phil corpo slop talk to me, whole thing reads like a nothing burger lol.
“re-evaluating exclusivity”
She also said this.
“The model that got us here won’t be the one that takes us forward.”
I don't know if they have a model anymore it's flipped so many times since the xbox one reveal
There's a bunch just like him but that's what happens when some rely on dreams, hope and wishful thinking. lol
"pretending"? Bro gears hasnt broke 1mil on ps5, and starfield hasn't passed 200k, Hellblade 2 was even stated to be a financial disappointment in sales on its own console, let alone ps5. Im not saying people don't like them, but they certainly aren't setting the community on fire, Forza may be different tho
Xbawx is ''re-evaluating exclusivity''... Translation: After throwing all sort of crap to the wall to see if something sticks but clearly nothing worked, we, including our lord ''in charge'' Phil came to the conclusion that exclusives indeed do matter so please forget if we ever said otherwise.
Yup, I feel it in my gut, next gen belongs to xbox, PS6 is cooked...
Someone can’t sleep after those 5 million forza games PURCHASED by PlayStation owners🤣 🧌 💥
Well with the decreased price of gamespass even with cod off it there is no way it is profitable given the cost of making their 1st party games (not if you actually include that cost in gamespass costs which they typically dont but should) they will just make a loss without the sales on
If they go back to exclusive games it at least shows that they are finally getting it. They would be turning down immediate money for something that will potentially workout in the long term.
Only issue is they've already opened Pandora's box. A lot of their base has moved to PC or jumped to PS. So will be a long road to get back on track.
We have been saying this from day one exclusives are a must if you are going to be selling hardware look at Nintendo and Sony before Jim Ryan. That's the proven formula. You had some that were deluded and blinded by loyalty accepting that multiplat was the future and that MS was merely getting ahead of where the industry was headed, but at least they can finally see the light and agree with what everyone has been saying for a decade+
True, blame it on the rabid fanboys. MS can do no wrong and spinner this multiplatform move. While the actual fans moved on.
I feel like with the new Xbox coming they are hoping to bring back those old fans and then if it goes well. Bring back exclusives.
If the new console is performing like series x and one. Naw they staying multiplatform.
Actual fans dont move on... they can add to their hobby while waiting for the next new release. If you believe what you typed then I guess PS fans moved on too.... you know, since its been a Sahara for 1st party games this gen.
Funny world where Sony is pro consumer and Xbox is not? At least according to what you loyalists have been saying all this time 🤭
@itveds For how many years have you been doing this sad stuff? For how many years have you been creating fake accounts to troll? For how many years have you always been cl vnn
Pathetic incels with nothing better to do than argue over a box... Because they don't have any good games to play on theirs, obviously. If your precious box is so special, why don't you shut the fuck up and go play it?
I think it's too late, xbox sales were diving even before ABK, they got even worse since then even long before the full multiplatform push. I'd be surprised if they even went back to timed exclusivity at this point, Helix is basically a PC and is going to be expensive, they already struggle to sell cheaper xbox consoles, it will be low volume and they'll have a very small 'console' base to sell to, which has already been conditioned to just play via gamepass anyway.
I don't see them removing PC from the equation. Considering MS has a heavy enough investment in the PC market, it would be foolish to abandon them. I could see them taking away games from PlayStation or ensuring they are timed exclusives at the very least. Say what you will but if Call of Duty ends up becoming a timed exclusive to Xbox machines, that would hurt PlayStation, don't pretend like those games don't sell millions.
They would lose out on a lot of CoD sales tho. Doesn't PS make up most of the sales?
Their lifeline of solely the Xbox consoles is dry. Good-Great games on a 1st party scale can't be made at a loss so willingly - sent to the Xbox to only sell limited copies.
They invested billions scooping up studios and need to start making returns.
Sucks that nearly every company is publicly traded and have to be so shareholder biased but that's how it is.
Their words are strong but it'll take time to see what their actions accomplish. Lowering the cost of Game Pass and taking CoD off of it was a good clear start.
More like, allot of their base just played game pass. So now they need to encourage them to start buying again.
What exactly is the long term goal with exclusives though?
Because for the most part, the hardware side of things has never been the most profitable, even sometimes being subsidized for a period before breaking even. And that’s before the hardware component nightmare we currently live in.
The whole point of exclusives was to get more people to buy your console in order to have a bigger install base, which meant even bigger software sales.
But if their ports to PS5 are selling (for the most part it seems) quite well, then other than negating the cut Sony takes there, unless you are REALLY increasing your software sales on your own console, it probably doesn’t make that much of a difference?
Honestly I don’t even understand Sony’s decision to scale back on it for PC unless they weren’t even recouping the port expenses. They released ports when the hardware sales never really dropped, and now that all consoles will undoubtedly take a noticeable drop in sales due to the ridiculous prices, that’s when they decide they don’t want to sell to a larger install base to more easily recoup dev costs… it’s just weird
Despite all of that, it's clear that Microsoft's Xbox division is broken beyond repair.
PlayStation is currently draining money on flop after flop. It's Sony that needs to re-evaluate their strategy
Wonder how much money was lost on perfect dark, hellbalde 2, 300 million lost revenue
by putting cod on gamepass. The recent Jason schrier news that Xbox has cancelled dozens of projects, spent 70 billion just to see Xbox sales further collapse and gamepass see little growth.
The fact is this has been PlayStation's most profitable generation and they are making loads of money and selling plenty of consoles and games. While MS won't give you any sales figures or profit numbers for Xbox, says it all really.
It isnt. But I dont think they mean in 'games', rather, footprint.
They own the OS but as far as gaming is concerned, Steam dominate. I imagine the VAST majority of people who use the Xbox app/launcher are PC gamepass subs. No ones buying their 3rd party PC games through Xbox PC.
and many gamers prefer SteamOS for gaming over Windows too. If only Valve would be more uncompromising to the anti-cheat makers that locked out non-windows players, more pc gamers would have moved onto SteamOS by now and not looking back to Windows. overall, Win11 is a terrible, bloated, unoptimized OS which is not what many people want
Forza Horizon 5 hits 5M sales on PS5, providing yet another reason for Xbox to not return to console exclusives in the future
They published 12 games on ps last, 9 of them were massive flops. Only CoD and Forza were big hits. Oblivion sold decently. Sounds like for the most part, we don't want your crap. Lol
At this point in time, to me it's definitely clear we're dealing with an ill mentally conditioned person here.
(Not being meant sarcastic, but like I have to be aware of it.)
At least in this regard of creating hundreds of accounts in an online community that's discussing videogames (it could be any other theme than videogaming, too).
Never thought Obscure would be going THAT far. Ofc I perceived him as a certified Xbox fan, but I never thought that he couldn't let go and dump this site with hundreds of accounts only to compensate the deep fall of Xbox.
... when he could just say: "Yup, I was wrong."
Dude, how many more alternate accounts are you going to create? Get a life
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He think they work like the apple saying 🤦🏿🤣
@dveio
“At this point in time, to me it's definitely clear we're dealing with an ill mentally conditioned person here.”
That’s why don’t even reply to any of their posts. It’s useless engaging with that person because it’s just feeding into obscurity :)
The account is always going to get flagged as spam anyway so all comments that replied to that account will disappear. Everyone should just ignore them and hopefully one day they will go away forever.
Their true account was probably banned & this is what they do even when it gets spammed each & every time that they'll create a new account to troll. It's evident this individual is miserable & has mental illness.
Forza is the reason I got an series x in the first place, so this doesn't surprise me. Don't care for their other IPs.
MS game comes out on PS5 and sells poorly?
"So I guess all the PS Gamers were lying when they said they were the ones who actually buy games!"
MS game comes out on PS5 and sells well?
"See? PS Gamers were totally desperate for games because they don't have anything."
295 days of 2-3 new accounts daily when will you get tired obscured and recognize that the war is over and it’s time to rest
Never bought a XB game to play on my PS5 Pro & I never will. Saros next week!
I don't have any problem giving xbox my money. As long as I get something in return. I have a problem with getting an xbox console who's sole purpose it to collect dust because I already have a PS5 Pro. And when all their games are coming to PS5.
@Itveds why do I need to listen to you? You just said they're re-evaluating. It's not 100% guaranteed. Also, let's be real. Why would you stop selling on a platform that sells 5 million copies.
Xbox just announced they are re-evaluating exclusivity 💀
PS players will need to go back to pretending to dislike Xbox games
This hurt you doesn’t it lol
Believe it or not actual gamers who like games heavily outnumber crazy fanboys like you.
So if any game sells million on either console that was once exclusive, don’t be surprise, that’s what REAL gamers do.
It’s hilarious how PS folk pretended for years they didn’t like Xbox games
Just to turn around and buy a fuckton of them such as Forza and starfield 😂
N4G isn’t PS folks.
Get a life dude.
You 30+ years old and still have a mindset of a kid.
Your like the guy who is stuck in the past of glory days.
Xbox is done, it will always be 3rd place. It’s okay go rest man 🤣🤣🫵 27997;
That's about to change, haven't you heard?? According to some minority group they say that everyone will jump ship and get on board the project: ''fix it Felix'' aka the next xbawx because is going to decimate PS6, we just need to wait for next gen...
Bet it made more money on Playstation as well. Because Triple A, Gamepass, Day one, One dollar.
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Which paragraph was not sarcastic ? I probably missed it.
Time to wake up and stop dreaming
an article full of lies...that's not even funny.
WKC sold less than 250K!
Demon's Souls didn't hit 1 million!
and the big on:
Gran Turismo 5 Sold 2 million only!!!!
What a load of crap!
Wow this article is so full of fail I don't even know if he was being serious or not. Either he is just trolling or on some really good drugs.
I beg of you, every blogger out there keep your opinions to yourself until both consoles are out. You got no idea what PS4 can do nor what Next Xbox will so please STOP.