Sounds like wishfull thinking. Based on the steps and direction MS is taking the xbox brand, I doubt they'll be winning any generation in the near future.

This most certainly is satire.

pc all day! pc=xbox!

I think the fans of gaming pretty much stay in the same camp or just own all platforms, I can't see anything different next gen to this.
People will upgrade to the same company they prefer now. I can't see anything pulling fans either way at the moment

@Thunder, a come back doesn't necessarily equate to being the top dog. It could mean just for something or someone being a worthy contender. Any unbiased gamer knows that the XB1 was not a contender with games. Not even close. However, the 360 and PS3 gen was pretty competitive.

On topic, MS simply needs to let their studios make great games. Without quality games it will sputter. Make great games and they will come...

every reason listed is a reason to not buy one

Comeback from what. All 3 companies will do fine but its not gonna sell more then the ps5. It never has.
Xbox 24 mill
Xbox360 85 mill
Xbox1 50 mill
Ps1 103 mill
Ps2 157 mill
Ps3 88 mill
Ps4 106 mill and counting
Again all 3 companies will do fine and there is plenty of room for all 3.

They dropped the ball this gen. I loved the original, thought 360 was great, but not as great, and it started resting on its laurels near the end of the generation. This gen though, eh. Weak hardware out of the gate, 1st and 2nd party content ranging from great to garbage, though not nearly enough of it either way, terrible launch. The list goes on.

It seems like they're learning from that though. It shouldn't have taken an entire new generation to address it, but it does seem like they getting themselves back on track.

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there's 2 reasons not to bother

Maybe n4g could have a comeback if it stopped allowing this garbage and started removing right from people approving it

I'm looking forward to all the systems. My main gaming is on the X. Can't wait to see what the studios are all working on.

I think next gen the series x and the series s will be great consoles that do very well. A budget option and a option for those wanting a little more out of a console. Plus the largest collection of 1st party studios in gaming history will keep gamers happy with a steady flow of exclusive content. As a gamer you should want Xbox to do better to push the other brands to do better.

The only reasons they could would be releasing interesting original AAA exclusive XB console games games & more games first & foremost.

Xbox is taking over!! They are investing in gaming on a level never seen before. Let’s just be honest Sony can’t compete and Nintendo isn’t even trying to because they got out of the console business and went handheld only. Xbox just isn’t making a comeback it’s gonna put a stone cold stunner on all the competition

Needs backing from japanese devs. If u want good JRPGs, then PS4 and Switch r the only good options.

Their is Hope

Im interested in seeing the new fable game & also a new sea of thieves with Actual pirates not some lego game

Im probably asking two much

The only reason for me to buy an XBOX console would be me seeing them land a slew of new unique interesting AAA games that I would be very eager to play & so far in every gen of XBOX consoles that hasn't happened.

I personally feel like this list is terrible, I would have liked to see a serious list but this just seems like "10 reasons Xbox will make a comeback from a fanboys perspective"

i really hope they do. as much as i love my ps, i’d be nice to have more options and games to play. i got a xb1 2 years ago, and i liked playing gears’ horde mode when i was bored or didn’t feel like playing anything on my ps4. that being said, that was pretty much the only thing i played on my xb1, and eventually stopped playing because it wasn’t worth spending the money on xb live for that one game(which was already on the decline in terms of player base). if a console has good games then i’m more than happy to support them.

Seriously?? Didnt do terribly? Last gen when PS3 was behind by 1 million units, it was doom and gloom. The double standards are out of proportion.

Are you sure these are just opinions?

Power

No they won’t they haven’t changed their strategies at all, it’s still has nothing to do about making new ambitious IP or making compelling software it’s about moving games to mobile devices and other things.

If anything it’s Ninty that might lead the the 9th gen not MS.

Is there a way I can filter out opinion articles on this site?

Frankly I am getting extremely tired of next generation opinion articles.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau