@Mr Pumblechook that's modern Gamespot in a nutshell. Same for some of their peers like Polygon. This is what happens when you let brainless hacks larp as "journalists".

Here in Canada where I am at least, I've seen Xbox series s sitting on shelves at Walmart. I'm not saying that's any kind of indicator and I'm not sure how long they sit there before they're gone but I've never seen a series x or ps5 on shelves anywhere.

Still on the shelves no matter where.

Tell me a console that hasn’t in the last 10 years 🤣 Wii was sold out for about 2 years after launch. Scalpers gonna scalp. Stock issues persist for all, just don’t think they making enough myself 🤷🏻‍♂️✌🏻 ;

People need to understand that Sony and Microsoft didn't manufacture or ship the same amount of units. It's easy to sell out if you have 5 instead of 10. . If ms have hard factual numbers this debate about being sold out would make sense. The global numbers are very heavily skewed in Sony's favour. They're not afraid to release numbers.

Mr. Phil gets all the accolades and all the blame. It's a part of the job.

@RazzerRedux

"You continue to be confused."

Lol. No dude, you´re the one confused. First: People Can Fly has no say in that matter. They´re developers. SQUARE/ENIX is the IP owner AND the publisher. Second: If Outriders is not on PC, it´s simple because Phil didn´t wanted to pay Square enough money for Outriders to be there. And that´s has nothing to do with lack of love for the PC gamers either. I mean; what? Did you REALLY thought Phil would invest and release 2 next gen consoles just for you and the PC community continue to say that Xbox is irrelevant? That all a gamer need is a decent PC and a PS5? Seriously dude, with all due respect, if you still don´t get it WHY those AAA games are only availiable on Xbox Gamepass, you´re pretty naive.

"Exactly my point. Xbox versions were put on the backburner."

Obviously. As it should be. But we still getting, which means that games that used to be PC only is now thanks to Phil Spencer, coming to Xbox as well.

"Read my first post again. My entire premise was first party games as that is what Phil Spencer has direct control over. You are yapping about games Phil Spencer doesn't control at all."

Phil Spencer has to pay BIG MONEY for those games to be on Xbox Gamepass. Specially a AAA third party game to be there Day One. Square is making no charity here. It´s business as usual. There´s a CLEAR initiative to promote and sell the new Xbox consoles here that you simple continue and fail to see. Smh.

"So we have established that both versions of Game Pass have and will have games that are not on the other. Is this what I'm supposed to "remembering" that you I "heard" from you first?"

No. What you heard from me first is that you if you think that Spencer will continue to allow that every single game that hit Xbox Gamepass will be availiable day and date with PC, while in the process making Xbox consoles a far less attractive, irrelevant, redundant and useless piece of plastic in comparison with PCs that can offer better performance for all of it´s games, you´re in for some shock and disappointment.

Mark my words.

"Lol. No dude, you´re the one confused. First: People Can Fly has no say in that matter. They´re developers. SQUARE/ENIX is the IP owner AND the publisher. Second: If Outriders is not on PC, it´s simple because Phil didn´t wanted to pay Square enough money for Outriders to be there."

Correct. SE rather than People Can Fly make the decisions. Point remains. The Game Pass negotiation works both ways. It is NOT entirely up to Phil Spencer if it is a matter of how much money is in question. SE and MS have to come to terms on how much it will cost. And yeah, considering Outrider's sales on Steam, seems obvious SE wanted more than Phil was willing to give. As far as we know, SE decided against GP for PC for the game from the beginning. No telling how that went down.

"Did you REALLY thought Phil would invest and release 2 next gen consoles just for you and the PC community continue to say that Xbox is irrelevant? That all a gamer need is a decent PC and a PS5? Seriously dude, with all due respect, if you still don´t get it WHY those AAA games are only availiable on Xbox Gamepass, you´re pretty naive."

You really think Phil Spencer cares about PC vs console chatter? Come on, dude. That's ridiculous. He is there to make money for Microsoft, not provide insecure Xbox fanboys leverage. If Phil Spencer really cared about that nonsense then he would not have committed all first party to PC and Steam. But he doesn't care about it all. As you and others have pointed out plenty of times, he will take my money whether it is on console or PC. Oh....he will also take it from mobile gamers via xCloud. lol

"Phil Spencer has to pay..."

Yeah yeah. Been covered.

"No. What you heard from me first is that you if you think that Spencer will continue to allow that every single game that hit Xbox Gamepass will be availiable day and date with PC, while in the process making Xbox consoles a far less attractive, irrelevant, redundant and useless piece of plastic in comparison with PCs that can offer better performance for all of it´s games, you´re in for some shock and disappointment."

Then I'm not going to be disappointed whatsoever since I never said any of that about Xbox consoles in a general sense at all. My own preferences and views are purely anecdotal. That should be obvious. Even if every game on Game Pass was day and date on PC that doesn't mean a damn thing to the people who prefer consoles. So yeah, what I "heard from you first" is shit I already know. We've seen it work both ways.

Again, my post wasn't concerned with third party games on Game Pass or Game Pass at all. My post was about Microsoft games that were non-existent on PC before Phil Spencer that are now day one on PC. I've done nothing but praise that just as I have PS games on PC. Have a problem with that....well, that's too damn bad, now isn't it?

I have more posts available, but I'm done here. This is becoming repetitive and boring.

"You really think Phil Spencer cares about PC vs console chatter? Come on, dude. That's ridiculous. He is there to make money for Microsoft, not provide insecure Xbox fanboys leverage. If Phil Spencer really cared about that nonsense then he would not have committed all first party to PC and Steam. But he doesn't care about it all. As you and others have pointed out plenty of times, he will take my money whether it is on console or PC. Oh....he will also take it from mobile gamers via xCloud. lol"

This has nothing to do with some childish fanboy bullshi* argument, dude. This is about money and business logic. R&D for consoles costs TONS OF MONEY. There´s thousand of investors who wants to see Xbox consoles flying off the shelves. So your assumption that Phil don´t care whether Xbox consoles will sale or not, is simply not true. Phil Spencer always had an eye for what the community has to say about anything game related. He´s aware of all of you saying: "Thanks Phil, for giving me no reason to ever own an Xbox consoles again!" Heck, even former Xbox executive Mike Ybarra said that in a fashion.

Phil Spencer has Xbox investors to answer for, and doing nothing to change the actual narrative regarding PC vs next gen Xbox consoles, will only show him the fastest way to lose his job.

"I have more posts available, but I'm done here. This is becoming repetitive and boring"

Fair enough.

“ king, I didn't know Microsoft made The Medium?”

So the criteria is the game has to be next gen only, and must solely come from its console maker? So Demon Soul Remake, Returnal, and Deathloop aren’t real next-gen PS5 console exclusives you say?

“ you still waiting for Halo that needed another 500 million to fix the low quality?”

Oh thanks you for worrying, but I’m actually waiting for the new Fable, Starfield, Elder Scroll 6, Awoved, Hellblade 2, new Perfect Dark, and Age of Empire 4. Not a big Halo fan myself.

@KING_NOCTIS

You know the n4g drill already, why do you even bother.

Some how ps has all the games yet their fan ladies spend all their time trolling xbox articles

@King Noctis

The Medium is on PC (and will likely go PS5 too based on hints from the devs)

Demon's Souls, Returnal, R&C and Destruction All-Stars are four PS5-only games that will have all been released by June's end.

Meanwhile Phil is providing another Halo, this one with troubled development, sometime later in 2021, and on top of that, it's going to be held back by being a cross gen title (same as Horizon 2 before you think I'm being biased).

Game Pass is a plaster on a cracked dam.

The Medium is janky