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Everything is an Xbox now, so I see no reason to buy Xbox again

James writes: "Xbox is growing up, and into something I don't want anymore."

piroh85d ago

I think Xbox as a console is officially dead. They wil now make limited non-upgradeable PCs with label of Xbox and sell it like their products. Mrs Sarah Bond isn't stupid, she just know very well and she is adapting her press speech to suit the situation. Today exclusives are antiquated - tomorrow we can await Halo announcement for PS5. They don't understand the exclusive games are very important products how to obtain that majority of customers will spend the money in their online store.

Eonjay85d ago

Yeah. When she said that, she was really saying... oh BTW Halo is coming to PS5. What some folks keep forgetting is that from the very moment they decided to aquire all those huge third party companies, the business model of Xbox was officially different from before.

rudero85d ago

Well… being that Xbox did not make exclusives outside of halo, fable, and forza for two generations…
Why would they believe in “exclusives”.
Everything else was bought.
Technically, even halo was bought before Apple could finalize the contract with Bungie for halo.
So, in 3 generations.. they have never released a in house AAA ip on any level vs the competition.

Reaper22_85d ago

You guys just lie so much. Apple turned down the opportunity to buy bungie. It wasn't until then that Microsoft stepped up and made the purchase. You cant make up your own facts.

Krablante84d ago (Edited 84d ago )

@reaper

“You guys just lie so much.” - every second comment you make on this website is a lie. So pot calling kettle

Krablante84d ago (Edited 84d ago )

“Sarah Bond isn’t stupid”….. eh well, not sure I agree

Abear2184d ago (Edited 84d ago )

Yup. I’m old and remember the best game being the pack in game to sell the system. Mario on NES, Sonic on Genesis, exclusives were the reason you bought the console. Halo on OG Xbox. That game was godly for the time.

BlazedKong84d ago

Sarah bonds is ms's version of cnn's Abby Philip, they both have this smug condescending look on their face and dont know what they are talking about, shes not a gamer and doesnt like the role shes in.

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Reaper22_85d ago

"The broader games industry at large is moving in this direction, with the majority of the PS5's exclusive catalogue being available to play on PC"

I guess whoever posted this didn't read the article.🤔

Christopher85d ago

Why would that stop me from posting this? Your statement says way more about you than it does me.

Reaper22_80d ago

I wouldn't expect it too. It obvious how much xbox is hated. I expect stuff like this 99% of the time. Its the norm. Xbox isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Its fans will always be there.

Profchaos85d ago

That's what the author of the article believes but the facts are far different.

PlayStation games are coming to PC 2 years plus post launch and not every title at that.
They put live service games on Xbox which was always their plan nowhere have they said we will be putting Astro bot on switch or anything like that

Christopher85d ago

None of this really matters to the discussion at hand. It's about Xbox as a brand and platform, wherein when you aren't *a* platform you're merely a brand. When Sony moves to a similar model, again, they will just become a brand.

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jznrpg85d ago

Before everything is an Xbox I saw no reason to buy one because they lacked games I wanted to play.
Then they bought up a bunch of third party devs and out of that the couple games that I did have interest in was Indiana Jones and Oblivion. But they go and f that up too by not putting the game on disc.
It’s like they don’t want many people to buy their games unless they know nothing about what they are buying or don’t care.

blanka454584d ago

Pc has it all that's way more than a xbox power and stuff what started gaming pc!

jznrpg85d ago

Before everything is an Xbox I saw no reason to buy one because they lacked games I wanted to play.
Then they bought up a bunch of third party devs and out of that the couple games that I did have interest in was Indiana Jones and Oblivion. But they go and f that up too by not putting the game on disc.
It seems like they don’t want people to buy their games unless they know nothing about what they are buying or don’t care

PRIMORDUS84d ago

They should just develop and publish games.

maximusprime_84d ago

I've been saying that for a few years now. Just follow Sega's example. They had great success after their last console, Sega Dreamcast.

Abear2184d ago

They own half the industry and devs with safe established fan bases. They just need to $upport them and make sure quality is there. M$ has deep pockets to do it, do they have the people who actually care and know when a game is on the right or wrong track? That’s what seems lacking.

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No Rest for the Wicked Together | Co-op | Official Trailer

Moon Studios : 8 days until No Rest for the Wicked Together!!!

Co-op isn’t a feature. It’s REDEFINED.

No passes. No paywalls. Every Realm is yours.

Your Realm.
Your Crew.
Your Consequences.

Mark your calendars: January 22nd.

We can’t wait for you to dive in!

Jin_Sakai1d 7h ago

Looks amazing, especially the art style and animations. Not surprising though coming from Moon Studios. Can’t wait for this on PS5!

Levii_929h ago

Ugh i don't know man, ever since this game got announced i was disappointed in the direction they went after the near masterpiece that was Will of the Wisps and i'm not happy that Moon Studios did nothing except work on this game for 6 years since 2020 and i say that cause Ori games especially the second one are one of my favourites ever. But as i understand this is their passion project so i hope it's gonna be worth it in the end for them. I wont be buying this, tried it and it wasn't for me.

thesoftware7308h ago

Please bring it to consoles already, it's been like 1year and 1/2.

Ethereal4h ago

Can't wait for the console release (physical would be a huge bonus and get my buy day one).