@Concertoine
Over reaction?
Please tell me how many studios MS closed vs Sony closed. Last I've checked, Sony only closed half the studio MS closed.
Not only that, MS ended huge partnerships that they had. Where as Sony has been purchasing their partner devs.
So lets not kid our self with this damage control.
Restructure implies removing waste and better focusing resources on games. Which isnt what MS is ...
Difference was it followed studio expansion. And it was nowhere this level in terms of series of bad news.
I think what you are doing is just damage control.
@Elwenil
Comeon man. THat is the most desperate damage control I've heard.
Really? No one is forcing bad game down anyone throat and it is not like MS is protecting you. Not to mention the fact that there are tester gamers who helps game retain quality.
Quit damage controlling... Past few weeks have been crazy.
-MS gives away Xbox exclusives:
Fans spin losing exclusive as good thing.
-MS mentions convertin...
@Azzanation
I merely pointing out the fact that it has lowest meta. No one said hating any games. Overly defensive arent we?
Are you saying we should go by your opinion to represent the entire gaming community? If Halo best ever like you are saying and if everyone agreed on it, it wouldnt score way it has.
Lets not go into what scored higher than what. Bloodborne wiped Halo. It is not even in same bracket
I find it funny that...
@n4rc
Like what? You mean 343 to fill in end of partnership with Bungie? Or Black Tusk to fill in shoe of Epic.
Both cases were step down. Just look at metascore, Halo score has been lowest ever.
So new(not replacement) studios? Lol I will wait.
This is a common theme on how Xbox is moving away it's focus from gaming.
This has been long time coming. Think about it. All the exclusives were purchased from third party on short term basis. If MS were so focus on games, they would have expanded their devs.
Yet sort term exclusive was their plan. I've called it years ago. With this losing exclusive to PC, it makes their intent clear.
One thing I didnt realize was how desperate xbo...
There you have it. I love the duality of desperate xbox fans right now
"all xbox games coming to PC is good!! It is expanding into PC! More money"
and then spencer says this.
Lol. If giving away xbox game is so good why are they reserving so many games?
Are you now trying to say keeping exclusive is good? I thought losing exclusive was good?
At the end, Xbox will lose its console benefits. It wont be cost efficient. It wont have exclusives.
May as well just buy PC. than a weaker steambox PC.
On PC, software optimization is always years behind. That is true even today with DX12.
A dev just made a statement that their games wont have FULL Dx12 and only partial because most hardware do not have native support.
Point of console is to have fixed hardware to bring optimization. Even still, devs dont do full optimization due to differences between PS4 and Xbox One. Only first party optimizes do full.
hardwares are fixed and we have this...
@MurkC0re
Wow... You must be very delusional.
-The devs statement was recent. You wont see full implementation of DX12 for a while until most of the hardware supports them.
-LOL. Except X1 cant really do Async compute 2 Async engingines.
Also what about new features future hardware have? Async Version 2 perhaps.
Same problem, you cant develop two games.
-Funny thing is that you say you dont...
@MurkC0re
It seems clear you do not understand what DX12 does or what any of this really mean. Here are the fact.
1.DX12 offers low level API to PC which has been already available to console. This does NOT mean optimization is not needed. Lol. Also, tHat would be same as saying PS4 and Xbox One doesnt need optimization because they have low level API. That would be pure nonsense.
2. Multiple hardware mean dev wont get to develop their softwa...
@MurkC0re
Except that more SKUS and more options you have less optimization you get.
UWP offer compatibility, but it is always at cost of optimization.
I dont get how this competition from hardware manufacturer comes in.. Ms picks hardware. They set the price. That is not a competition.
What you describe is PC market place today. Based on what you described, just better to buy PC and play Xbox games on it.
S...
Where does that leave PS4?
It leaves PS4 to take over the console market.
Whole point of fixed hardware was that devs can optimized with the hardware. Once you have multiple Skus, you lose efficiency and optimization. This is draw back of PC. Now Xbox will have the same draw back.
Where does that leave you if you want console experience with optimized games and exclusives? Playstation.
What edge does new Xbox offer? It lacks ...
damage control by xbox fans are surreal.
They make it sound as
-Losing Xbox exclusive is somehow good for PC.
-Losing Xbox losing cost efficiency from muliple skus is somehow good.
-PC is somehow 1000 dollars. When $400 PC beats Xbox One performance today.
-When Halo boosted Xbox One sale, bragged about power of exclusive. Now exclusives dont matter.
LOL. Moving how? What technology? what innovation? Just like Cloud t...
lol.
Even phil said this move was for Windows 10.
And what desperate argument it is for xbox fanboys to say losing exclusive is good cause billion dollar compay knows what its doing.
LOl. Say that to DRM policy and Kinect. Clearly they are billion dollar company and they know what they were doing.
Only xbox fans will celebrate losing exclusives and losing to PC.
Here are the fact.
-console without fixed hardware loses its benefit
-multiple skus means less efficiency.
-no or far less exclusives
And xbox fans desperately want to hope that xbox didn't lose its value.
Lol
Xbox fans would love to spread misinformation that PC will cost $1000 to feel like their Xbox will be relevant, but here are the facts.
-$400 PC will beat Xbox One graphics and performance. That is TODAY.Plus, you get PC out of it.
-You dont pay subscription and games are cheaper. So actually PC is more affordable.
-Xbox One had efficiency advantage because of fixed hardware. Now that is gone, you lose that advantage because spec is no longer...
@slavish0
Except $500 PC will beat Xbox One in performance and resolution.
So lets cut out the bs.
@moldybread
Except it was more like "PS4 and Xbox One both have exclusive and have console benefits"
Now " xbox lost all its exclusive and lost console benefit with non fixed hardware"
Nice twist and damage control though
Lol Pog, you must be in pain.
Confirms what rational people were saying for months.
DX12 mainly benefits PC. Not Xbox One. Even Spencer said it.
There were no magical gain and as matter of fact, gap remained.