There are people who will fall for a hustle despite being warned that it's a con by everyone present who isn't in on the con. These are the types who come onto N4G to push the dumbest arguments for things that should not be in dispute by anyone with common sense.
It's neither "pro consumer" nor "anti consumer."
Those are overused to the point of irrelevance buzzwords Microsoft uses to dupe people like you so that you praise them for acting in their own self-interest and attack their competition for not acting in Xbox's best interests.
"During an interview with Danny Peña on YouTube, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer was asked for clarification on his earlier statement about not having any red lines with regards to the company’s multiplatform strategy for its first-party titles."
There was nothing that needed to be clarified for me, but I guess this is for the suckers who fell for the deliberately misleading "just 4 games" spin.
Some predicted it wouldn't be as bad as last gen.
@Lightning
"the resident puppy that follows me around."
That's something coming from the person with a history of harassing multiple people with unwanted PMs. I would explain to you that it's not following when you spend your days posting comments in public places for people to see, but that may be too complicated for someone who literally couldn't add one and one to get two to understand.
"What sorta wall of ...
"Same story? From the guy who blamed games not being tagged for Xbox woes?!"
Are you referring to the same Lightning77 who is trying to claim victory over people who said Xbox is dead but himself questioned the point of MS having another console if they port their AAA exclusives to other consoles?
332d ago
Yeah they're pretty much doing that now. if you really look at it, it doesn't make sense to keep that type of game...
"Yeah well Xbox is dead every week every month, every year now we have to wait another 10 years for it to be dead again. Despite it was suppose to die the last 10 years.
"Same story with you ppl. I see it all over twitter all the time."
If we're keeping score of false predictions of Xbox's viability in the console market, there was this person called Lightning77 who also made some comments and predictions on that topic...
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@neutral
I'm no Nostradamus, but there are things that often go unaddressed when people make the argument you're making.
"I’m not suggesting that Sony will immediately release all of their games on Xbox, but with the increasing cost of AAA games—often hundreds of millions to produce—it makes sense for Sony to explore new revenue streams."
A key difference between PS and post acquisitions Xbox is that PS is primarily a...
"Microsoft's hardware footprint has been under scrutiny in recent years, with near-routine quarterly declines. What if the declines are driven simply by a lack of access to supplies, though?"
"For parents or casual shoppers, the choice often comes down to what’s easiest to find—and right now, that’s the PlayStation 5."
There it is. The spin.
This was always a risk with buying popular multiplat publishers. Part of their value is derived from sales on other platforms. MS is worth enough that it was conceivable that they would ride it out in hopes of being able to recoup big later by leveraging exclusivity to win the console race. That wasn't the case, and Xbox hadn't done themselves any favors with the position they put themselves in before the purchases, including conditioning their players to play games on Game Pass inste...
"Still sounds like a fan made that up."
It's funny you say that. It was a bit over a year ago that Jez Corden, who claims to have corroborated the current rumors, denied that Xbox was porting its console exclusives to Playstation and insisted claims to the contrary were "just hard hopium from fanboys."
Jez is an MS fanboy whose clout is derived from being perceived as an insider. MS uses him as a tool for controlled leaks. He'...
"With that said, you´re not a fool yourself as you said that MS needs to stop walking on eggs and just announce what´s really coming! You know that MS is playing with y´all right now."
Is no one going to tell him?
They're playing with YOU, Obscure, your fellow Xbox owners, and potential Xbox owners. You're the audience for the coy messaging on their multiplat plans since the deceptive "just four games" podcast. ...
When Phil and co abandon the type of spin they pulled to mislead people into thinking Indiana Jones wouldn't be ported to PS5, and admit that nothing is off limits, it's time to accept that Halo, Gears, and Forza may be included.
I think Indiana Jones was in a particularly bad spot being put on Game Pass so soon after Call of Duty. Overlapping fans who would have bought Game Pass for Indiana Jones but already bought it for Call of Duty aren't going to reflect a...
"Far from learning from mistakes, they double down on them."
You see that flaw reflected in some enablers who double down on abject stupidity to deny reality.
His take is going to be the same as it was previously for him and others who were on here doing the most to carry water for MS by pushing the secret Wukong money-hat claim: Ignore potential Series S complications to focus on pushing implausible rumors blaming Sony for development issues.
"never said it sold more than other rival consoles."
I am not claiming you did. I questioned whether it has sold a lot and said it depends on perspective. If the perspective is only comparing sales of the S to the X, it's easier to claim that it sold a lot. If the perspective is looking at sales for the entire Series line not only being significantly less than PS5 but also lagging behind Xbox One, with Series S only accounting for a portion of total Series sal...
"but, they achieved what they wanted, a budget console that should sell alot, it did, more than the Series x"
Has it sold a lot? That depends on perspective. It was at least at some point outselling the Series X. Is that saying much? There were people who insisted that the sales gap with PS would not be as bad this generation. It's worse.
"Stating the obvious"
It's as obvious as 1 + 1 = 2, but some of the most vocal people who struggle with basic logic allowed themselves to be duped into promoting the lie Microsoft astroturfed through its shills in the media*, clinging to any flimsy reason to hold onto the delusion that Xbox's underperformance isn't the fault of poor underdog Microsoft but rather Sony bullying.
*Let it be noted that two of those shills, Jez Corden an...
Is Obscure still knowingly posting phony evidence of his claims about MS's gaming division?
That link is for the whole of MS. Notice how the numbers remain identical when changing to another category, like tech companies:
https://companiesmarketcap....
Say it louder for the sheep in the barns bleating that this is pro-consumer.