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@DalamarX bro I get your point. But I don’t think you’re getting mine so it’d be like a traditional console spec wise with the next gen upgrade.

But according to rumors, it’ll also be PC friendly to upgrade just like a PC using actual PC parts. So essentially it’ll be a great easy friendly to access entry level to PC. But it’ll be Xbox operating system/HDMI friendly.

You do get what I’m saying, right? It won’t matter if you wanna upgrade or not the option will be there.

A $500 console/PC is easier to pay for than a starting PC roughly around $1000.

To build a PC that is capable of doing with the PS five and Xbox series X can do is $800 - $1000

@DalamarX no what I meant is when the Xbox next GEN comes out the parts that they put in the system would be what they would do and then if you want to upgrade your hundred percent correct that would be based on what consumers willing to spend to upgrade the next gen console.

So the baseline of specs that Microsoft puts in they could take the lost, which we all know that they do and have always done, so has Sony since the original PlayStation

@Fiendish-Beaver I hope you know I mean by PC I don’t mean going all out and making something crazy. I mean the traditional upgrades from next GEN to next GEN but allowing you to upgrade parts inside like a PC.

making it to where you wouldn’t have to buy a next gen console in seven years you can just upgrade

@Fiendish-Beaver no I wasn’t trying to imply that you’re biased towards one console or the other. And yes, I did read and see the comments about they were hoping to get 100 million subscribers.

But them going multiplat will cover whatever losses they have and then some. I think we both can agree with the cost of games going up and tariff trades going on, I think it’s downplayed of the possibility of potential new subscribers for Game Pass alone could and will bring in money.

With that being said, I do see Microsoft acquiring more publishers/developers. Well, I do think that this is bad. I do think there is a bigger upside to Microsoft purchasing. Especially with them going multi platform. To me the pros out way the cons.

By the way, I am also a multi platform owner.

@Fiendish-Beaver I’m reading a response to Kaloudz. I think you’re stuck at looking at this from a console wars back in the day.

I think Microsoft is trying to look into the future where you can play any game you want on the platform you prefer with your friends. You can then stay in the ecosystem you like.

This is a win for everyone, even the corporations.

Then Microsoft, steam, PlayStation, Nintendo, and others can fight over who can provide the best features.

@Fiendish-Beaver you sir are 100% correct on the 30% that Sony gets. Sony also gets a cut on DLC.

Look at sea of thieves, came out how many years ago. Think about how much money Microsoft made off of sea of thieves alone from Sony only consumers, that’s not including DLC.

Them being able to do that with next GEN is very possible. Thanks to go on multi plat.

Also, I’m reading a response to Frasier, I think you underestimate the power you can get with everybody subscribing in your ecosystem, hence game pass.

Plus, DLC like Warzone, which is extremely popular is going to supply you with a ton of revenue, even if it’s being bought on another system.

You can then use that money to allow you to cut cost in building a console and make it cheaper for consumers bringing people over or subscribing to Game Pass

If they take the full dive in and go full PC with their next console, I think they could sell a lot consoles.

Specially, if you can upgrade it like a normal PC. Me personally, I would use the money that I’m making off of PlayStation owners to make my console cheaper price than the competition.

Continue to ride game pass, incorporates steam and epic’s store to the console.

I think this could help push Sony to multi platform. Before anybody says anything yes I know Sony doesn’t necessarily need to do this. But this would help the company the brand, consumers, and IP out as a whole

Gears of War, Sea of Thieves, Fable, Blood Wake, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Halo (Done right), and Brute Force

I still want the disc drive

@Kaloudz I can’t wait to see State of Decay 3. I’m actually hoping they push multiplayer to a MMO PvPvE style while keeping the single player game style there.

I love multiplayer games. Gears of War ED I’m also excited for

Yes, they need to release one in 2026. If they want what I think their plan is, that’s the year they need to release it.

For Microsoft strategy, it makes the most sense

The Division makes the most sense to me

@Valhura I 100% agree. It’s been out long enough, let’s bring this to gamepass for a month to tryout.

@Trmn8r no cause Phil Spencer and somebody else from Activision talks about this black ops is gonna be more of what modern warfare 3 was to modern warfare 2. Kind of a glorified DLC.

It’s supposed to be Sledgehammer or Infinity Ward is doing the 2026 call of duty that’s supposed to be the first of the two year cycle.

There will still be a call of duty every year. It’ll just trade off between Treyarch sledgehammer and infinity Ward.

Raven software will still do Warzone

@Trmn8r They are! The interview you saw and or article about the interview showed and said it would start from the 2026 COD going forward.

@Th3_Highlander I don’t see anybody really responding to you but I have 100% agree with you about Sony raising their prices if Microsoft wasn’t around. Plus you’re right about the $700 pro.

I don’t know how more people don’t see that it is important that Microsoft stick around with Sony and Nintendo to keep them modest.

I do think that they’re not paying fully attention about the console exclusives titles, because right now it sounds like everything‘s gonna be on Nintendo‘s console with the possibility of game pass.

If everybody on Sony and Microsoft side would see the potential benefit of releasing all titles multiplatform plus the big picture on how it would be beneficial for the consumers.

I see this as a very good thing. With prices going up and the tariff tax going up.

Microsoft will most likely be able to keep console prices lower than the competition because of the extra revenue from bring first party games to other platforms.

Video Games are rumored to bump up in price with GTA6 leading the pack with the base game $100. Gamepass on Xbox console with game share is looking really wallet friendly.

I think Microsoft is being extremely smart and Sony will be forced to follow suit with a similar strategy

I would love for Microsoft to buy Ubisoft. I could only imagine what all the help from other studios how Division 3 would turn out. Plus with Microsoft becoming multiplatform all Ubisofts games on game pass is a win for gamers

@Kilamanjaro I agree and heard him say that, but they have yet to talk about console exclusivity versus other consoles.

Problem is people don’t realize that you need multiple consoles in the market to keep one or the other forming a monopoly. Sony has shown that they are a monopoly in the console market.

If Microsoft was a monopoly, they would be doing the same thing, you need both.

Nintendo is playing there own game in the market.

@TeiGekiLord No, I think Tango and Microsoft break up was not good. The head creator of tango left way before the studio was shut down. There was a new lead of the studio. Yes I think there was bad blood.

Did not blame Sony. I was saying FTC. The Sony thing would favor FTC and allow them to reopen to make Microsoft sale Activision.

This is just my opinion, so relax. I’m not saying this is the gospel. That’s why I said I think

@FraserG I think more people would be on board if Microsoft would be straight forward on where the company is going and what they are doing.

I think Tango Software didn’t want to be apart of Microsoft, and was very disgruntle. So, Microsoft had no choice but to close the studio down.

I think Toys For Bob was very reasonable but didn’t share the vision of Microsoft. The people there running TFB looked older and only wanted to make their own games.

I think that Microsoft has been releasing multi platform to keep the FTC off their back. Sony has not been the best about releasing their first party Studios and they’ve been closing down studios left and right. Which Sony has been crying that the merger would hurt them.

The fact that they didn’t have any first party, Studios, I think that’s why Microsoft released some of their titles on the PlayStation.

I just wish Microsoft would come out and say these games are staying exclusive to the Xbox ecosystem.

I really think the Bethesda acquisition those titles should remain exclusive.

I love this article and wish PureXbox would do this article a little more frequently and or fined a way to pin it at the top and update it periodically

@Ricky-Spanish @Kezelpaso I love Gears of War.

I’m going to say something most probably will not agree with me on but I think if done right a Gears of War Battle Royale would be amazing!

@AccessibleDaydream

No! Battery improvement and better mic

@IronMan30 Black Ops 5 was Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War

@XboxistheBestBox Phil Spencer once said that he dreamed of PlayStation Plus and Nintendo Classics being on Xbox, vice versa.

I think Microsoft is setting the way of the future.

I also think this opens up for Microsoft to do more acquisitions, without the fight of the commissions.

I see Microsoft going after Sega and a few smaller studios.

@Banjo- you and I usually agree on things. I love Sea of Thieves, it’s still really popular and evolving. It’s so underrated.

@DonaldMcRonald they need the talented developers too.

The IP’s help with gamepass.

Remember they’ve already lost the console war. You must be a most of the time PlayStation gamer, console sales don’t matter. It really is hard to wrap your head around but subscribers is the main goal.

Microsoft needs Xbox to keep cheap console customers in the Xbox ecosystem.

What Microsoft is doing is the only way for them to remain in the gaming business with there ecosystem and software, it keeps them relevant.

You can change it up however you want but Sony was and is doing the same thing but in a different way. Sony was paying for exclusives while still being profitable, Microsoft can’t do that, and it fits in with Phil’s reasoning (fact) about the lost to the console wars

@DonaldMcRonald where has he said not to believe them? Plus things have changed because Activision/Blizzard/King fell into Microsoft’s lap.

When has Phil lied? Bethesda exclusives would be case by case and the game has to make sense for multiplatform? Which Phil did say to the regulators back before they acquired Bethesda

Phil said they lost the console war? Which Phil did back in 2017. If you watch his interview he has a really great answer for why he believes this.

Phil saying that he wants to get games in more hands? Phil has done this to, game pass is available on Xbox, Smartphones, PC, handhelds (ROG device, Steam Deck, and Oculus VR), Smart TV, and some steaming devices.

Phil is an actual gamer but also a businessman and has a family. Phil has to still make Xbox money, which from the FTC case he has done that.

I really hope that Microsoft buys Sega with the intent that Sega would run mostly independent, which Microsoft has with some of there acquisitions that isn’t gaming.

@DonaldMcRonald if you followed the FTC case or read Phil’s email, his intent was to keep Sega completely multiplatform.

@ZuneTattooGuy DeathLoop and GhostWire are only on PlayStation because there was an existing contract before Zenimax was bought. Plus I think you read my statement wrong, I’m for Xbox making everything exclusive.

Pete Hines was upset, this was a fact. There’s interviews, emails, and a court case where Pete says he was upset by keeping games exclusive.

Pete retirement speech reads like his journey might be with another company or starting his own.

@Widey85 the FTC court case showed emails of him being upset about Bethesda titles, not being on PlayStation. Pete questioned why they would allow Activision’s COD to remain multi platform, but none of there titles.

I would buy four small companies first ioi, Crytek, Gearbox, and crystal dynamics. Then after that push my luck with Sega

Not one time does he say Microsoft or Xbox.

I think he’s really upset with them letting COD remaining multi platform but not any of Bethesda titles.

I still think these acquisitions are good for all companies to be competitive. I wouldn’t let Microsoft buy another big publisher again. I’d still let Microsoft acquire companies just not big publishers.

Sony did start this, whether you agree or not.

Now buy Sega! Let's Goo!!!!

Owning Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, and Sonic

Gearbox is up for sale, I OI, Crystal Dynamics, Projeck CDRED, Crytek

@StonyKL Most companies can’t make it by themselves.
Rare was actually seeking an acquisition. Rare tried to get Nintendo to buy them but they said no, then asked Microsoft and they said yes.

Activision actually isn’t making as much as they used to. Call of Duty has been slowly going down hill. Development cost way more. Plus there’s more studios making call of duty now. Did you know 15 - 16 studios worked on MW2?

Activision Blizzard King wanted to sell before their stock would inevitable go down, even with the accusations and or miss treatments. Can’t blame Microsoft for jumping on an opportunity. Sony would’ve done the same thing, that’s why Jim Ryan wouldn’t answer the attorney when asked question.

Sony bought and with held Spider-Man, before anyone commits I already know the whole story but at the end of the day it’s the same thing. Almost all of Sonys studios were bought. Sony can and will keep buying studios and they are the market leader by almost 72%

@StonyKL All companies do that. Microsoft is doing this for the better. Competition is always better, better products, cheaper price products for consumers, better quality.

Microsoft is in a bad position with consumers.

Both Sony and others are planning trying to buy publishers and Studios. It just baffles me that people think it’s okay for one company to buy products and make exclusive but not okay for other companies to do it.

There’s more than Sony and Microsoft in the gaming industry. Make no mistake Sony is the market leader

I bet the CMA comes back and holds its ground again.

FTC and CMA I think are in bed together.

I’m sorry but this acquisition like it or not, is not a monopoly.

If they buy another big publisher depending on who, would be a monopoly, I agree

This acquisition here is not going to kill Sony, Nintendo, Nvidia, Valve’s Steam, or Amazon

I own all three consoles, I think Microsoft is killing it this Generation, Microsoft has definitely made more hits than misses this gen. Microsoft has made great moves and acquisitions.

I’ve been a Sony guy for years. I went with Microsoft this gen for all third party games because I’m not a fan of Jim Ryan. Sony has had so many remakes and remasters. Most of Sony titles that I like have been dormant. Jim Ryan has made multiple bad moves this gen.

@Moonglow it was one of the free games - so it was on for one month

@BeerIsAwesome remember when all the regulators numbers came out for COD? It showed that Xbox gamers are more likely to stay and play shooters for a longer time, most PlayStation COD players play a total of 10 hours then never touch the game again.

More gamers equal more micro-transactions.

I would still pursue Sega with the original agreement that was made.

Buy Gearbox, Volition, and Crystal Dynamics from Embracer Group.
Buy Crytek, Player First Studios, and Gun Media

Agree. Phil Spencer said about Five Years ago, “Xbox needs 40 studios for gamepass to really be successful”. Phil Spencer did say this.

@Sol4ris I totally disagree with you.

ABK has bigger, better, quality IP’s that really bring in money. Plus there IP’s are better suited for Gamepass.

@shoeses hey, your comment about South Park.

So look at Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle video games, it’s all about the contract, and what said. But if you ever notice you can’t go back and buy old turtle games. The ones that came out recently. It’s a new contract.

It’s all about what the owner of the IP has in their contract for the video, game maker, and publisher. X-Men legends Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles marvel ultimate alliance. It’s all what is under contract.

Microsoft does not own the rights to South Park.

@shoeses oh my bad I miss understood.

How does it benefit Microsoft and us Xbox owners? Phil Spencer has open said that he doesn’t want a COD every year. That it’s a waste of talent and IP’s like vigilante 8, guitar hero, prototype, skylanders, Spyro, Crash, and more to just sit. These studio by Activision have also stated they would like to work on something else that isn’t cod. Phil’s also made hints at Banjo and Conker possible being worked on by toys for bob.

Phil Spencer doesn’t force his studios to work on something they don’t want, which is good because the passion wouldn’t be there

@shoeses so are you for the merger or against?

@Kaloudz I 100% agree.

I just don’t see how Sony’s fans don’t see it. Even if you believe they make bad games. It’s still competition and it pushes Sony to step up.

Example keep prices low and put higher quality parts in their consoles. More games, more quality games, and more style of games.

I’m sorry but I was blessed to play every era of PlayStation, PS4 was the worst for first party, because of lack of competition. I’m not saying Sony didn’t release good games, just didn’t release any of the ips I love. Twisted Metal and Socom was nonexistent. Socom should be Sonys live service cash cow

@shoeses you said you don’t see how this helps anything but gamepass, it helps Microsoft. Have you paid attention to all the benefits in call of duty on the PlayStation versus Xbox? Did you know that PlayStation was trying to get call of duty exclusive, and convince Activision not to release it on Xbox? Look at Bethesda they tried making those games exclusive to the PlayStation Console, using their power at being the number one market leader.

They’ve done it with companies like square Enix, they made Spider-Man exclusive, which was a multiplatform, they put in cheaper parts to the console like the heat sink then shortly after increased their prices, all this was done after Sony had already said they were being profitable on the PS 5

I don’t get how you can scream, monopoly or imply monopoly. When you look at all the monopoly tendencies that Sony is doing, and it’s on full display. But for some reason everyone seems OK with it, when Sony does it.

I don’t blame Microsoft for buying studios.

@Arcnail not all the games have been garbage.

@Thaliard they are free though. Yeah you still have the sub you have to pay for (online). anyway even when you get GamePass if you still read, it’s not free you’re still paying for it at the end of the day though those games are free.

There is a lot of games that came through gold that I wouldn’t have paid for, but I’ve actually been pretty good.