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I won’t mourne Xbox’s departure from exclusivity, to be honest, as long as they keep producing creative games. Games that provide something new for the industry. And Fable does look like one of those games. A light-hearted triple AAA wrpg is something truly unique, and because it releases on multiple platforms they could probably bear the risk. This is a way better approach to reduce risks imo compared to focus on micro transactions or games as a service.

I’m very much looking forward to autumn now!

Especially Fable looked great! And so did the other games.

What I noticed though: Nothing announced day and date on Switch 2 (yet). That’s a slight pity though.

I don’t know, with the steam machine on it’s way, it’ll make the whole play anywhere marketing obsolete.

It is a big plus vs playstation though. Not sure why’d one would stick with that ecosystem anymore. Also since they almost have no exclusive releases anymore.

A lot of great franchises are being dumped down the drain. CoD being one of them.

Too big to fail though, as one said earlier this year.

@Deshalu because, you know, playstation exclusives and koyima games have to be nominated at virtually every category. Because geoff. And then the rest of the room gets filled with the rest of the nominees.

@TheFatPlumber because EA is (was) also an American company which only works for its profit margins and shareholders. Like almost all larger American companies.

Play it day 9000+ with game pass!

@Deformedpye it was on the switch already, though.

Anyway, good to know Microsoft interprets it pretty broadly.

1000x resist has been released elsewhere, right? The add says ‘play it day one on xbox’, so do late releases also count towards the 75+ day one additions to gamepass ultimate?

No comparisons to the switch 2? Pity. Curious how it performs to that machine.

@ElectricWizard you’re intrinsically paying for their drop into gamepass though. Same with ubisoft+ and EA play. Why does the pool of games have to be so large, such that the subscription fee has to be so high?

Why would anyone want to play 75 games on day one? That’s 1/5 of a year. Nobody has that time to play that many games…

Kojima hates babies. That’s for sure

Remember. If something’s free, you’re the product.

Everything releases everywhere these days.

Backtracking on a decision within 2 months is another example of Microsoft being clueless and steerless. Such a shame….

Some of the technical stuff they did this gen was so good.

Why pay the salary of good devs when we have AI, right? (Western dev management probably)

Microsoft sometimes does awesome stuff. Like this specific feature. But it gets buried under weird mind boggling business decisions and bad press.

They took our jobs!

I heard someone say last weekend: nobody’s asking for AI, it’s just being forced upon us by managers.

@Gabrie you’re probably right, let’s indeed wait for the comparisons. But most people dont do that comparison though. Xbox ally will remain very niche i think

@Gabrie moderate specs, but better performance because it has a very good setup. It has a lot better performance than all steam deck versions according to digital foundry.

And yes, the rog ally will require a lot of tinkering and only a handful of people are willing to do that. Most people are casuals. Which is why I’m craving a new Windows OS for handhelds for years…

More expensive than the Switch 2?

Yeah, dead on arrival.

Next step for Microsoft would be to charge a penny to employees for going to the toilet.

Or let AI go for you instead.

My feeling says that the management shifted strategies so fast last and this gen that consumers never were able to settle this generation. Consumers usually make an informed decision when it comes to tech. Consumers were never able to.

I’m pretty sure nobody asks for these kind of weird perks. Just don’t put these in and keep it a pure gaming subscription…

@Fiendish-Beaver 😃 true

I’m sure proper higher management would be able to change the approach to a better one indeed, but get the same results

@Wizzle8899 handheld that can easily play ps4 games? How’s that not next gen?

@Kaloudz that made perfect sense 😁

And yeah, if you phrase it like that, firing only that person does not make sense.

Unless that person wasn’t liked by the management anyway.

@Kaloudz you’re surely confusing me a little with that extra comment 😉

I’m awaiting the head of Arkane Lyon Studios to leave too soon. He was so angry last year when the other Arkane studio was closed down.

@Kaloudz you know every (daily changing) law and right of every child and parent in every country of the world? And are able to create apps that help protect kids against the online world and implement solutions for parents and kids to streamline the experience everywhere?

Of course that role is needed.

Please step down earlier. That whole management team has been a disaster this gen....

I had so much faith at the start of this gen, defended the actiblizz merger a lot on pushsquare even (wouldn't recommend doing that to anybody, lol) but how this management has turned stuff into the ground in the last few years because of not being able to stand up against Satya Nadella and tell the shareholders to calm the F down, resulting in complete loss of direction, is beyond me.

Well, i've apparently bought my last xbox. I can't take this team green management and their loss of direction and sense anymore. I've also stepped away from Playstation this gen because of their CFO stating that he's addicted to growth.

What a ***** show this gen has been.... poor developers, run by the greediest managements and shareholders there are. A lot is not enough, it needs to be MORE!

Thankfully there's Nintendo (at least for now) who seems properly run, and finally with a system that can play current gen games.

Yes, Microsoft Gaming’s messaging has been a mess. That has lost them this generation too, after Xbox Ones mess, while they could have easily dwarfed Sony following the actiblizz merger.

They chose to not do that because of quick money instead of a long haul and now everythings an xbox, everyones confused and everyones just choosing the option that just works out of the box: switch 2 or playstation. No fuzz, a working gaming system with just clear proper messaging.

If there’s a team that needs updating at Microsoft Gaming, it’s both the management and pr teams.

Xbox is a mess with managers just wanting to manage stuff to get higher up the ladder it seems. This is an action of one of those managers.

Since it’ll solely be a game pass system this is too expensive for me. Sadly

@GuyinPA75 not that i remember, no. It’s more that there was no other option.

I’d love a dedicated game pass handheld machine. So let’s see how expensive this one turns out to be. I might bite, if priced correctly.

@ScalenePowers code in a box started with pc like 15-20 years ago though.

Oof, reads like stiff competition all of a sudden for the Switch 2

So, exactly 1 year between releases but no exclusivity deal was signed? Sure.

@Fiendish-Beaver where does the prediction of the analysts then originate from?

@Nintendo4Sonic they just want extra revenue. Releasing it on Playstation creates that extra revenue.

https://screenrant.com/xbox-game-pass-ad-based-subscriptions-2025-op-ed/

From 34 million last year to an expected 50 million this year.

I think game pass will be the healthier option over time, also business wise. It’s still growing unlike the playstation subscription service.

And it’s thé subscription to take if you’re playing games on pc, and in time, on phone as well,

Strategy wise, it is a mess at Microsoft Gaming and it will continue to be so for the next few years. Every year there’s a new strategy being followed by the higher ups.

It doesn’t seem to be a good idea to invest in the xbox ecosystem anymore imho. Just gamepass (sometimes).

It’s so weird that the technical teams at Bethesda didn’t address this issue and leave it up to the community to discover them first….

There’s your Nintendo Switch 2 key card.

For the love of CoD, give it a rest, FTC.

I’m angry that 1.2 million other players get to play this great racer, while simultaneously paying for the development of the next installment that I get to play on my Xbox 😡