@Kooky_Geezer Well the reason there doing this is because the loyal Xbox fans aren't enough anymore to sustain there business after these acquisitions. Hate to say it, but there not your buddy they are just a business that cares about making money.
@nomither6 I don't think that would happen. Because Sony needs Playstation to succeed to survive. Plus they make some of there biggest profits off of first party games. Because they get 100% of the sales revenue.
@Dimey I feel you. I'm not really worried about it. Xbox is my second console anyways, lol. Im just chiming in my opinion on the matter, but what do I know.
With the ABK stuff I believe there was some miscalculations on MS part when people didn't come running after the deal closed. I read something somewhere that said at the rate of yearly income that Xbox brings in it would take 35 years for them to just recover the money from the ABK deal. Then if you listen to how Phil Spencer stated they are doing this because they "found out something" it kind of tells you it's a money thing. Because people don't seem to care that they purchased these publishers. They are staying on there preferred console.
But anyway it was nice having this discussion with you, and will see how this goes going forward.
@Dimey Well Ori, and Banjo were a partnership with Nintendo and Minecraft was already on everything when they bought Mojang. You might not see those flagpole titles you named come over, but everything else is fair game from how they are wording this to me.
This is different. I believe this boils down to the return on the huge investments they made in Bethesda and ABK. When the deal closed in October I dont think people came running over how they wanted. They even had a sale on consoles last fall and no one cared. I truly believe if the leaks didn't happen and MS could have made this announcement on there terms it would have been bigger games included with these four. They are just going to ease the Xbox community into this now.
This is only the beginning. You might not see anything already announced going over, but the wording around all there announcements at their June showcase will be interesting. They already started changing it when they announced Blade. It's just a matter of time before they do most of their games multiplatform.
I believe this is just the beginning. Even if they have internal plans to bring other titles they aren't going to announce it all at once. It's a drip feed and they gave constant hints that the future is without exclusivity. It'll be interesting to see in the next 12 months how future titles end up.
@Sakai I think GamePass has drove down individual purchases like that. Thats what they're seeing and they really are only focused on GamePass succeeding, so its a win win for them.
I love how the person that wanted to leak this for the public outcry thought this would change a multi trillion dollar companies mind, lol. Like...oh okay the hardcore Xbox community doesn't like this, so will just keep taking a loss and never making a profit after spending almost 100 billion on publishers. 😂😂
I dont see anything wrong with this, and I understand it from MSs standpoint. I know they are a trillion dollar company, but they can't keep spending money on games and not getting enough of a return. Especially when GP has pretty much stopped growing.
I do feel like MS is starting to come down on Xbox financially. I know MS has trillions, but at some point your gaming division has to start becoming profitable. Money from Game Pass is not going to cover funding for all these studios games, and you know there not making much off game sales because of GP. So I believe MS is probably putting some pressure on Xbox to start getting some of there titles out on other platforms to make more money off of pure game sales.
@K1LLEGAL I was thinking the same thing. I think if it were to come to Playstation, the games would have to have trophy support for me to be interested.
As a Playstation guy I get jealous of how MS teases things and tries to build excitement. It's something Sony used to try and do until they got the market lead and now have there noises in the air. Hopefully MS announces something cool. I'm really wanting a solid Hellblade release date tbh.
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Re: Remedy Cancels 'Codename Kestrel' As Work Continues On Max Payne, Control 2
Yes focus more on the single player games
Re: Xbox Is Shutting Four Studios, Including Arkane Austin And Tango Gameworks
This tells me that we won't be seeing MS being allowed to buy anymore publishers. They can't even keep the two they have fully employed.
Re: Microsoft CEO Comments On Xbox's New PlayStation Store Success
@Kooky_Geezer Well the reason there doing this is because the loyal Xbox fans aren't enough anymore to sustain there business after these acquisitions. Hate to say it, but there not your buddy they are just a business that cares about making money.
Re: Talking Point: Are You Excited For Remedy's Max Payne 1+2 Remake?
Probably two of my most anticipated games coming. Especially with the pedigree of Remedy.
Re: Xbox Reportedly Testing The Waters With Sea Of Thieves PS5 Release
I think first party titles should be on as many platforms as possible.
Re: Talking Point: 10 Years Later, Sunset Overdrive Still Remains A Beloved Xbox Exclusive
I'm honestly surprised this hasn't made its way over to Playstation yet.
Re: Xbox Graces Cover Of PlayStation Magazine For Possibly The First Time Ever
This is pretty cool actually.
Re: Phil Spencer On Porting Exclusives: 'Every Decision We Make Is To Make Xbox Stronger'
@nomither6 I don't think that would happen. Because Sony needs Playstation to succeed to survive. Plus they make some of there biggest profits off of first party games. Because they get 100% of the sales revenue.
Re: Phil Spencer On Porting Exclusives: 'Every Decision We Make Is To Make Xbox Stronger'
I dont see anything wrong with this. 🤷♂️
Re: Toys For Bob Has Reportedly 'Reached An Agreement' With Xbox On Its New Game
@ShadowofTwilight Agreed, the guy is a clown, but people take his word for whatever reason. 🤷♂️
Re: Hi-Fi RUSH Is One Of PS5's Best-Rated Games Of 2024 So Far
Glad to see it doing well on PS. Spread the love!
Re: Deliver Us The Moon Dev Issues Plea To Publishers, Says It's The Team's 'Last Resort'
Why don't they just take these to Kickstarter?
Re: Gears Of War Creator Thinks 'The More, The Merrier' In Regards To Getting Gears On PS5
I agree! Would love to see this on PS5.
Re: Ori Dev Expects To Do 'Exciting Things In Future' With Team Xbox
Wonder if Phil would ever sign off on the Ori series coming to Playstation?
Re: Xbox's Sea Of Thieves Becomes 'Best-Selling' Pre-Order On PlayStation 5
Good for MS. Glad to hear it. Hopefully the titles they port in the future are successful as well.
Re: 'Red Vs. Blue' Halo Web Series Company Rooster Teeth Shutting Down
I only really remember them for there Achievement/trophy guides.
Re: 'STALKER: Legends Of The Zone Trilogy' Debuts To Five-Star Reviews On The Xbox Store
@Chaotic_Goat Cool, thanks for the info. I'll also wait for the next gen versions.
Re: 'STALKER: Legends Of The Zone Trilogy' Debuts To Five-Star Reviews On The Xbox Store
@Chaotic_Goat Are you sure they have XSX and PS5 versions coming?
Re: Starfield To PS5 Rumours Played Down Following Recent Xbox First-Party Ports
This guy is a clown. He was just talking about the rumors being true before the Xbox podcast.
Re: Stalker Trilogy Surfaces For Console Ahead Of Xbox Partner Preview
@anoyonmus It says it's on Playstation as well in the article.
Re: Soapbox: 15 Years On, We Reckon Capcom Should Have A Crack At Resident Evil 5 Remake
No it shouldn't. Remake something else for God's sake. Dino Crisis???
Re: Warner Bros. Wants To Move Away From 'One And Done' Console Games
Well if this clown is leading them. I can see shades of THQ in there future, lol.
Re: Jar-Jar Binks Actor Appears To Be Working On Xbox First-Party Project
Yoosa looking forward to South of Midnight? Wesa want you to post in the comments, okeeday?
😆😂 Nailed it
Re: Obsidian Blasted By Xbox Fans For 'Prioritising' PS5 & Switch Versions Of Pentiment
Lol ole fan boys. 🤣
Re: Poll: Will You Be Playing Any Of Xbox's New Multiplatform Games On Other Consoles?
I'll be playing most all of these on PS5.
Re: Reaction: Xbox's Commitment To Console Gaming Is Pleasing, But Big Questions Linger
@Dimey I feel you. I'm not really worried about it. Xbox is my second console anyways, lol. Im just chiming in my opinion on the matter, but what do I know.
With the ABK stuff I believe there was some miscalculations on MS part when people didn't come running after the deal closed. I read something somewhere that said at the rate of yearly income that Xbox brings in it would take 35 years for them to just recover the money from the ABK deal. Then if you listen to how Phil Spencer stated they are doing this because they "found out something" it kind of tells you it's a money thing. Because people don't seem to care that they purchased these publishers. They are staying on there preferred console.
But anyway it was nice having this discussion with you, and will see how this goes going forward.
Re: Reaction: Xbox's Commitment To Console Gaming Is Pleasing, But Big Questions Linger
@Dimey Well Ori, and Banjo were a partnership with Nintendo and Minecraft was already on everything when they bought Mojang. You might not see those flagpole titles you named come over, but everything else is fair game from how they are wording this to me.
This is different. I believe this boils down to the return on the huge investments they made in Bethesda and ABK. When the deal closed in October I dont think people came running over how they wanted. They even had a sale on consoles last fall and no one cared. I truly believe if the leaks didn't happen and MS could have made this announcement on there terms it would have been bigger games included with these four. They are just going to ease the Xbox community into this now.
Re: Reaction: Xbox's Commitment To Console Gaming Is Pleasing, But Big Questions Linger
This is only the beginning. You might not see anything already announced going over, but the wording around all there announcements at their June showcase will be interesting. They already started changing it when they announced Blade. It's just a matter of time before they do most of their games multiplatform.
Re: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Dev Reportedly Working On First-Person Mandalorian Game
Man, I feel like this should be in 3rd person.
Re: Talking Point: What's Your Immediate Reaction To Today's Xbox Announcements?
I believe this is just the beginning. Even if they have internal plans to bring other titles they aren't going to announce it all at once. It's a drip feed and they gave constant hints that the future is without exclusivity. It'll be interesting to see in the next 12 months how future titles end up.
Re: God Of War Creator Suggests New Exclusive Strategy Could Be 'Desirable' For Xbox
@Sakai I think GamePass has drove down individual purchases like that. Thats what they're seeing and they really are only focused on GamePass succeeding, so its a win win for them.
Re: 'Xbox No Longer Making Consoles' Begins Trending As Panic Continues
I love how the person that wanted to leak this for the public outcry thought this would change a multi trillion dollar companies mind, lol. Like...oh okay the hardcore Xbox community doesn't like this, so will just keep taking a loss and never making a profit after spending almost 100 billion on publishers. 😂😂
Re: Xbox Fans Urged To Remain Calm As Emotions Run Wild On Social Media
People need to chill lol. MS is not going to keep putting exclusives on Xbox and taking an L in the revenue department.
Re: Phil Spencer Addresses Xbox Speculation Ahead Of 'Business Update Event'
I can understand why MS is doing this.
Re: 'Rugrats: Adventures In Gameland' Brings Its NES-Inspired Platformer To Xbox This March
The HD version looks fantastic.
Re: Reaction: We're Conflicted About Xbox Exclusives Potentially Going To PS5
I dont see anything wrong with this, and I understand it from MSs standpoint. I know they are a trillion dollar company, but they can't keep spending money on games and not getting enough of a return. Especially when GP has pretty much stopped growing.
Re: Bethesda Explains Why Xbox's Indiana Jones Game Will Be 'Mostly' First-Person
Would have much preferred third person, but Machine Games has really only done first, so its not much of a surprise.
Re: 'Indiana Jones And The Great Circle' Gameplay Has Landed, And It Looks Awesome
Don't like that this is in first person, but I guess Machine Games didn't want to get outside there comfort zone.
Re: Microsoft CEO Says ActiBlizz Deal Helps Xbox Become 'A Good Publisher' On All Platforms
I do feel like MS is starting to come down on Xbox financially. I know MS has trillions, but at some point your gaming division has to start becoming profitable. Money from Game Pass is not going to cover funding for all these studios games, and you know there not making much off game sales because of GP. So I believe MS is probably putting some pressure on Xbox to start getting some of there titles out on other platforms to make more money off of pure game sales.
Re: Multiple New Xbox Rumours Are Circulating On Social Media This Week
I enjoy when yall share stuff like this. It's better than the mundane weekly updates to certain games we seem to get all across the internet.
Re: Bethesda's Indiana Jones Game Reportedly Set To Launch This Year
I just really hope the game is in 3rd person and not 1st.
Re: Xbox's New Developer Direct Will Feature First-Look Gameplay From Indiana Jones
Hoping Indy is in 3rd person and not 1st.
Re: Rumour: Xbox Might Bring Sea Of Thieves To PlayStation & Nintendo Switch
I think this would be cool. I'd love to be able to play some Xbox games on my Playstation.
Re: 18 Xbox Games Suddenly Receive New Batch Of Easy 1,000G Achievements
I wish Sony would take this kind of initiative with the amount of garbage shovelware on Playstation.
Re: Talking Point: What Have You Bought In The Xbox Countdown Sale 2023?
Absolutely nothing lol.
Re: Bloober Team Partners With Skybound To Deliver New Horror-Fueled Project
I think their games are good, but they need to be more than just a walking simulator.
Re: Xbox Would Like Game Pass On 'Every Screen' Including PlayStation & Nintendo
@K1LLEGAL I was thinking the same thing. I think if it were to come to Playstation, the games would have to have trophy support for me to be interested.
Re: Xbox Teases 'News You Don't Want To Miss' At The Game Awards 2023
As a Playstation guy I get jealous of how MS teases things and tries to build excitement. It's something Sony used to try and do until they got the market lead and now have there noises in the air. Hopefully MS announces something cool. I'm really wanting a solid Hellblade release date tbh.