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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 6, 2024 3:55:35 GMT -5
If this is Microsoft throwing in the towel hopefully it doesn’t cause Sony to become complacent. That’s what got Microsoft in this situation to begin with when they thought they had the PlayStation defeated. Gonna be an interesting update. There's still Nintendo, but they're content being the lower tech, cheaper alternative to Sony and MS. Like I'd be surprised if the Switch 2 or whatever they call their next console even comes close in specs to the PS5 or Series X. By most accounts the Switch 2's going to be somewhere between a PS4 and PS4 Pro. |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 6, 2024 4:11:01 GMT -5
Looks like stuff will be confirmed or denied next week.
That's definitely a confirmation. You don't wait a week to say it's not true. |
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Post by Duke Cameron on Feb 6, 2024 5:56:27 GMT -5
Really looking forward to Hi-Fi Rush.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 6, 2024 6:16:40 GMT -5
There's still Nintendo, but they're content being the lower tech, cheaper alternative to Sony and MS. Like I'd be surprised if the Switch 2 or whatever they call their next console even comes close in specs to the PS5 or Series X. By most accounts the Switch 2's going to be somewhere between a PS4 and PS4 Pro. Which, frankly, is cool with me. I don't care if we can see every pore on Mario's forehead. |
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Feb 6, 2024 13:38:19 GMT -5
By most accounts the Switch 2's going to be somewhere between a PS4 and PS4 Pro. Which, frankly, is cool with me. I don't care if we can see every pore on Mario's forehead. The only reason I would care at all about the power is ideally there would be feature and performance parity for multiplatform games. It sucks that the Nintendo version of a game is often going to be worse in some way. |
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Post by zrowsdower on Feb 6, 2024 21:05:39 GMT -5
I recall when Microsoft purchased Bethesda, they said that their games would eventually be on the PS5; that Xbox would just have those games first for like a year or something. Sorry, I could be wrong.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 7, 2024 18:32:51 GMT -5
Sony at least ports some of its big first party games to PC eventually and MLB the Show to all platforms now.. Sony didn’t choose to make The Show cross platform, MLB told them “you’re putting this game on Switch and XBox or your exclusive license goes bye bye.” |
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Post by Hurbster on Feb 7, 2024 18:36:36 GMT -5
Interesting times, I guess we will find out whats up next week.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 7, 2024 19:52:55 GMT -5
Sony at least ports some of its big first party games to PC eventually and MLB the Show to all platforms now.. Sony didn’t choose to make The Show cross platform, MLB told them “you’re putting this game on Switch and XBox or your exclusive license goes bye bye.” Yeah, it was not Sony's choice. |
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 7, 2024 22:25:35 GMT -5
May or may not mean something because it's a mistake that's happened before, but Gamestop's got a new add that refers to it as Microsoft Game Pass instead of Xbox Game Pass. Could just be an oversight, could be a sign of news to come given the current lay of things.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 8, 2024 8:50:16 GMT -5
The whole story of Microsoft exiting the console game doesn’t make a lick of sense quite frankly. The “failure” XBox one still moved 60 million units, that’s a massive user base that’s invested in your ecosystem and half of those have already invested in upgrading to stay in that ecosystem and that’s with Microsoft just dropping XB1 support in the past year and Series X seeing its first price drop over Christmas.
However, they are far enough behind Sony and Nintendo, and have bought up so many software companies that making a lot of their first party games multiplatform or timed exclusives makes a tonne of sense.
I could see Microsoft getting out of the console pissing contest and releasing new consoles on their own schedule rather than always timing them with Sony going forward.
EDIT: And XBox still has excellent 3rd party support and as more and more games are sold from digital marketplaces Microsoft gets a slice of that pie too. It would be an incredibly illogical move to abandon XBox right now
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 12, 2024 17:16:42 GMT -5
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Post by Hypnosis on Feb 12, 2024 18:24:46 GMT -5
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Post by Talent Name on Feb 12, 2024 22:29:58 GMT -5
Matt Booty sound like you describe someone's wrestling skills
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Post by mo on Feb 12, 2024 22:33:54 GMT -5
Well apparently the Starfield/Indy to PS5 leaker said their info is false, but the way they worded that tweet made it sound like this podcast could be a big deal. If anything, they could just be using the interest in the rumors to make folks tune in to a podcast about some goofy indie games coming to Gamepass.
Guess we’ll find out Thursday!
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 12, 2024 22:42:45 GMT -5
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Post by Andew9001 on Feb 13, 2024 4:27:17 GMT -5
So at the moment there are rumours about Microsoft quitting console making but there are also rumours they'll bring out a new home console and a Switch like handheld in 2026.
For what it is i love my Series S due to how vast the library is. I appreciate that while it ain't perfect they've really made an effort with backwards compatability. Would be a real shame if they dumped all that.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Feb 13, 2024 7:26:50 GMT -5
So at the moment there are rumours about Microsoft quitting console making but there are also rumours they'll bring out a new home console and a Switch like handheld in 2026.
For what it is i love my Series S due to how vast the library is. I appreciate that while it ain't perfect they've really made an effort with backwards compatability. Would be a real shame if they dumped all that. Microsoft has been getting it's ass handed to it by Sony in console market, Sony is still behind Nintendo when it comes to video game domination, and Microsoft wants to go head to head with Nintendo? Sony doesn't even want to f*** with Nintendo in the portable market. And this would come at most a year after the Switch 2, and Microsoft doesn't have much penetration in Japan? Microsoft would get murdered. |
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 13, 2024 12:32:29 GMT -5
Sony should just create their own open world space exploration game.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Feb 13, 2024 12:57:44 GMT -5
Sony should just create their own open world space exploration game. Well, it's not quite 100% fully open world, but there is The Outer Worlds. |
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