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[DavJay]

Congrats to PS for winning this two decade long war.

 

[RoadHazard]

A few more attempts, lol:

 

[Kenneth Haight]

Man, this whole thing is like E3 but sort of the opposite.

P3 the Anti E3

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

Lmao why are people pretending they haven’t had games coming to PlayStation? Or this is something new? They literally signed a ten year deal to bring their biggest IP to PlayStation and Nintendo. They’ve also published games on Nintendo over the years as well as PlayStation. So what if PlayStation gets a couple of older games. I’m not sure where the doom and gloom is coming from. As long as those games come to game pass day one I don’t think majority of people are going to care.

Oh... so you are delusional and in denial.

got it.

Yup, you are right. Everything is ok. This is all well and good and nothing absolutely wrong with Xbox games, past, present and future coming to Playstation.

Now hold on let me try and fit this Ferrari engine in my lambo.

 

[R3claimer117]

All these meltdowns. Lol, ms going 3rd party is exactly the right play when you lost so much ground and fumbled a hail mary. Protect the developers making the game. Last week Ms cool as a cucumber cut 2000 jobs. What happens after 2024, you think the execs gonna take a paycut, more layoffs and studio closure is on the horizon. At least now, they have a chance to actually make money from these games.

They’re not going third party Microsoft is not going to give up their own store front to sell stuff on Sonys and let them keep all the money when they can get that directly. This is just fanboy fudder. In fact putting their games on Sony is actually a Trojan horse to push their agenda forward they’re literally working on a mobile store. Xbox is also their only consumer facing brand the rest is enterprise. They get to make money from subs on game pass with their hardware. They aren’t going to share game pass revenue with Sony to get rid of their hardware but keep dreaming.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Does anybody remember what GAF was like when Sega announced they were going 3rd party?
I just want to know if it was like this haha

Not a lot of threads made it to the Web Archive, but ManaByte was there, he might remember.

Gaming Age Boards - General Forum

 

[Nydius]

So what if PlayStation gets a couple of older games. I’m not sure where the doom and gloom is coming from. As long as those games come to game pass day one I don’t think majority of people are going to care.

"Older" games? One of the rumors is literally Indiana Jones being considered as a timed exclusive after "some months". {Edit: And it's not like Starfield is an ancient game either.}

As for Game Pass day one, are you not paying attention to what's going on? Releasing these expensive-to-make games on Game Pass day one is a major part of the problem. It's conditioned Xbox fans to not buy games. It's devalued the worth of big triple-A release on the Xbox platform. Unless Game Pass magically has massive growth (unlikely since hardware has hit a wall and Game Pass on PC isn't gaining much traction), the current design of Game Pass is unsustainable. Either Day One releases have to go away or they have to significantly increase the cost of Game Pass -- or, possibly, both.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

"Older" games? One of the rumors is literally Indiana Jones being considered as a timed exclusive after "some months".

As for Game Pass day one, are you not paying attention to what's going on? Releasing these expensive-to-make games on Game Pass day one is a major part of the problem. It's conditioned Xbox fans to not buy games. It's devalued the worth of big triple-A release on the Xbox platform. Unless Game Pass magically has massive growth (unlikely since hardware has hit a wall and Game Pass on PC isn't gaining much traction), the current design of Game Pass is unsustainable. Either Day One releases have to go away or they have to significantly increase the cost of Game Pass -- or, possibly, both.

I wouldn't bother if I were you. We are going to see a lot of people like that popping up around here going forward.

Its copium.

 

[R3claimer117]

Oh... so you are delusional and in denial.

got it.

Yup, you are right. Everything is ok. This is all well and good and nothing absolutely wrong with Xbox games, past, present and future coming to Playstation.

Now hold on let me try and fit this Ferrari engine in my lambo.

What’s the doom and gloom they just reported their best quarter at Xbox. They gaming business is now their third largest business over windows. You think they’re doomed? What kind of spin is that? Or are people just have Xbox derangement syndrome. People are acting as if they’re bleeding money and they’re so abysmally down. No company invest 70 billion into a dying business or one that they plan to get rid off that’s just stupidity.

 

[Banjo64]

Has this guy been off his tits for the past 8 years?

 

[ScHlAuChi]

That last sentence had a mistake in it - I fixed it:

 

[XXL]

I don't get it. Microsoft bought CoD and are giving up before they even tried putting Cod on Gamepass. Phill done fucked up. I think he leaves his position before Easter.

Its looking like Call of Duty isn't coming to GamePass at all.

 

[WorldHero]

Sheesh, what a failure he turned out to be...

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

I'll never wash my hands again. I'll forever be stained with adorably digital blood

 

[Neofire]

This is bad for competition sake, it's written all over the wall that they are only going to focus on software moving forward. I completely understand Xbox owners being pissed that they bought the console and MS is doing this. Making their investment moot.

 

[Luigi Mario]

They’re not going third party Microsoft is not going to give up their own store front to sell stuff on Sonys and let them keep all the money when they can get that directly. This is just fanboy fudder. In fact putting their games on Sony is actually a Trojan horse to push their agenda forward they’re literally working on a mobile store. Xbox is also their only consumer facing brand the rest is enterprise. They get to make money from subs on game pass with their hardware. They aren’t going to share game pass revenue with Sony to get rid of their hardware but keep dreaming.

 

[bender]

I refuse to believe this is real.

 

[reinking]

I still don’t think people understand Microsoft’s long term vision here.

They absolutely will foreclose on PlayStation…one day

That day will come whenever everyone moves completely to the cloud through streaming. Could be decades off, but they’ll wait patiently

In the meantime, they need to make their gaming studios relevant and competitive. They can only do that by going third party

I believe you could be right in regard to Microsoft's vision but they are proving that getting there isn't going to be as easy as they thought it would. Fortunately, by the time this happens, the only cloud gaming I will be playing is in the clouds with Kenny and my golden PSP.

 

[balls of snow]

They’re not going third party Microsoft is not going to give up their own store front to sell stuff on Sonys and let them keep all the money when they can get that directly. This is just fanboy fudder. In fact putting their games on Sony is actually a Trojan horse to push their agenda forward they’re literally working on a mobile store. Xbox is also their only consumer facing brand the rest is enterprise. They get to make money from subs on game pass with their hardware. They aren’t going to share game pass revenue with Sony to get rid of their hardware but keep dreaming.

 

[R3claimer117]

I mean shouldn’t Klobrille care more about Halo being successful again and as high quality as it can be rather than care what plastic box it is on?

This fiasco just showed their true colors tbh

Lmao so just putting it on PlayStation means that it’s successful and high quality? Holy shit imagine the hypocrisy calling him out while showing your true colors.

 

[ViciousAgenda]

I just can't see this happening.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I believe you could be right in regard to Microsoft's vision but they are proving that getting there isn't going to be as easy as they thought it would. Fortunately, by the time this happens, the only cloud gaming I will be playnig is in the clouds with Kenny and my golden PSP.

Oh yeah

Don’t get me wrong, they could fail spectacularly at trying to be first to
Cloud … and cloud may technically not be feasible either for games anytime soon

That’s the risk, but I absolutely believe 100% that is their reasoning for going multiplatform in the near term and buying Activision

 

[CityHunter1981]

More like the future of Microsoft gaming division, I feel like there is no real future for XBOX.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Lmao so just putting it on PlayStation means that it’s successful and high quality? Holy shit imagine the hypocrisy calling him out while showing your true colors.

More platforms = more sales = more potential budget to make future games

Yeah, much higher chance of success if MS releases Halo on PlayStation and even Switch 2

 

[PSYGN]

I refuse to believe this is real.

His name is open_mouth_ for a reason.

 

[Topher]

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Since it's at a business setting and it's clearly a strategy change like the one CFO Tim Stuart forecasted last year I would rather hear him lay out the plans even though Spencer deserves all the heat I just don't want to hear his double speak they need clear concise messaging.

 

[Warnen]

Someone did about a week ago.
This one, specifically.

Apologies for the lack of credit, I forgot who the original poster of this was:

I want that for my wall…

 

[R3claimer117]

More platforms = more sales = more potential budget to make future games

Yeah, much higher chance of success if MS releases Halo on PlayStation and even Switch 2

So where are you on Sony porting their games on Xbox since this is your rationale. Since those leaked insomniac documents showed how they’re literally breaking up the third game to two games to sell them for 70 dollars. Why don’t you think spiderman will have big sales on Xbox shouldn’t they put it there also? Or that doesn’t fit your narrative?

 

[Deerock71]

Phil Spencer:

 

[bender]

His name is open_mouth_ for a reason.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

So where are you on Sony porting their games on Xbox since this is your rationale. Since those leaked insomniac documents showed how they’re literally breaking up the third game to two games to sell them for 70 dollars. Why don’t you think spiderman will have big sales on Xbox shouldn’t they put it there also? Or that doesn’t fit your narrative?

What's an xbox?

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

So where are you on Sony porting their games on Xbox since this is your rationale. Since those leaked insomniac documents showed how they’re literally breaking up the third game to two games to sell them for 70 dollars. Why don’t you think spiderman will have big sales on Xbox shouldn’t they put it there also? Or that doesn’t fit your narrative?

I mean according to Microsoft its already going to eventually going to be coming to a part of the Xbox family, the PC.

 

[Belthazar]

The people in denial are very amusing to watch... Sure, they're having an event just to announce they'll keep doing whatever they've been doing for the past years.

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

So where are you on Sony porting their games on Xbox since this is your rationale. Since those leaked insomniac documents showed how they’re literally breaking up the third game to two games to sell them for 70 dollars. Why don’t you think spiderman will have big sales on Xbox shouldn’t they put it there also? Or that doesn’t fit your narrative?

I don’t care. Sony doesn’t have much to gain given how small the Xbox user base is though, that’s the difference

 

[mayham2199]

Lmao why are people pretending they haven’t had games coming to PlayStation? Or this is something new? They literally signed a ten year deal to bring their biggest IP to PlayStation and Nintendo. They’ve also published games on Nintendo over the years as well as PlayStation. So what if PlayStation gets a couple of older games. I’m not sure where the doom and gloom is coming from. As long as those games come to game pass day one I don’t think majority of people are going to care.

I don't know what to tell you man. I guess everyone else is crazy and you're the only sane one. If you can't see why this is different than I don't know what to say.

 

[Dr. Suchong]

Good guy Phil bringing the hope.

 

[Banjo64]

I’ll happily take higher console prices and less innovation if my money is going to the right place. I can’t think of a wronger place than M$ if you care about this industry.

 

[bender]

They’re not going third party Microsoft is not going to give up their own store front to sell stuff on Sonys and let them keep all the money when they can get that directly. This is just fanboy fudder. In fact putting their games on Sony is actually a Trojan horse to push their agenda forward they’re literally working on a mobile store. Xbox is also their only consumer facing brand the rest is enterprise. They get to make money from subs on game pass with their hardware. They aren’t going to share game pass revenue with Sony to get rid of their hardware but keep dreaming.

 

[FunkMiller]

Whether the rumours are true or not (but of course they are) it is an astoundingly stupid move to leave it a week to say anything.

Just fucking idiotic on a level I can barely comprehend for a major corporation. Amazon would be out in front of this kind of thing within hours. Probably Apple too. And Sony.

MS must be so monolithic and unadaptable that they can’t make an announcement for this long. Incredibly robotic and bizarre behaviour.

It’s probably best they get out of video games hardware.

 

[Belthazar]

So where are you on Sony porting their games on Xbox since this is your rationale. Since those leaked insomniac documents showed how they’re literally breaking up the third game to two games to sell them for 70 dollars. Why don’t you think spiderman will have big sales on Xbox shouldn’t they put it there also? Or that doesn’t fit your narrative?

At this point it would've been a more lucrative proposition for Sony to release games on the Ouya.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Whether the rumours are true or not (but of course they are) it is an astoundingly stupid move to leave it a week to say anything.

Just fucking idiotic on a level I can barely comprehend for a major corporation. Amazon would be out in front of this kind of thing within hours. Probably Apple too. And Sony.

MS must be so monolithic and unadaptable that they can’t make an announcement for this long. Incredibly robotic and bizarre behaviour.

It’s probably best they get out of video games hardware.

Phil played Diablo while Xbox burned.

 

[bender]

Whether the rumours are true or not (but of course they are) it is an astoundingly stupid move to leave it a week to say anything.

Just fucking idiotic on a level I can barely comprehend for a major corporation. Amazon would be out in front of this kind of thing within hours. Probably Apple too. And Sony.

MS must be so monolithic and unadaptable that they can’t make an announcement for this long. Incredibly robotic and bizarre behaviour.

It’s probably best they get out of video games hardware.

If even more rumors are true, the leaks are coming from folks unhappy with this direction. Further, I'm not sure how you make the timing "right" and put a positive spin on this for the Xbox brand. Maybe a week to let things cool off isn't the worst thing in the world.

 

[Del_X]

Whether the rumours are true or not (but of course they are) it is an astoundingly stupid move to leave it a week to say anything.

Just fucking idiotic on a level I can barely comprehend for a major corporation. Amazon would be out in front of this kind of thing within hours. Probably Apple too. And Sony.

MS must be so monolithic and unadaptable that they can’t make an announcement for this long. Incredibly robotic and bizarre behaviour.

It’s probably best they get out of video games hardware.

Bro it's a $500 box that is NOT integral to MSFT's core business. Some grown "men" are upset their black plastic box isn't effective at keeping games off the white plastic box. Not a big deal.

 

[Syphon Filter]

They’re not going third party Microsoft is not going to give up their own store front to sell stuff on Sonys and let them keep all the money when they can get that directly. This is just fanboy fudder. In fact putting their games on Sony is actually a Trojan horse to push their agenda forward they’re literally working on a mobile store. Xbox is also their only consumer facing brand the rest is enterprise. They get to make money from subs on game pass with their hardware. They aren’t going to share game pass revenue with Sony to get rid of their hardware but keep dreaming.

MS put their games on Steam instead of the windows store. They can do the same on the console side.

 

[Frwrd]

On Valentines day?

 

[Frwrd]

you guys think they'll finally announce an xbox handheld?

“We’re going third-party BUT; Blade will remain exclusive to the Xbox Series of consoles and PC Game Pass”

 

[Moridianae]

I'm kind of surprised he decided to let it sit for a week and acknowledge none of it.

I feel like it'll be far more of a push to uncover or leak whatever the contents of this business update will be over the next week.


I don't think all the leaks are done, is what I'm saying.

 

[OverHeat]

Ex-Box never forget

 

[FunkMiller]

Bro it's a $500 box that is NOT integral to MSFT's core business. Some grown "men" are upset their black plastic box isn't effective at keeping games off the white plastic box. Not a big deal.

They literally just spent over $70 billion for that plastic box. Well, that’s what it was originally for… maybe not now.

The ‘Xbox console isn’t important for Xbox’ is copium of the highest order.