There really is no win with Xbox series consoles though. They don't have to "win" the console war as their clearly invested in different platforms - not just consoles. I'm not sure people truly understand how diverse the Xbox ecosystem is compared to the others. Nintendo and Sony would apply to the traditional business strategy. Xbox left that arena a while ago. They are not the same.
This is true. MS were first to do away with the old console model and embrace PC day and date for all titles. Consoles exist for the sole purpose of selling software. Why restrict yourself to only that platform. It doesn't make a lot of sense.
Halo and Forza =)
makes sense, there was an article last year about Sony going to every publisher and striking some kind of deal, they probably have even more timed exclusives that we don't know of. Bioshock perhaps?
We established on this very forum that over the Black Friday period the only reason people buy Series S is because nobody wants it.
Not only that, but after I got mine - I was forced to enjoy it. I never would have enjoyed it otherwise.
It can't be bad, that's for sure.
I know we have a few 'physical for life' people on here, but i cant imagine many of the masses buying a new Xbox and not buying Gamepass too. I mean obviously there will be some, but the percentage has got to be pretty low.
I don't see how Capcom's announcements for the Pro Tour has much to do with Sony, outside of maybe PS5 being the tournament standard for Capcom Cup (which isn't even guaranteed; at most it could be tournament-standard for EVO but EVO is not owned by Capcom, it just happens to be part of Capcom Cup). If the idea is SF6 being PS-exclusive console-wise, well we'd know that some exchanges happened to make that be considering the leaks mentioned the Xbox consoles.
Nothing trumps value except brand loyalty and ecosystem. And even then people starts weighing options.
We’ll never know so no point wondering.
I think they will tell us when they hit 30mil subs, but it will only be major milestones like that imo (30mil subs, 40mil, 50mil, etc).
Oh for sure. Certain people tried to act like the sky was falling but it still had 37% growth, it just missed Microsoft pretty high target to be honest, although it blew past their previous target so that probably made them bullish.
That target was to activate bonuses wasn’t it? Those targets are meant to be above and beyond their expectations. That’s how part of my bonus at work is, we have our budget/growth targets, and then to get the full part of that bonus we need to hit even higher.
Yeah you're right actually as i remember some of us jokingly making up some forum conspiracy theories about Satya buying up tons of accounts so he hit the target.
Out of 6 performance metrics, in that Fiscal Year, MS missed 3.
Surface is crap so I get that one. My surface book 2 is the worst laptop I ever had.
Were they performance *bonus* metrics, or their budgeted metrics?
To be fair, most people have said Spartacus is dead on arrival because it won’t include day 1 first party games. So if we apply that same logic to gamepass its looking not much better for the year
CEO performance metrics.
Its going to be very interesting seeing platform choices for Japanese third parties going forward. Makes sense that Sony would prioritise Sqaure and Capcom for deals.
Ok so not their guidance or budgeted metrics, but ceo performance bonus metrics. Great, now we can stop pretending that it means they missed their targets.
Doubt it. SF5 started off horribly. It was in the bargain bin a month after launch, if I recall. Went for maybe $20 a month after launch. Not a great look. It was a huge step down from SF4, selling about half across all versions.
Well we already know COD was 90% digital on Xbox in the UK, and that isnt even on Gamepass, The sway to digital is high on both but with Xbox its almost total, or will be very soon imo.
Its not the same really. I remember well the SF2 craze of the 90's, i was part of it. It was the biggest game on the planet, along with MK for a time.
It was actually $10 a month after launch. LOL. It was a disaster at launch.
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It was actually $10 a month after launch. LOL. It was a disaster at launch.
(Dead) Street Fighter V [PS4] $10.36 on amazon
Wow, that price. http://www.amazon.com/Street-Fighter-V-PlayStation-4-Standard/dp/B00QXJFE08/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1458383030&sr=1-1&keywords=street+fighter+5
Compared to SFIV games that stayed a high price for a much longer time. No, it's going back to Xbox day one. Bookmark this post.
Okay, so you're saying they would limit a F2P game to one console? What? That makes no sense. IF we want to classify it as free to play it is even more likely that it will be on Xbox day one. And I'm guessing Sony would actually be okay with that too with their ownership of Evo now. They want more people interested in fighting games, and that means SF6 on Xbox day one.
Can't wait
Forza will likely be unveiled at “E3” or whatever they have then, and release at the end of the year.
