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[PresetError]

Which manufacturer is declaring that?

He didn't even imply whether he agreed or disagreed with the article he retweeted.

Its a quote from a article, not Xbox themselves.

Come on! They are clearly endorsing the content of the article.

 

[tryDEATH]

Come on! They are clearly endorsing the content of the article.

Read the article.

 

[nemiroff]

When your nerd rage makes you so blind you don't even notice that the information provided clearly isn't saying what you claim it does.

 

[godhandiscen]

Who is talking about a console war?

We just want a good Halo damnit.

 

[Fake]

 

[Kagey K]

Come on! They are clearly endorsing the content of the article.

That's an assumption on your part, not everything that is retweeted is an endorsement of the content.

Even if you are correct and Major Nelson does endorse or agree with it (which I don't see any evidence of), its a little different than this.

or the fact only one of the 3 console manufacturers is declaring the end of the war 4 months before a next gen launch? Ok.

 

[mercclass]

Phil is retweeting it like they agree that the war is over. If so why does he keep trying to make digs at Sony?

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

If bleeding money left and right by selling 1$ subs is "winning", OK.

 

[Elektro Demon]

Imagine participating in a war over 2 plastic boxes designed to be sold for profit.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

That's an assumption on your part, not everything that is retweeted is an endorsement of the content.

Even if you are correct and Major Nelson does endorse or agree with it (which I don't see any evidence of), its a little different than this.

Shares the article

Quotes the headline

But still not an endorsement

Jesus christ

 

[iJudged]

xbox division still raking in billions in revenue, sounds like a damn win to me regardless of what the competition is doing. I don't think we're ever going to see xbox out of the game as long as bills are rolling in.

 

[M1chl]

Why does it have Czech subs? Have to double look.

 

[Bolivar687]

I'm not surprised to see the western press writing apologetics for Microsoft, nor to see the intended audience noddingly approve those pieces.

The console war is about who is delivering the best content and user experience for gamers. That manufacturer has always been the sales leader (with the exception of the Wii outlier). This isn't going to change.

 

[Fake]

Why does it have Czech subs? Have to double look.

Because is a console war, not a movie war.

Spoiler

Dunno. Is what I find on youtube

 

[Vawn]

Reminds me when my kids race and the loser screams, "I wasn't racing!!"

 

[A.Romero]

The second best part of gaming as a hobbie are the console warz. I really hope it's not over yet, there are so more many memes to be made, so much crow to eat...

 

[Entroyp]

What’s the english word for when you feel ashamed for someone else?

 

[metareferential]

The console war only ends when all the consoles are cheap enough for most gamers to own all of them.

MS and Sony are not moving in the right direction for that.

Console war ends when there are no closed garden left.

When gaming is like reading a book or watching a movie.

And no, streaming is not the answer xD

 

[Vawn]

the war is over when valve crushes the industry

All Gabe has to do is sit on the industry to do that.

 

[GRIEVEZ]

The console war only ends when all the consoles are cheap enough for most gamers to own all of them.

MS and Sony are not moving in the right direction for that.

Not to be a dick or anything, but how exactly can you say this when neither has divulged their price...?

 

[AV]

What’s the english word for when you feel ashamed for someone else?

Pity? Second-hand embarrassment?

Not to be a dick or anything, but how exactly can you say this when neither has divulged their price...?

Because the discless PS5 isn't going to be ~$250...?

 

[Wimbledon]

Console war begins when we get our hands on the games and play them to evaluate how good they play, and the impact they have on their genres.

 

[NoMoChokeSJ]

Here's a crazy idea.. read what he wrote in the opinion piece attached to the tweet. Its funny because the exact stuff he starts out the artcle talking about is exactly what happened here.

 

[Vawn]

Little did Xbox and Nintendo know it was only going to get much worse from there.

 

[sonyfifa]

Maybe I'm the only one that missed that tweet from Major Nelson retweeted by Phil Spencer but I've seen it today and my mouth dropped to the floor.

different battles are fought within a war. the war can only be over when all battles are fought.

feel/design/controller, graphics, game content(quality), sales etc.

 

[Tesseract]

All Gabe has to do is sit on the industry to do that.

(stay away from greta thotberg, normies)

 

[Oberstein]

It was one guy and he didn't really hold anything, but did continue to fight for the emperor, killing locals from time to time.

Spoiler

I'm kidding, I didn't know he did that kind of "raid".

 

[iconmaster]

Not to be a dick or anything, but how exactly can you say this when neither has divulged their price...?

You can restrict the data to launch prices of released consoles if you like.

Xbox 360        $299.99
Xbox One        $399.99 (without Kinect)
Xbox One X      $499.99

Since the PS4 launched at less than the PS3, it's still possible Sony will continue that trend with the PS5. But I'm not going to count on it.

 

[Birdo]

 

[DeepEnigma]

They sure love their gameindustry.biz over the years with these opines. I wonder why that is?

 

[spartan30gr]

Maybe I'm the only one that missed that tweet from Major Nelson retweeted by Phil Spencer but I've seen it today and my mouth dropped to the floor.

 

[Moses85]

Bring this Man a

and check him into the Asylum.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

I mean Phil did say back in Feb? that Sony and Nintendo was no longer the competition but that Amazon and Google were.

 

[HotPocket69]

 

[Paulxo87]

It's like this. They couldn't win a battle in the war. Not even could they overcome Sony when they had the biggest disaster on their hands for the first three years of it's life(ps3)

Can't win the game? Change the rules. This is their plan. Trust me, they still very much so consider Sony their competition in all of this. It's so transparent of them.

And what did they do? They had a 12TFLOPS excellently designed console on their hands which will be basically a paperweight for the first three years of it's existence. I just don't understand the dumb shit this company does time and time again.

 

[michaelius]

Phil is retweeting it like they agree that the war is over. If so why does he keep trying to make digs at Sony?

Phil is fully against console wars when Microsoft is losing but doesn't mind them in the moments when Xbox has upper hand.

With his level of hypocrisy it's suprise he haven't declared presidential run yet.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I mean Phil did say back in Feb? that Sony and Nintendo was no longer the competition but that Amazon and Google were.

But he said he was confident after seeing Sony's game showcase not too long ago.

 

[alstrike]

Larry Hyrb is a moron
Aaron Greenberg is a moron
And Phil Spencer is trying really hard at being a moron

 

[RaySoft]

You guys realize that he's just retweeting this article that basically says that the war is over because each company is going for different things, right?

So the war is over just because they're not going for the same hill?

 

[hououinkyouma00]

We'll see about that. Something tells me Major Nelson and Greenturd won't be able to keep their mouths shut if they do really well in the holidays.

This. I want Xbox to do well, but jesus their fucking messaging is all over the place. "Generations don't matter" "Best place to play games" and so on and so forth. They contradict themselves every other day. I'm sure they will take a different stance anytime that anything goes well. Remember how they don't post numbers because they don't matter? They will start if they are winning at the beginning.

Current Xbox isn't what I want from the company. OG Xbox and to a lesser extent 360 had soul.

 

[lock2k]

Cool. I'd like to see gameplay thats as good as the 2nd level of Halo: CE now please.

I rewatched it today and it wasn't even nostalgia in my mind thinking it was better than the Halo Infinite reveal, the landscape was way more dynamic, the AI was better/existent, just taking the final zone with the three dropship areas: it was basically the same size as the Halo Infinite section and way more exciting to watch.

I think I'll just replay the trilogy in November if Halo Infinite is going to be shite. So disappointed still.

I would only believe in Infinite if somehow they brought Bungie back. I like to pretend it ended on Reach

 

[Gamernyc78]

Maybe I'm the only one that missed that tweet from Major Nelson retweeted by Phil Spencer but I've seen it today and my mouth dropped to the floor.

Of course Microsoft lost a decade ago thts why they were advised to change their messaging and focus on maus, and we don't care about console sales, etc.... Isn't a war if you not really in it.

 

[Tiamat2san]

Console wars are for boys.
Grown up are happy with their console(s) and play games where they are.
I love IPs in the 3 brands so I play in the 3 brands.
Maybe I am lucky to be able to have every console maybe it’s a state of mind.

Same thing goes for almost any entertainment devices and art.

You shouldn’t need others approval or opinion to know what you love.

 

[RaySoft]

Arrogant Sony strikes again?;-)

 

[Vawn]

Arrogant Sony strikes again?;-)

People were a lot less sensitive back then. Even the slightest jab today causes mass hysteria and outrage.

 

[jshackles]

 

[sircaw]

This is one way i guess to take some pressure of your company.

It has been rather Brutal this past week.

Maybe its a good thing, cut back on the silly pr, and just concentrate on the games.

We don't need any more own goals from microsoft at this point.

 

[Amiga]

It's been over for years but there will always be die hards that go on. Kind of like the Lost Cause syndrome.

 

[Enjay]

This is the most PR approved concession thus far.