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Xbox:"Console wars aren't worth your time – playing games is 💚"
killatopak
Member
“Fighting each other isn’t worth it”
-Five time world boxing champion
-Five time world boxing champion
Reizo Ryuu
Gold Member
Tweet is right, warriors are sad and pathetic losers.
This is in fact an official announcement that there are pay cuts for them. They'll pay them via game codes.
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Represent.
Represent(ative) of bad opinions
I’m sick of this soft ass kumbayah image from Xbox. Stfu. “Play everything, everywhere, yay!” enough. You never see Mercedes say it’s ok to drive BMW. Flex your muscles and entice me with exclusives I can’t play anywhere else.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
Moses85
Member
Says the loosing Company.
Shall I remind you about the following?!
"We (Microsoft) are in a very unique position to go spend Sony out of business. If we think that video game content matters in 10 years, we might look back and say, 'Totally would have been worth it to lose $2B or $3B in 2020 to avoid a situation where Tencent, Google, Amazon, or even Sony have become the Disney of games and own most of the valuable content.""
Shall I remind you about the following?!
"We (Microsoft) are in a very unique position to go spend Sony out of business. If we think that video game content matters in 10 years, we might look back and say, 'Totally would have been worth it to lose $2B or $3B in 2020 to avoid a situation where Tencent, Google, Amazon, or even Sony have become the Disney of games and own most of the valuable content.""
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mansoor1980
Gold Member
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Crispy Gamer
Member
E3 2017: Xbox Boss Reiterates That Console Wars Aren't Productive
End the console wars, he says. Two years later "we are in a unique position to spend Sony out of business" ...it's incredible how desperate they are to be the leader of the industry they're always trying to tell people what to do and historically they've always complained about how Sony conducts business it's weird I'll advise anyone with a little time to look a good guy Phil's older interviews especially around the One X launch
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Literally all three platform holders do that. So I’m not sure why it’s being Cherry-picked and made to look like Xbox is doing something wrong.
Aguero9320
Member
It’s not “kumbayah”, they still want to be successful (and probably want to be #1 I’d imagine) but platforms/generations are stupid and only harmful to gamers.
I’ve long thought that, but recently I’ve been really enjoying my Steam Deck and it’s just driven home how stupid it all is - my time
on the Steam Deck has been split between playing PC games, Xbox games (remote play and Xcloud), PS5 games (remote play) and Switch games (emulated).
It’s been amazing, and should be the future.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Love my Series X, no regrets. Have zero desire to buy a PS5. Especially with their new focus on live service games. *Yawn*. Show me Ghost of Tsushima 2 and maybe I’ll think about a PS5 Slim in 2025 or later
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
. It Will be the the future, just give it time. Nintendo and Sony will eventually follow down this path, as well. It’ll just take time. Eventually no doubt it’ll become the primary business model.
Dick Jones
Gold Member
Console Wars are bad says company that codenamed their first console 'Manhattan' in a nod to dropping nukes on the Japanese. Fuck off with the love and respect shit.
mansoor1980
Gold Member
what?that true?
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Dick Jones
Gold Member
The Manhattan Project. Develop the bomb to drop on the Japanese competition.
They really are that fucking classless. If you think it's a coincidence, look up Project Midway.
And they fucking wonder why the Japanese don't touch their shit.
mansoor1980
Gold Member
thanks for the info , really shocking for me
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
If there is one person at Xbox who has still has a job that I cannot for the life of me still understand how he has a job, it's Matt Booty. What a worthless sack of shit he has been.
nightmare-slain
Member
Well that's true but good luck with that. Too many people on here are obsessed with warring and defending their favourite corporation. It's quite pathetic and sad.
Dick Jones
Gold Member
Aaron Greenberg got promoted relatively recently. Think on that one too. Promoted not fired out of a cannon
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
You guys have been saying this for the past 7 years. I admire the devotion. I'll believe it when I see it.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
And people wonder why I don't like Xbox acquiring these studios. I have ZERO faith that they will actually properly utilize these studios and deliver compelling content. I am still inclined to believe that they will more likely be run into the ground.
I would legit appreciate the competition if I believed that MS could get out of their studios what Sony gets out of Insomniac. That acquisition has blown any other from any company out of the water.
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BlackTron
Member
The way MS is acting I will only play Xbox in silence in a dark room.
Aguero9320
Member
Yeah, I know, just didn’t want to get sucked in too much to a pointless argument resisting the march of time
Look at the recent craziness, where people are now equating Microsoft with events in Hiroshima - way too invested…
Exclusivity is a massive weight around the neck of growth in the gaming industry, and console wars dampen the excitement of its biggest moments - cases in point, the recent releases of Starfield and Ragnarok, both of which were soiled by rampant downplaying and shitposting from people who had never played either of them.
graywolf323
Member
it’s blatantly console wars, Xbox rushed to social media immediately after a competitor’s showcase in order to remind everyone that these games weren’t exclusive yet Xbox had agreements in place for their own showcase where their non-exclusives couldn’t be disclosed as such for a pre-determined period of time afterwards
as to the bolded point, that’s pure & utter BS
BlackTron
Member
Thank you. They are a disaster for the industry. Buy out, mismanage, repeat. Next BGS game will use the same engine again and we're supposed to believe in Phil's management prowess. Ok. We could talk about all the failures going back years but its beaten to death already, they will never and don't want to change
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
Yeah, I know, just didn’t want to get sucked in too much to a pointless argument resisting the march of time
Look at the recent craziness, where people are now equating Microsoft with events in Hiroshima - way too invested…
Exclusivity is a massive weight around the neck of growth in the gaming industry, and console wars dampen the excitement of its biggest moments - cases in point, the recent releases of Starfield and Ragnarok, both of which were soiled by rampant downplaying and shitposting from people who had never played either of them.
Absolutely. The only people that shitpost are the same people who aren’t even going to play it. How silly, it drives me crazy.
skit_data
Member
It's definitely possible they all do it to some extent but the first time I personally ever heard of such a practice was quite recently:Literally all three platform holders do that. So I’m not sure why it’s being Cherry-picked and made to look like Xbox is doing something wrong.
Unknown?
Member
As long as Windows isn't part of that path, we're good! No proprietary operating systems!
drganon
Member
He also helped run midway into the ground.
DaGwaphics
Member
Seriously though, I've been too busy with Starfield to put in much effort since the 6th. There goes my big check from Elon.
Ev1L AuRoN
Member
Sometimes I think Microsoft find us stupid or something, there is a big disconnect between posts like this they made time to time and their actions.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
To be clear, I want Xbox to be successful and I would be more in favor of these acquisitions if I believed MS could properly manage them the way where they had even HALF the output of someone like say Insomniac has. Sony currently has a rotation of about 5-10 studios who get put on 5 yearish projects such that PS5 has something ready to go every year, usually 2-3 big exclusives ready to go. This year being a down year with really only Spiderman. Jim Ryan hasn't ruined that...YET.
Starfield alone doesn't change that for Xbox. I hope this is the start of something good for them. I really do, but I will believe it when I see it and I will need to see it over the course of several years.
But hey, Colton Eastwood will always be there to fight the good fight with those tweets of his!
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Winter John
Gold Member
Console fanboys are like fat girls in skinny jeans. Delusional and poor.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
mansoor1980
Gold Member
Tal Shiar Agent
Member
I own all consoles.
At the same time I regret wasting money on an XSX.
At the same time I regret wasting money on an XSX.
BbMajor7th
Member
A nice sentiment, but it's entirely antithetical to XBOX's comms strategy. They're big talkers, they go hard on product evangelism with their fanbase and they like to brag. It fuels console warring - you don't see it on that scale from other publishers and you don't see the same kind of evangelism in their base. That's not to say that Sony and Nintendo fans can't be obnoxious and over-the-top, but you rarely get the sense that the companies are feeding them ammunition.
BlackTron
Member
Well yeah, MS would be great for the industry and we would like it...if they were. They're just...not. We like to think that after a fuck up they learned a lesson and will come back better next time. History has shown us all they do is spend harder. They've done utterly nothing to demonstrate they will manage all these studios well and written a giant tome on how it will probably be a disaster.
The best they do is fool people into thinking they are a neutral party while in fact they are a cancer that ruins good studios and achieve mediocrity by burning massive amounts of money. The best thing they did to get me is their controller, I don't like the analog position on PS but it comes down to convenience of console experience on TV with my preferred gamepad without having to plug my laptop in. By the time I run out of Gamepass next year we should know what's up with the PS5 redesign. MS had their chance to woo me and they blew it
HeWhoWalks
Gold Member
Hypo-to-the-crites. Lest they forget all the shit they talked during the 360 years, stuff like this, etc.
Now? "We believe in Rodney King".
Fuck outta here!
Now? "We believe in Rodney King".
Fuck outta here!
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