>Xbox has no exclusives Xbox will have the superior versions of all multiplatform games. Microsoft has been buying up game studios, and just because those games will also release on PC isn’t a bad thing. Crossplay is good, and that’s something Sony has continued to resist because they are just as bad as Apple when it comes to forcing their awful digital ecosystem on you.
>Xbox is going to be more expensive than the PS5 Xbox Series S (all-digital) is going to be $299. Xbox Series X will be $499. PS5 will cost $499 for a disc-less model and $599 for a disc-drive model. Microsoft is going to undercut Sony to regain some of the market share they lost with the Xbox One. $299 is a good deal if you’re cheap, and $499 is an extremely good deal for the hardware you’re getting, especially in comparison to Sony’s costs for inferior hardware.
>Xbox is a dying brand and Microsoft is going to cut their losses Microsoft has only started making money on the Xbox brand since the near-end of the Xbox 360. Xbox One was ironically their most successful console from a money-making perspective. Microsoft makes billions of dollars in revenue on the Xbox brand, and gaming has become a priority under Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Xbox head Phil Spencer. With Game Pass and xCloud taking off on virtually all platforms except Sony, Xbox isn’t going away anytime soon.
>All the other meritless Snoy bullshit Xbox has a fantastic backwards compatibility program across three generations of games, a terrific rotating selection of games through Game Pass, an arguably superior controller that benefits from using AA batteries and doesn’t require charging or a buzzsaw to replace, and a chill online community that’s mostly populated by boomer holdovers from the 360 days.
Look, I don’t like Sony either, but could you shill any harder?
Blake Wilson
Go bitch about shilling in the 12 other Snoy threads.
Cooper Richardson
I'm on your side. [kinda, I use a budget rig, and am looking at a SeX] It's just that this reads like something you'd find on Microsoft's website, instead someone's real thoughts..
Blake Cooper
not buying your shitbox phil
Benjamin Hernandez
Except for the launch Xbox One the Xbox Brand™ has always provided a satisfying gaming experience. I have zero issues or things I would change.
OGbox, 360 both great, I only played on Playstation consoles when I had no other choice. Launch Xbone was kind of a laggy disaster but they bounced back with the S and X.
But a consistent problem has been the lack of games. If you buy an Xbox you always need the Sony counterpart to pickup the slack. Wheres the other side doesn't have this problem. Everything that matters will be on Playstation. Sure the experience won't be as "premium", and you'll lose out graphically in some instances, but you'll have all the games.
At this point, I can't keep doing this. Adding two more consoles to the pile every generation. I'm running out of fucking space. In some cases getting fucked over because that "Playstation Exclusive" comes over to Xbox anyway just years later. Like what happened to Neir Automata for me.
So instead of buying both, I'm just going to be rolling Playstation. I'll check Digital Foundry for sure, I'm always curious, but I won't sweat over a couple pixels or a lighting change.
Thanks for reading my blog.
Joseph Green
If the power gap between the PS5 and SeX is big enough, third-parties will drop the exclusive content thing by the end of 2021. Also, Sony's grip on Japanese titles loosens by the day, just look at P4G being a Steam exclusive. [at least when talking about modern platforms]
Joshua Robinson
>muh superior hardware No one cares about having a 10% more powerful console. Any gamer with half a brain is just going to buy a pc if they actually care about graphics and performance. I have nothing against Microsoft but no one is going to buy this bullshit. People buy consoles for the games, deal with it.
Josiah Fisher
Rent free
Blake Myers
I am curious to see how they perform. I'll hold off for awhile. Alot of 7th gen games I was looking forward too just up and vanished and we never did get Deep Down on PS4. Whats announced doesn't make it to shelves. Well, I mean I guess physical games aren't really a thing at this point, metaphorical shelves.
I bought Peeforg on Vita 2 days before it came to Steam (was $15 at the retro shop). Its cool having it portable anyway so I'm not mad.
Jaxon Barnes
*begs for fall guys and spiderman*
Logan Murphy
Cringe shilling but I may pick one up to play next gen games since PC gaming is pretty much dead anyway and anything good will run on what I have now.
Jayden Davis
Alright. It's comforting to have a civil conversation with someone on the other side of the fence on this board, for once.
Joseph Reyes
Price hasn't been confirmed and if you think all digital is gonna be $299 then you're absolutely delusional. Also, wouldn't having multiplats that runs ALMOST identically to XSex while also having actual exclusives be a worth trade-off? Then again, if you're not really into Snoy exclusives I guess it doesn't matter.
Lincoln Davis
>Xbox will have the superior versions of all multiplatform games. *COOOOOOOOF* PEEEEEE SEEEEEEE GAYMING ALWAYS WINS BAYBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
For me, it's not that none of the exclusives look good, it's that I don't want to receive an inferior product if I end up getting a Japanese title.
Christian Perez
this gen is decided for me by backwards compatibility Microsoft have my money if they come out and say Series X can play Xbox, 360 and Xbone games from disc with no compatibility issues. Sames goes for Sony, but they seem considerably less likely to do it than Microsoft
Jack Scott
That's absolutely a valid point. Personally getting PS5 because I like most of the Snoy exclusives but I'm still curious to see the prices for both consoles and what they offer at/near launch
Samuel Campbell
Huh. A civil conversation between platformfags on Zig Forums. 2020 really IS weird.
Jason Torres
I will get a Series S, later an X.
Justin Sanchez
I like both systems, I just prefer one over the other. Console wars is just turbo autistic.
Chase Ross
>with no compatibility issues Will never happen, compatibility is a bitch. Even late model PS2s weren't fully compatible with certain PS2 games. Best case scenario is what they're already doing, making games compatible once they work properly and can be upscaled to 4k. This is probably the best way to fight licensing nightmares like GTA, Ace Combat 6, and JSRF. Since the discs are available, Microsoft doesn't need to sell the game, just make it compatible.
Jayden Perry
>Buy a pc. Thanks OP!
Ethan Anderson
>Microsoft doesn't need to sell the game, I'm sure Microsoft's highest priority is to work on features that help sell less games.
Gavin Young
Microsoft neither want to sell games nor sell consoles. They want people to use their platform. In the same way they made Internet Explorer free to get everyone to use it and snuff out competition, they're doing the same thing with Xbox and PC games. It was illegal when they did it in the 90s but it's a normal business tactic nowadays.
Ryan Allen
I'll prolly just have sex day one
Luke Hill
If they can run Windows, I'm buying the Series X Day One. It would blow out most budget rigs, , allow you to bypass the paid online, and do most things a normal PC could do.
Carson Turner
Sorry XBox, I like the idea and even bought an Xbox previously, but the Sony exclusives are just too much and made me felt left out when all my favourite streamers like Distortion2 and Elajizz were playing games I couldnt play.
Luke Thomas
how big is the difference between an Xbox S and Xbox X and why should I just buy a Sw*tch instead?
Grayson Flores
There isnt a single piece of furniture in my room that can fit a PS5, also the console AND controller look retarded. Crazy how many people think that Ratchet and Clank will be a console seller.
Tyler Flores
Every studio microsoft buys turns into garbage. That only normies and reddit praise so no thanks. You even have people trying to advertise stalker 2 for free here on Zig Forums. Itll probably have mumble rap and trannies in it.
Benjamin Robinson
i have refrigerator already.
Robert Price
t. sex obsessed pedo
Dylan Nelson
YEAH WELL YOU CAN JUST TAKE YOUR UNPATRIOTIC ASS RIGHT OUT OF AMERICA YOU COMMIE LOVING PIECE OF TRASH
Christopher Smith
i will if i can install windows on it.
Henry Brown
I'm buying both, why is this board treating under 1k dollars like it's some sort of important expense
Owen Sanders
Kek communism works fag. Unlike your broken capitalism.
Brayden Taylor
HELL YEAH BROTHER GLAD TO SEE ANOTHER PATRIOTIC AMERICAN ON Zig Forums EVERY GOD LOVING AMERICAN KNOWS CHINK BUG CONSOLES ARE A THREAT TO ALL MANKIND AND THE ONLY TRUE FREEDOMS CONSOLE IS XBOX BECAUSE IT'S AMERICAN MADE BABY
Jason Adams
It's actually more like MS has the worst fucking timing with acquisitions. Rare was fucked long before their purchase. The only ones that didn't fuck up entirely after purchase were Ninja Theory and Obsidian.
Hudson Long
because lots of Zig Forumsaggots are NEETs with no money
Jordan Russell
What has ninja theory made of value recently? And obsidian has made nothing good at all since microsoft bought them. It's over. Aside from saying nigger this board is actually reddit lmao
Alexander Williams
Pajeet pls go
Robert Hill
Ninja Theory made Hellblade. Also Grounded started at Obsidian after the acquisition, and is a pretty good fucking start.
Bentley Ross
>fantastic backwards compatibility program Yeah I sure do love having a whole 40 original xbox games available.
Nicholas Roberts
Whatever you say bro. None of those games are good. Enjoy your budget gamepass games from here on out bro.
Robert Richardson
$299 really would be a killer price for an all-digital model.