Microsoft has slashed the price of its Xbox 360 in Europe: The high-end model is now less than Sony's PS3, and the basic model is almost half the cost of it is Sony rival. So Sony is going to have to follow suit, right?
Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.
"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "
Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.
i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.
but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.
"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"
Forza and Starfield next?
In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year
“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"
Xbox 360 launched 18 years ago and was a generation-defining console that invited many people to jump into gaming for the first time and connect with friends around the world. We’re thrilled people continue playing their favorite Xbox 360 games on Xbox 360, or on newer consoles via Backward Compatibility for supported titles.
"we believe in game preservation"
Remember the media reaction when PlayStation wanted to shut down the PS3 store (but then kept it open)... where is that reaction here?
RIP Xbox 360 digital store and all its games.
It really grinds my gears that they are waiting till 10 days before closing to give the best discounts and the list as of now is 100 or less titles from the massive 360 library
I should have enough points by the weekend to get £25 credit off MS, (hardly ever spend money on xb1), might look at a few of these.
The Xbox 360 store was one of the only advantages the Xbox Series consoles had over the PS5. When I got my series X, I spent more playing Xbox 360 games vs current-gen Xbox games since that was the golden era for Xbox and several titles had enhancements such as 4k resolution and fps boost.
Closing this store will now only benefit the competition.
When the PS5 and the Xbox Series X/S first launched all the way back in 2020, console sales were not what either platform manufacturer wanted them to be. The pandemic slowed things down more than ever before, even though in the case of each next-gen console, all the units that were manufactured, sold.
Of course that didn’t last, and soon manufacturing limitations on the consoles were a thing of the past, and sales started to leap forward. For one next-gen console platform, at least.
I can see why Microsoft is putting their games on PlayStation with these numbers
Imagine how many copies of future games like Elder Scrolls VI, Blade, Indiana Jones and more they could sell if they went fully multiplatform.
Sony would probably be selling more if they stopped sending mixed signals about their future. Putting games on PC because you are taking data analytic advice from Microsoft about the future of consoles is folly and has limited their potential sales. Microsoft want Sony and the world to believe that consoles are done as a business so companies like Sony and Nintendo etc can end up serving Microsoft's platform. Remember when it comes to Microsoft "It is us or no one and the three E's" Don't fall for it.
not applying a price cut would hurt ps3. Yes things are in the favor right now but no falling asleep at the job. From rumors they are set to show off some fantastic looking games for their 2008/2009 line up. So sales will continue to rise. However due to their late start they need to accelerate past the X360 and move closer to the sales of the wii. With blu ray now the official winner, it should give sony the room to mass produce blu ray drives thus bringing their costs down. Also decreasing the size of the cell chip in ps3 should also drive costs down. Essentially everything is already set in place for them to drop the price. PSP and ps2 are still selling well providing sony the opportunity to sell their ps3's at a loss but still come out with a profit in their games division. GTA4 price cut is definetly the way to go. I am not sure how much of a system seller GTA4 will be for the X360 i feel it could be more of a system seller for the PS3 (but that's just my opinion) and sony needs to take advantage of this
What do you think, Sony Soldiers? Should your King cut the PS3's price and CRUSH those Nazisoft SLUGS once and for all?
MWAH-HA-HA-HA!!!
There's a diffenrece though. No one wants that P.O.S 360 that is already WAYYYY cheaper and getting STOMPED. I feel bad for the XBOTS. What losers LMAO.
I don't care about the prices anymore. (important for some but not all}
I just need better games and services from $ony
prices are never going to be stable, so whats the point, the games the you play and service you get is what counts for us gamers, this fight between 360 and PS3 will never end...