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Sony aims to release live service PlayStation games day & date on PC and PS5, but single-player games will have more "strategic approach."
How? I’m sorry but how when they literally port their games to the PC now after not even 2 years, it’s rumored GoW Ragnarok is next.
The best thing they could have done is focus on the generation before with PS3 / PS4 titles and when it got to the PS6 then start porting PS5 games so people will want to get the sequel on the new console
Now PC gamers just wait it out because they know it’s coming
Rock Star does the same thing. Release 1st on consoles, wait a year or two then release on PC. It's clearly a strategy that works for them.
They don't need a lot of PC gamers to move to Playstation, but they just need a few who would also buy into it and possibly double dip. There are some very unhappy gamers on Twitter, who wanted to hear day and date for all games.
Fox
Your analyse is not accurate..
If sony keeps things the way they are then they will grow the business. Some pc gamers who really liked God of War for example might buy PS4 or 5 to play Ragnarok. Same if they announce ghost of tsushima 2 or a new Ratchet game.
Rockstar?
Yeah I loved playing Red Dead Redemption on PC…….
@Cacabunga
I highly doubt it, PC gamers have their setups, if they didn’t budge for years to get a console despite all the cool exclusives then they aren’t going to budge now knowing a new PS5 game will get a port 2 years later
@cacbunga
Basically you're functioning under the assumption that PC players are impatient, rich and stupid.
Most will not budge. But if the hype is real enough they'll get a few. But those few won't actually be invested in the platform.
Those unhappy gamers will just have to suck it up. I'm sure Sony sees how thats worked out for Xbox. Why tf would they follow in their footsteps
How?
According to Sony, by co launching live service games like Helldivers2 day one, then enticing PC players to want to play sequels on the console for SP games.
That's how. If you play Ghost of Tsushima and Sony launches GoT 2 on PS later this year, you're more apt to want to grab the console and play the sequel instead of waiting.
Yeah, pc players are the most patient of players. They will just wait for the game to come to pc.
You're just spitting back out the Sony PR line.
PC-first and PC-centric gaming is a different beast. Helldivers 2's popularity and GoT's popularity are because they're good solid games, not because they're from PlayStation publishing.
It's the same PlayStation that put Helldivers 2 for sale internationally, then pulled their PSN-Steam removal card. The same PlayStation that released Returnal with UE4's dreaded shader stutter. The same PlayStation that released TLOU Part 1 in a broken state.
If Sony's PS4 slate of titles didn't convince PC gamers, if their current PS5 titles still don't, ports of games they've had *years* of knowing and reading and hearing about aren't going to convince them to finally buy a console.
Don't fall so easily for the same PR BS that fabricates quotes from their own studio heads.
I mean that's certainly the thinking, but for most PC gamers that just won't work. Like in a rare circumstance if someone was already on the fence about a console that might get them to take the plunge and buy a PlayStation, but it will be the exception rather than the rule.
PC gamers are super patient
There's no f****** way, for example, they are going to get a PS5 the moment Ghost of Tsushima 2 is announced just because they played the PC port of the first game
The mindset?
"Ah cool GoT2 has been announced, really enjoyed the first game. Anyway I'll just play on the dozens of other games I have while I wait for the obvious PC port from Sony in like 2 years"
Not a chance they'll all wait now.
@tacoboto
"You're just spitting back the Sony PR line."
I literally said: "According to Sony."
I was responding to someone who asked "How?"
I gave Fox an answer that reflects Sony's thinking. Maybe read the OP's comment and then reading a reply to that person as if it's an answer to their question instead of sounding off in such a bizarre way. See Jeece's reply to mine.
@Dom I do. Sony may not, but then again, they've made billions in the gaming industry and you've made $0.
@thorstein PC gamers have been condition to wait... Epic Games exclusives don't sell well and EA, Ubisoft, and MS have all come back/or arrived on Steam and that's all for preferred store front that doesn't cost money at all so to think people will rush out to spend 500 dollars on a console (whichvcould be used to help pay for PC upgrades) is a bit naive.
I think some of yall are giving pc gamers to much credit. Not every pc gamer is gonna be the same. I'm sure sony isnt expecting all pc gamers to switch, that would be foolish. Idk how many pc goers are there. 500 million 400 million idk really. Say son bgets 5 million of them to it was worth it. If you say none imma call bs
You're mistakenly speaking for all PC gamers, there are bound to be some people who are not willing to wait and for Sony those are potential console buyers.
eh, no ... if a PC gamer is playing on a PC, they'll continue to do so ... there are tons n tons of games on Steam alone and the steam gamers' backlog stories are one of the most discussed topic you'll find in PC forums ... indie is already huge there, plus early access, PC-exclusive titles, VR, big publishers' titles and now Sony's ports too.
Realistically speaking, usually there's not enough time to complete the backlog alone, than go buy a separate console altogether.
The only game that has the power somewhat to make a PC gamer to get a console is GTA VI.
PC gaming existed and proliferated well before this recent Sony's PC decision.
@romulus23
True, there will be new gamers who will be exposed to PlayStation IPs, and they will possibly obtain PSN accounts, both of which make people more inclined to purchase PlayStation.
I don’t think you understand PC gaming. We have sooooo many games to play it’s kind of ludicrous. The insane Steam backlog is not a myth. So, we’ll happily wait for the best version of a game.
How these guys think that they're only pc gamers that won't buy a console, I'll never know..lol. we're talking about the whole world here..not a few guys on this site or reddit.
Edit: in fact there's posts on reddit how they bought a ps5 after having played a few exclusives on PC.
"Not a chance they'll all wait now."
You don't know what all of them will do. Some may wait some may not.
Well, if they want the games when they release, they will need a PlayStation. If they are ok with waiting, then they can do that. I think it’s a sound gameplan for PlayStation. The release of games on PC, will generate additional fans for the ips.
So who cares how / when someone chooses to spend or not spend their money? Sony gets their money for their game sold either way whether its on PS5 or PC, so in the end what does it matter?
PC gamers will wait a year to get a game $10 cheaper lol. they ain't gonna go out and spend $500 on a system to play 1 game. people underestimate them big time.
@Fox
It actually works, i know some of my friends and cousins who cannot wait and bought a Ps5 to play Horizon FW. In fact they cannot believe that "ps has amazing games" lol
Sure there's others who can wait a whole year or two but then there's others who have to play as soon as possible.
*** Now PC gamers just wait it out because they know it’s coming ***
I think a lot of people who would abandon consoles entirely don't because of the wait. Sure, they aren't drawing new users from PC like they want, but they are maintaining while getting more from PC-only gamers (possibly even double taps from those who own both).
The PS5 Pro is going to be WAY above the average PC of users on Steam.
The PS5 Pro will be able to play every single game they have released on PC at PC settings with a minimum of 60FPS and higher with unlocked framerates.
I agree, there is zero logic from Sony on this. Sony completely underestimate how stubborn a PC player is. They can wait, I'll now wait as I've stopped buying games for my PS5 and will now acquire them for free on PC.
"While Helldivers 2 was released day and date on both PS5 and PC, don’t expect single-player narrative-driven games to be released in the same boat by Sony anytime soon. - This was confirmed by PlayStation’s soon-to-be co-CEO Hermen Hulst in Sony’s business segment presentation"
There you have it. Won't be 'day and date' single player games on PC anytime soon or for the forseeable future. They understand single player games are Playstation's backbone.
So much for the nonsense narrative that playstation is somehow failing so they are going to immediately start releasing every single game day and date on PC lol.
Agreed. First & foremost Playstation not only wants to sell their AAA first party games but their gaming consoles to play them on that is why their AAA first party games come to PC later after it sells on PS consoles.
I was told that Playstation was doing so bad on here and on X that Helldivers 2 was going to release on Xbox and Sony was going to start releasing all games on pc day and date with playstation. Why do people constantly lie on the internet!!!!!
We've gone from you'll never see PS games on PC, to you'll never see any PS games day one on PC, to you'll see some PS games day one but have to wait for others.
I mean, its kinda looks like it's heading one way no? That "wait" is going to get shorter and shorter.
It's happening.
God of War 2018 - 4 years
Horizon Zero dawn - 3 years
Horizon Forbidden West - 2 years
Well, with MS going full PC/multiplatform, PlayStation will need to adapt. Luckily, they are in a position to hold the fort for all lovers of console gaming. Otherwise, if MS’s business model was the norm, we can all kiss console gaming goodbye.
Thank god for Sony.
Ragnarok is now 1y and 10m between PS-PC release. Its only going to get shorter over time.
Well, change of leaderships on Sony did that, under Jim it looked like a lot has changed. Who would have thought eh?
Who would have thought under Big ole Phil xbox games would come to Playstation eh?
That's a smart move because at the end of the day playstation is a hardware business and need to sell hardware folks
Considering the amount of bangers PlayStation and Nintendo make, your name doesn't sound very apt.
Well I think he means that on PC, all software eventually is playable on it. Which is true.
Consoles just are a convenient way of playing some sooner than later.
Darth, all software eventually is playable on PC through emulation and theft of games. You forgot that part. It's not through legal means.
Apocalypse- You consider emulation theft of games? LMAO
Way to shill for corporations.
This gen has been trash. I was already on the fence but caved and bought the consoles, I have regretted that decision. Most of the games that I would play come to PC anyway. I'm done with consoles. I have had the best time with PC this gen and a good amount last gen that it just pulled me away.
This is probably the best they can do for now. Selling hardware is their heritage. It's what they've always done since the beginning. They're doing the best they can to hold on to that.
Let's see if they will be consistent with their actions too.
Only when it's more profitable than not. Right now there's no rush. PC gamers treat these old games like they are new releases.
PC market proliferated well before Sony's "drip feed" and will continue to proliferate with or without the "drip feed".
LMAO, these takes.
None of this makes sense. make a point so I can at least respond. I have also found that when people use acronyms like 'that' they aren't very confident in what they are saying. You might not be the case, but in general it's like that.
PC gamers are not going to flock to PlayStation to play their games, but Sony is fine having them double dip for the cost or porting games years later without alienating their bread and butter customers. It's just free money.
I don't think Sony strategy will work. So Sony idea is advertise single player experiences to PC gamers at a higher cost thus making us want a ps5 or whatever for the sequel. Do they know how much the average pc gamer has invested? I agree with a post here PC gamers are patient and Microsoft is taking a nicer approach. Stop the exclusives and just embrace gaming on a whole. Sony is still protecting their infrastructure of exclusive games to PS platform like Nintendo. If devices like the Steamdeck have taught us anything people want freedom. We're talking about PC here with a backlog of games into oblivion. I just I think I just think I might have a couple games to keep me busy while I'm waiting for the 3rd Spiderman game or next god of war to release and if it don't oh well. PC is a universal platform in which all games should be and can be played. After all every game started on PC at some point.
If that means more pc ports then all the better. Then release the sequel maybe 1-2 years later for more profit. Hope that means ghost 2 is in the works, I am having a blast with the first game on PC. PC gamers are willing to wait for years and sales for games as backlogs are incredible on PC.
If that is the case, then they should focus on single player games as those as to be released later on PC and will be more likely to entice PC players.
However according to this article
https://wccftech.com/playst...
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"Sony confirmed the names of the seven studios focusing on single-player games with a narrative focus - Asobi, Insomniac Games, Santa Monica Studio, Sucker Punch, Naughty Dog, Firesprite and Housemarque, and the nine working on pure live service games or hybrid titles - Bungie, San Diego Studio, Firewalk, Haven and Neon Koi for pure live service games and Guerrilla Games, Polyphony, Media Molecule and Bend Studio.
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Thus more live service games than single player will be released if true.
Sony completely underestimates the PC players stubbornness to wait years or to simply do without. Which is what PC players have been doing for decades until you started giving your big games away for free on torrent sites. Ghosts of Tsushima was at over 500k seeders on a popular site and the best estimates are that game sold around 70k on Steam.
They can if they want to and Sony doesn’t need all of them to buy PlayStations. Their money is good enough. And as far as patience goes, they are not that patient. They are gamers just like everyone else. Besides they have the money because they generally have expendable funds. Shit, when I play on my PC regularly, my electric bill is through the roof. Haha
It's a logical yet flawed business model.
It's flawed because if it were effective, people would have already shifted from PC to PlayStation years ago. The same people would migrate from Steam to the Epic Games Store, etc. Making them wait in a world already saturated with games won't compel them to buy a console.
Despite this, it's a logical strategy as it represents guaranteed money when Sony decides to port their game. Additionally, a second release allows them to rekindle interest in an older title, resulting in title sales. Finally, it satisfies a segment of the PlayStation fanbase that appreciates the concept of exclusivity.
"It's flawed because if it were effective, people would have already shifted from PC to PlayStation years ago."
Worked for me. PS' first wave was back in the 90s and I was caught up in it. Between Sierra, Looking Glass Studios, and Psygnosis most of my favorites on PC were from Psygnosis.
Sierra, Looking Glass are gone and so is Psygnosis, but Psygnosis game me 3 or more favorites on PC and when Psygnosis became Studio Liverpool I picked up a PSP for WipEout Pure and switch to PS2 instead of playing on PC
I have a PC it's not much for gaming anymore; being 7 years old now it can't run most modern PS5 era games well at 1080p30 maxed out. I'd basically run all PS5 ports and 1080p30 medium or lower settings with stutters and such. R&C is a great example of that. 900p30 with much longer loading due to PCIe gen 3 NVMe speeds. Anyway, I do rarely buy PC games still and have for over a decade. Back towards the end of PS3 era I got a meh laptop with weak gaming potential but managed Crysis 1 at 1080p30 with a mix of medium and high settings. It could hardly run late PS3 games including NFS:MW which ran fine on PS3 and while the most complete portable version was a visual cut the PS Vita ran the game better than my laptop! Today my phones run games like Grid: Autosport and Alien: Isolation much better than my old laptop at the same or higher settings and resolutions.
This is where my PC is now. Picked it up as a workstation at the end of the PS4 gen and now it can hardly run the simpler games made for PS5. Unless it's a really simple indie title like Animal Well these days. It really feels like my PC became less computationally capable. Yet, FH5 runs maxed out at 1440p30 with RT. Of course FH5 wasn't the spectacle people touted it as. Some still think FH5 is a top-tier game visually for the PC platform. To me that's a bit generous of them.
Look, the point is, I moved to PS2 and PSP after I discovered some of my favorite PC games were on PS. I ultimately still wasn't a 'fanboy' at the time. I entered fanboy age during the PS3 era and that lasted for all of 5 years and I picked up an Xbox 360 during the PSN outage which ironically only made me understand that sometimes fanboys can have very solid arguments. In the end. Most of my gaming is on console primarily PS. I stopped caring about Nintendo and Xbox burned me with Xbox 360.
Back in the 90s my favs were PS 1st party games on PC. Thing is I didn't know it. As PS started publishing my favorites, I left PC as a platform behind at least largely speaking. I still have a decent PC, but I don't do a lot of gaming on it and don't ever feel pressure to upgrade like I used to. PC as a platform has so many massive drawbacks and when I was young my OCD didn't help. Even getting treated for OCD and trying some recent PC games I still fell into old habits tweaking game settings to get the most out of my HW. It takes up so much time and is just... too much effort. On literally prefer playing on my phone to playing on PC and rather ironically PS4 and phones were the first places where I saw 90 and 120FPS games respectively thanks to PSVR on PS4 and 120hz displays on phones. Honestly it's not at all difficult to give up 120FPS for significantly better visuals and most PS5 games I play at 30FPS for even better visuals anyway.
The fact that 30FPS doesn't slow me down probably also makes me a better gamer. I even play Stellar Blade at 30... though, the final boss kicked my butt so much I switched to story mode. Happy to say hard mode was still unlocked when I finished the game and so far I've not experienced any serious difficulties against the hard mode bosses yet.
Anyway, PC is just as locked down especially with Windows 11 and more people will ultimately be f••••d out of caring about PC gaming for the waste of time that it is, eventually. My PC is a means to capture very high quality 1440p60 gameplay from PS5 these days.
PC is an open platform, Sony will release their games on it in a manner that fits with their bottom line. Dummies act like these decisions are not backed by research and data by people who are paid to weigh/monitor these decisions 24/7. Playstation matters to Sony in a way that some don't understand or pretend not to. Microsoft unlike the other 2 platform holders can be reckless and take big gambles with their xbox division because it has almost no relevance to their bottom line. There is almost zero case to be made for day and date when the potential damage it could cause is taken into account.
If you own a gaming PC why would you buy a PS5 for a single player game that's going to release on PC in a year or two? There's plenty of games to play whilst you wait.
If you want more people to buy your console do what Nintendo do. Don't release your games on another console and don't release on PC.
I dont think many pc gamers will buy a playststion to play playstation games, they will just wait the 1-2 yrs for it to get ported. That being said, this is the right decision. MS destroyed their console business, now there is literally zero reason to own an xbox.
Yeah..... But port the predicessors to PC to make you question why you even has a console in the first place
Sorry, Sony. As a PC gamer with a hefty rig, you still have not convinced me on why a PS5 console is worth my money. At this stage, it's safe to say it will never happen. Downvote me all you like. But someone please explain to me logically why anyone with even a decent PC rig would want to shell out $500+ for PS hardware at this point? Also, please don't use timing in your argument - I have plenty of games to play, I can wait and I don't care how long. (i.e. that's not a valid reason for shelling out $500+).
SP games they're keeping at 80 bucks for 2-3 years? Yeah, by the time they're considering a discount/sale, PC gamers will be able to pick it up at a lower price and play it with better performance.
This strategy won't bring in PC players to Playstation 5/6. It will sinply mean that those console-players who refuse to pay 80 bucks for incomplete SP games will increasingly just wait for a cheaper and better PC release instead.
Tell me you know nothing about PC gamers without telling me you know nothing about PC gamers. Sony should just put the games day and date on PC and be done with it
Not Sony first party, GTA6 on PS5 Pro will be the one for Sony if Microsoft sits this model refresh out. PC release will be a while to wait
Interesting strategic approach sure, but people don’t always act like you hope they would.
It’s a rather safe strategy tho. If it works, great, but if it doesn’t, no harm really.
Doesn't really make sense. Since, it's going to be released on PC, players will just wait for it to become available. If they really want to entice players to play on playstation, than don't release any of their first party games on PC at all.
Exclusives it's what made specific console unique from other. It's still working for Nintendo, so Sony should have just kept it to their platform as well.
Also, Sony should just stop it with these live service games, and stick to what they do best, and that is make great single player games. It's helped since the psone era to now.
When a PS game comes to steam, PC gamers "oh cool another game to my vast catalogue!". If it doesn't, PC gamers "OK, I'll play a game from my vast catalogue!". People on here thinking PC gamers are port begging, when in reality they don't care either way seeing as Sony is making these decisions.
The Xbox brand has done a lot of good over the years, but their various blunders are pretty wild to look back on in their magnitude.
Ironically number 9 can save them at this point (releasing games on multiple platforms)
By “save them” you mean make more profit for Microsoft. Xbox will still be a dying hardware platform.
You could add the naming scheme for the consoles, it just confuses customers. I know they wanted to avoid traditional numbering bc it would always be lower than their competitor, but this whole 360 then One then Series thing is confusing af. Imagine a Soccer Mom trying to figure this stuff out. I still mistakenly call the Series X the One from time to time on accident.
Don't forget about the Xbox One, Xbox One X and Xbox Series X! Good luck to Soccer moms around the world.
They did that on purpose to confuse and direct attention away from the generational numbering.
MS doesn’t like reminding people that they joined the industry after others had already been involved in gaming.
For instance, they called the xbox “360” to combat PlayStation “3” because they wanted to seem like “more” than “3”, so instead of xbox 2, they opted for xbox 360. Also this had the additional benefit of selling consoles to uninformed parents who might purchase a “360” instead of a “3” by mistake, or because they thought 360 was more than 3. Kind of a disingenuous move.
They have been continuing with their confusing naming patterns for pretty much the same reasons. Frankly, it fits with who and what they are as a brand.
I can understand their reasoning, but whoever came up with that naming scheme should be fired, bad naming schemes have killed consoles (I'm pretty sure it was the major reason for the downfall of the WiiU). They should have had unqiue names like Nintendo and Sega have had for their consoles, far less confusing for the consumer.
@FinalFantasyFanatic "They should have had unqiue names like Nintendo..."
lol, you mean:
NES, SNES
GameBoy, GameBoy Advanced, GameBoy Colour, GameBoy SP
DS, DSi, DSXL
3DS, 3DS XL, New 3DS, New 3DS XL
Wii, Wii U
Switch, Switch OLED
Phil Spencer is the worst that has happened to Xbox.
They built a respectable brand up to Xbox one. Then this guy took over and things became a joke
I didn't like either person, both people damaged their respective brands and produced worse outcomes, but Phil did save the Xbox brand from being retired by Microsoft. Although in hindsight, he should have just let it die, rather than languish in limbo like it is now.
Phil Spencer was also on the team back when 360 was around, alongside Shane Kim, Peter Moore etc. I think the damage that did the most harm was the Don Mattrick "Always Online" console (ahead of its time basically). They handed Sony and Nintendo a free-pass when that was revealed. It went downhill from there. Then the corporate machine went into full swing to try and recover. They have to a degree as a games company for the masses, and less so for the core gamer. Outside USA, the Xbox brand does not sell as well as Japanese based consoles (citation needed).
Want a decision maker. The always online and TV plans was a disaster yes, but they caught up by announcing 1st party games that gamers actually kept the hype going.. until this moron took over and introduced the PC day one release.. e all know where that ended..
I dont think they were ever a respectable brand, not since the beginning, when their goal was never to be involved and share in the gaming space. I think the OG xbox was an exception because MS as a brand was still getting its foot in and so the people behind that were people of the gaming industry.
The 360 was the brand in its prime though, everything went downhill towards the end of that generation. Its staple games like Halo, Forza and Gears are what kept the console relevant and afloat for so long.
Really good video.
I remember the days with RRoD was big news on here, N4G.
Microsoft had it turbulence number of years.
Looking at the success of Sea of Thieves despite being 6 years old, time to release Halo, Forza horizon 4 & 5 on PS5. It'll help their revenue
2 of the 4 games they did already sold really well. So it's definitely going down. Idk about halo or forza but I feel those studios they've bought in the last 5 years, their coming
I found this video painful to watch. Can someone list them out?
Top 10 for me from are:
1. 2013 reveal presentation
2. Bundling Kinect 2 with Xbox One
3. RRoD or why rushing to market with hardware is always a bad idea.
4. Buying studios only to close them.
5. Ads on the Home Screen
6. Letting Halo die.
7. Letting Geard of War die.
8. Every console name
9. Charging for Xbox Live on Xbox 360 when Sony let PS3 players play online for free.
10. Cancelling release of OG Xbox games after the Xbox 360 launched.
It's only a 20 minute video. they aren't going deep enough. The mistakes have been catastrophic.
I wonder if the same author will do a "Crazy good things Xbox did that they want you to remember" video?
1. Xbox Live service on OG Xbox was ground-breaking for console market despite Dreamcast from SEGA offering online capabilities
2. the introduction of key gaming series like Halo, Forza, Gears, Fable etc.
3. The massive marketing campaigns like Zero Hour for the 360 launch, Peter Moore with GTA IV fake tats
4. Innovative ideas like Kinect
5. The acceptance of past mistakes with RROD and the ability to try and fix that (willingly or otherwise).
6. A continued "attempt" at bringing Japanese games like Blue Dragon, Lost Odessey to NA/Euro market outside of PS dominance (despite failing)
7. Streaming Xbox games without the need for a console
8. Gamepass for those on tight budgets
I expect a lot of downvotes for this but I like the banter. Would be good to see similar articles for Playstation and Nintendo, someone.
Marketing is considered a good thing?
Fixing RROD is something they had to do. It wasn’t a good thing it was mandatory or they would have been sued to hell.
Streaming is horrible - it’s part of their plan to kill off console.
Online was done elsewhere and I’ve played on every major online console (except last 2 Xbox’s) and the differences are unnoticeable. This is just a talking point from Xbox fans.
GamePass has ruined them and their newest acquisitions.price will go only go higher over time and quality will go down.
I don't think you can spin a some of those as good things.
Key gaming series - These kept them afloat, but they became too reliant on those franchises, and said franchises became stale, I don't think anyone is going to fondly talk about Halo 5 or Infinite, 5,10 years from now like they have of the first few games.
Marketing - I don't even remember these.
Kinect - It was kinda cool, but they made a mistake trying to force it on people during the Xone era, but that was one of the few things they came up with, can't think of anything else really.
RROD - that was so bad, it inflated sales numbers, and they refused to talk about failure rates, even now, we have wild estimates between 33% and 60%, all we know is, it was really high.
Gamepass - providing cheap gaming at the expense of your own survival and that of the developers who jumped onboard? This is one of their biggest reasons for failure, I don't think Sony should have followed suit with their own equivalent either.
Just 10? But no, seriously, they messed up big time after the 360, never really had an Xbox console, other than the original but I didn't have it for long as I just didn't use it as much as my PS2 but I always enjoyed playing them when I went round to a mates house, too many hours to count on Halo, loved viva piñata, gears of war, Forza and really thought they could do something, they had the talent but since the 360 it's just been absolutely abysmal.
I'm glad games like sea of thieves, hi fi rush and hopefully more are coming to playstation, that's probably the best thing for me that has come out of this but that's it, other than that, it's been a complete mismanagement.
I loved the Halo Lan parties, despite owner a 360, I was never a fan of the console, but those parties were great fun.
My feeling is their biggest mistake is not understanding what is the heart of gaming...the games. They have been in video games now at least 23 years. That is way more than enough time to build internally and organically their own IPs. Halo was brilliant and they hit the road running with Halo being so good out of the gate. Forza and Gears are fantastic too, but they have been inconsistent to non-existent after that. There is absolutely no excuse for this. They have had plenty of time to develope more original IPs even if some failed, keep trying, but they didn't do that now they have no true exclusives beyond Halo, Forza and Gears really. Yes they have a few others, but those 3 are defining and synonymous with the Xbox brand. Now they are going multi plat. They are not a true video game entity like Nintendo and Sony if you ask me. Microsoft had failed. They contribute in other ways to push the industry, but it isn't where it truly matters. Games.
Microsoft actually needs to sit down and truly think on what they want to do and how to run Xbox. Right now as it stands and as it shows they don't know WTF they are doing. Except dragging the Xbox brand nose first deeper into the ground. I mean its true there are barely any exclusives that make me say hey I should buy the machine. Locking the Coalition and 343 to just certain franchises I think has to be very boring on their end. If Microsoft doesn't turn shit around before or if they do drop a next gen Xbox. People are just going to bypass the XBox as a whole.
All fair points, although the chonkyness of the OG Xbox has its own charm, even though we made of Xbox controllers and their users who preferred it. Really surprised Game Pass wasn't mentioned, considering that was a huge financial sinkhole for Xbox, because people could game on the cheap and not buy physical/digital copies of games.
I also feel that the Activision/Blizzard acquisition is going to be one of the final nails in the coffin for Xbox as a hardware company.
Microsoft recently revealed its plans to incorporate Copilot directly into video games, with Minecraft being the first showcased example.
F*** AI
"Hey Copilot, what's a good meme to prove I dislike AI".... https://giphy.com/clips/sou...
Two trillion dollar company that just can't wait to put as many people possible out of work as fast as possible.
It feels like every single thing they do is making gaming worse and destroying the industry.
....you know it takes people to program the AI.... right? It isnt like it is sentient. We haven't reach skynet level of situation or anywhere close to the matrix just yet.
That's next Thursday.
It takes a people to program the AI then that AI is used for who knows how many games eliminating countless jobs which only grows as AI is used for more and more game creation functions.
What you're saying is so ridiculously short sighted and truly larking any kind of understanding and foresight.
Why all the hate? Im actually excited about this! Always wanted this kind of immersion, and an AI companion with me all the time helping me out knowing the status of my skills/inventory/progress and giving me tips on the best approach or how to craft something specific is game changing for the industry.
Hate all you want about AI, but this is just the start and I can see the potential already. You wont be complaining in the next 5-10 years about this, but rather complain if a game hasn’t implemented it.
Yes we can't wait for the work of others to be used without the need to pay them so that MS can profit even more from the people they fire.
There is no chance I'd ever use something like this, especially if it's not part of the core game design, but a layer on top of it. It's way too much handholding. Many games already feel like busy work, because they don't let the player figure things out on their own. Having a real-time interactive guide defeats the purpose of playing the game in the first place in my opinion.
If this were to become the standard like you predict, we'll see more and more video games get away with bad design, because people will just be used to ask for help from the AI companion anyway.
Well Nintendo don't need this with some of their games these days, with invincible characters, items, easy bosses etc.. they do the hand holding built in
In the future, consoles won't even ship with a controller, because you can just sit back and watch the entire f***ing game play itself via the AI, with no player input whatsoever.