EGMR writes: "The Xbox One took a bit of a while to get to South Africa, and after a lot of fortunate circumstances I was able to afford it a year after I had bought a PS4. In the last generation I had a PS3 and a gaming-ready PC, where most of my playing was done thanks to Dota 2, and as a result I missed out on a handful of Xbox 360 titles which caught my eye. While I’m not quite fanatical about Gears of War, Halo or Forza, the game Alan Wake certainly had me pining for an Xbox 360, although I was absolutely fortunate in that regard when the game made its way over to PC as well. This generation I was determined to own both consoles for two reasons. The first would be to eliminate all biases and be objective about the consoles going forward, and the second reason was obviously to play the games I would otherwise miss out on, so that I could enjoy the new generation to the fullest.
Less than a year later, however, I’ve grown distant from my Xbox One and have actually decided to sell it. Yet, you may be surprised to hear that it’s no fault of the console itself."
An existing community manager for Helldivers 2 has acknowledged the 'unfortunate' departure of Spitz following the whole PSN fiasco.
From what I see on Reddit, a lot of fans also hate him... it is just a guy that like the stir shits up, it is not good for both the Arrowheads and the fans.
I think he just got fed up by people's complaining and accidentally spilled the beans
Ya, but unfortunately that's the nature of the job, you can't get emotional, he represents the company.
Wccftech discussed the recent Xbox news with MIDiA Research analyst Rhys Elliott, who pointed out that a strong upcoming Games Showcase could help a lot with fans.
I was hoping for something different from Coalition, not Gears 6 so soon.
Their expertise in UE development could've propelled them to try out other IPs using the new UE5.
But guess, given recent MS' state, Gears 6 was the 'safer' call for the studio. But still hope they venture other IPs or even other genres ... at least FPSs in future?
Microsoft seems only interested in maximizing profits through its biggest IPs at this point.
So soon? Its been 5 years since Gears 5, longest gap between games in the franchise.
Why would people be less angry? If MS made it's own games instead of buying up what was already available then we wouldn't be in the situation that everyone is angry at.
MS is the problem.
Everybody pays for or uses MS in some form personally or professionally. If that’s considered supporting, it hasn’t been helping Xbox.
Fuck MS and Phil. I already told that shit bag off on Twitter, if the dumb ass responds I highly doubt it, I will go off much worse. What a fucking disgrace MS and Phil are to the gaming community.
Akimbot is an upcoming sci-fi action-platformer that shows its inspiration from games of the past.
Same. I am a big fan of the series and feel it is criminally underappreciated by the community at large.
Still, you enjoyed your time with it :)
at least, you'll have 2 of the 4 major platforms to game on.
I'd like a second platform to game on. . It'll be between PS4 and PC. . in due time.
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finally, you don't need anyone's approval with the decisions you make regarding what platform(s) you want to play on. Whatever makes you happy.
Nice piece by the way.
Due to my personal preference, I would play multi-platform games on PS4 given the choice.
I’m not crazy about the Xbox One’s three biggest franchises, that being Halo, Gears and Forza. I can comfortably exist without them, and was rather looking forward to the Sunset Overdrives, Quantum Breaks and such on the console.
My gaming preferences have been with PlayStation exclusives historically (last generation), and presently after Bloodborne.
I lost interest a few lines in and after he posted the above i knew he was full of it.
Gears and Halo are two of the biggest games x box fans are waiting for! Why did he buy an x box 1 then?
He only got 1 game out the two he listed Sunset Overdrive. I don't believe this story at all sorry.
Funny how Alan Wake was the only game 360 had that I wanted too (felt like a game that would be on ps) couldn't and still don't see anything interesting about halo and gears tbh.
Random guy decides to sell his console... Who the hell cares?
"Two subscription fees will be a future headache."
Right on. That's why I decided to make the jump from PS+ to XBL Gold after being on the fence for a few months after buying my Xbox One. I was almost sure I won't be playing online on the Xbox One, but now it's my console of preference for online gaming, even for cross platform titles regardless if they're 3% better or worse than the PS4 versions.