I guess Xbox IS that irrelevant to where they NEEDED to make a spectacle out of nothing for PR purposes. If anything, something like this may have HURT Xbox's reputation as a brand. Imagine people thinking about buying an Xbox, only to find speculation that "Xbox is dying" only to have said brand not publicly address those concerns.
Not really. The incentives for buying a specific console are the exclusives. But gaming on console is about far more than that. It's also about ease of use and having a dedicated gaming device. And the convenience of simply turning your console and big screen television on and just gaming without needing to stop what you are doing on your PC. For the average person a console is a godsend compared to gaming on a PC. Or at least was until these last two generations (outside of Nintendo).
While this was true at one point, its simply no longer the case. Consoles are just limited PCs now. And PC gaming isn't even that hard to get into at this point, compared to what it was in the 90s or even the 2000s and early 2010s. You can just buy a pre-built PC specifically made for "living room" use. PC gaming is no harder to get into than console gaming now. Exclusives really are the only selling point now, and most people only stick with consoles out of inertia or misplaced brand loyalty. Nintendo is the only console manufacturer worth looking at specifically because of their exclusive library.
First party is double dipped profit tho, from the game and the sliver they normally would get.
That is one factor, but right now not even sure if it one of the biggest ones when it comes to PlayStation and Xbox.
Going with Nvidia instead of AMD just for raytracing will be a deathblow for Xbox.
I agree. From the PS5 Pro rumour (if they are even true) they are creating their own custom upscaling hardware, do wonder if that would be a cheaper solution to combat AMDs dropping of the ball in those areas.
if you think Microsoft's future in the gaming industry will be lucrative. All you should expect from them is more Redfalls and Starflops. Microsoft's biggest games right now are COD and Minecraft and it's because they haven't touch either of them. Now that they've replaced the people from Activision with (((Xbox))) employees, expect COD to shit the bed soon.
There is a difference between Xbox as a platform succeeding and what your first post said. Starfield being a mid game at best, is far from a flop sales wise, the fact is Xbox do make games that sell well, maybe not as well as rivals but nothing to laugh at.Also Matt Booty is wrong. The focus hasn't gone from consoles to games. The focus has gone from consoles to developers.
I think this shows how retarded they are. They care more about buying the licensing rights to games than they care about hiring the people that made said games.
@Product Placement @xXx: State of the Union Knowing the above do you really think Xbox as a platform is going to succeed? How the fuck are they going to succeed? All the studios they bought have gone to shit because the developers cash out after the acquisition or they get fired for ESG/DEI reasons.
You are being
I think it sold way under expectations. They probably broke even but I doubt it was much more. A couple weeks after the game came out, Todd was crowing about 6 million players. Players, not sales. If it was sales and if it was indeed a success, they would have spread that metric far and wide. Instead, the game was 30% off on Steam over the holidays. The question is how much of the initial wave was gamepass players. I'd bet it was at least half and likely more.
Last I heard for 12 million players as of December. But no idea what the break down from gamepass users vs real sales is, and how many users even it brought to gamepass rather than people who already have subs playing it.
Starfield was alleged to have a budget of at least $200 million for development alone but that was an old figure and sounds low for a game in development for seven years by 500 employee studio plus contractors and auxiliary studios brought in. Let's assume another at least $200 million for promotional material. Let's also assume half of the players came from gamepass. As you said, without knowing how many bought into gamepass specifically for Starfield, it's hard to guess but they're gonna need between 5-6 million copies sold at $70 to break even. Fallout 4 sold 12 million copies day 1. Getting btfo by Fallout 4 is a bitter pill to swallow.