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NateDrake: A critically acclaimed Xbox 1st party title will come to a competitor platform in 2024 (UP: WC says more titles could be ported as well)
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Are people just joking when they completely ignore PS5 and just talk about a Xbox game release on Switch 2 during this year,
or am i missing something ?
I believe the reason why the game nor the console is named is because otherwise everyone would say "huh... ok" and move on.
or am i missing something ?
I believe the reason why the game nor the console is named is because otherwise everyone would say "huh... ok" and move on.
And pass up on the opportunity for all of this indirect port begging?
We have had xbox games on switch like the two ori games, Microsoft have shown that they are okay with that choice. Why would we think ps5 first then when the previous examples were more on switch?
Hack, for xbox developped game pentiment, we have had it's devs talk about how in theory a switch port would be directly, since they see that as possible instead of on PS.
Well, thinking first about Switch 2 in 2024 is kinda weird, but ok.
That's just ppl and their hope for switch 2 being announced bleeding into this convo more than anything else I would say.
It's just the two Ori games, and that was 3-4 years ago.
As for XGS games, more recently MS was okay with letting As Dusk Falls go to PS4/5.
For older examples, we have had the rare games on gba after Microsoft bought them (not the same case and strategy, but they have had consistent history for the question of where a Microsoft exclusive could be ported)
I think this is also extremely likely. The "GotY contender for the year it was released" struck me as extreme clickbait.
I don't think that is correct. The question they were asked in this interview was to do with the possibility of the game being ported to devices like Switch or iPad, and the answer was in relation what they were asked about, followed by "I would love the game to be on as many platforms as possible".
That was like 20 years ago, and Xbox did not have a handheld alternative to develop for so they focused on the popular Nintendo hardware of the time. The PSP was introduced to the market as Rare was beginning to sunset the development of handheld games.
Microsoft also licensed banjo again for the n64 online on the Switch a few years ago to append to the rare stuff (which like I said, was too old to be the same case and strategy, it's obvious it was another case, but helps to respond to the question I was responding as to why some ppl thought switch before Playstation.)
Not just GBA Rare games, Microsoft was a big supporter of DS, through other publishers:
Viva Piñata Pocket Paradise
Zoo Tycoon
Zoo Tycoon 2
Age of Empires
Age of Empires Mythologies
Mechassault Phantom War
Blue Dragon Plus
Blue Dragon Awakened Shadow
Pretty wild how many people think this heralds the end of Xbox as a platform and an end to Xbox hardware.
I don't think that MS is going full multipatform, not with the ABK acquisition which is a big move. 0% chance.
More like concern trolling
At least I hope it is.. Cause no way people actually think this
Halo: Combat Evolved on Switch confirmed
Beloved, GotY candidate for the year it released in.
Beloved, GotY candidate for the year it released in.
Plenty of people, rightly or wrongly, already thought that third party is the logical conclusion for Microsoft. This is just more grist for the mill.
I gotta admit people calling Phil to make a statement is pretty funny. What is he supposed to say exactly?
It's just utter fanboy fantasy and concern trolling. They've made themselves in to a first party publishing giant literally just last year, and have yet to really flex any of their muscles from all of their acquisitions. They are definitely able to me more unorthodox about the models they pursue and the platforms they target, but people are out of their mind if they think the hardware is going anywhere or that exclusives aren't coming. The people who buy in to this thinking and want it to be true are gonna feel sore about it in a few years.
ABK forces some 3rd party activity, even if there wasn't a contractual obligation to fulfill re: Cod, the idea that spending 70bn to create games for Xbox alone is hard to swallow for all but the most paranoid, what's interesting is working out where the exclusivity line is.
I read something about Starfield being profitable immediately at launch, but we know now that it wasn't the exclusive that shifted huge amounts of hardware. I don't see why Microsoft would feel that keeping it on Xbox alone would be hugely beneficial.
I don't see why this might be all that different to Sony putting games on pc after release, but keeping some games fully exclusive.
Personally I don't think they will. This company will drop an entire division/product line without any hesitation it they seem not worth it. If the math checks out, they'll drop Xbox consoles like a hot potato.
We've heard it often enough: MS is a software/service company and not a hardware company according to the CEO.
As someone who is deeply invested in the eco system and bought more than 1200 digital games as well as countless dlc, I do believe that Xbox consoles are on their way out. Probably within the the next decade. Owning Activision is only going to accelerate that.
(For years MS have worked really hard to make Xbox irrelevant here in mainland Europe, my opinion is not based on the rumor that Hi-Fi Rush is coming to Switch, it's more based on the sum of actions and messaging by MS in the recent years.)
Yeah, Xbox HW will be there for any forseeable future/decades. What will happen is that they will have to readjust software strategy with slipping console sales/Game Pass growth. How? We will see.
PlayStation has a similar problem but about lack of super successful GAAS project that they fully own. Destiny 2 isn't doing too hot.
I know it's from a rando but can someone confirm or infirm it?
View: https://twitter.com/GodlyTrident/status/1744321020872344062
Edit: After some research, it might be some bullshit so ignore it.
View: https://twitter.com/GodlyTrident/status/1744321020872344062
Edit: After some research, it might be some bullshit so ignore it.
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I think Xbox is profitable and they've just greenlit the purchase of a series of publishers and studios.
While I think (as I said a couple of posts up) the purchases are too big purely to service Xbox consoles, they were surely part of the arrangement.
Given the difficulties that Xbox had getting Activision over the line, going as far as criticising and practically threatening the UK government, if they weren't set on staying in the console business, they'd have been able to offer more guarantees to Sony than they did and have made the problem go away instantly.
That they didn't do that should give pause for thought.
There is most definitely some on here that truly believe Microsoft is going third party after purchasing Activision Blizzard, because all the tea leaves point to that spectacle of belief. Obviously those opinions and theories ignore the elephant in the room that is Microsoft still doing relatively well (obviously not to PS5 levels), and no solid proof that going third party would even provide a swift resolution to the issue they apparently have the solution for.
So trillion dollar Microsoft just decides to be game publisher similar EA or Ubisoft with no end game plan like a big ecosystem or widely accessible subscription services etc. They'll just ask Sony to allow Gamepass like EA asked for EA Access in 2014 and if they say no, Gamepass won't be an option for consoles anymore. Especially when current CEO calls killing of Windows Phone (a hardware that had %3.4 market share at its peak) as his biggest regret in his career.
Microsoft is a weird company, everything is possible though.
If Tom Henderson had that info he would write an article about it.
Really wonder though what kinda stuff goes on inside the head of people who just make this kinda shit up.
I think they would if their hardware sales were similar to something like the Wii U and vita for 2 generations in a row. The case for MS is different since they have game pass, but their sales have declined for 2 generations in a row. In Sony case I don't think they would be making 300m single player games if PS5 was only expected to sell around 50 million consoles.
I think their strategy will need to change if they can't sell enough consoles for services like game pass to continue to grow.
Yep, that's true ahah. That said, this situation will be more unbearable as more time passes, I saw IGN picked it up and made an article. Soon more gaming site will also talk about this. MS/Phil Spencer are about to have a PR disaster if they let this go.
I think a lot of people just fundamentally misunderstand Microsoft's business strategy with Xbox, when people talk about ho they don't care about console hardware. It's true that they are less focused on shifting console hardware units than Nintendo or Sony, but the Xbox is still an invaluable access point to their software and services ecosystem - currently still more than cloud or PC. They aren't going to do things that undermine or devalue that ecosystem any more than Sony or Nintendo are.
Neither of those are day one though.
Sony could in theory lose a heap of money solely by CoD being on there.
I don't think there would be any day 1 content as there isn't any on GP Core tier
Ooh I didn't realise that, shows how little I know of gamepass :P Hmmm that would be interesting then.
I find it highly unlikely MS will base an entire hardware development and production pipeline around 20M unit sales
Activision didn't need its own hardware to be profitable
Unless Game Pass Core drastically increases the games attached to it I don't see what benefit a PlayStation user would get out of it. It really only makes sense on Xbox because it includes multiplayer support.
This is going to be hilarious when it turns out to just be Pentiment or Psychonauts 1/2 combo pack on the switch.
Yeah, even the Steam version was delisted after Microsoft pulled the plug on the GFWL Marketplace. IIRC, a Lionhead employee later said somewhere on the internet that key generation was tied to Marketplace services, so once Valve ran out, that was it.
I'd like to think we'll get an MCCesque "collection" some day, and with that a PC version of Fable 2, but with Fable 202x being a full-on reboot, I'm not exactly holding my breath.
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this is going to end up being disappointing to the other consoles fans.
They will be expecting hi fi rush but it will end up being pentiment and that's niche interest. Same thing for Flight Sim.
They should push Sea of Thieves out there and making money off of Hi Fi Rush.
Xbox has great games but not games that you will drop $299 on let alone $500.
They will be expecting hi fi rush but it will end up being pentiment and that's niche interest. Same thing for Flight Sim.
They should push Sea of Thieves out there and making money off of Hi Fi Rush.
Xbox has great games but not games that you will drop $299 on let alone $500.
In a very fucked up world, MS will port LO to PS5, before Sony porting Bloodborne.