@Tharsman I suppose anythings possible and I agree if they do gain back some market share the competition will only benefit the gamers.
Offering past exclusives (Halo? what?!) on PC at launch however seems like they have a one foot in one foot out approach and it remains to be seen how much that affects their console sales. Phil's sentiments about Google and Amazon being their main competitor seem to reflect a focus away from consoles and into game streaming and that's fine. But is that even relevant yet? If you do want your games on a variety of platforms, do they want to offer an alternative to Steam? That's a whole new area of competition Xbox would be gutsy to "compete" in..
It just seems like they don't really have a true focus of where they're going, at least to me.
@Ralizah All great points. The suits at Xbox either fundamentally misunderstand the market greatly or they are deciding to leave the console space behind altogether.
@Tharsman It's astonishing what they did and continue to do with the brand and I agree for a division of a company this size, there could easily be college material based off their failures to use in business courses.
You're spot on - anything they could flub up they did. The Master Chief Collection could have been their last saving grace to salvage anything after everything else had failed, and even that was a rushed botched mess. Does it even work till this day?
I find myself following the console market more than playing lately because I find this stuff so interesting.
@Heavyarms55 The executives at Xbox are either that out of touch with the console market or these moves are strictly by design to turn the brand into a software as a service, which is what their parent company is and how they became a worldwide market leader. (Failing at almost everything else) I don't think there's much room for an argument in between at this point.
Xbox still brings in millions if it's eventually a SoaS and that may be the best business decision for MS. With only Sony and Nintendo in the market, that might leave an opening for another tech giant and I'm all for it.
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Re: PS5 Release in Late 2020 Still on Track as AMD's Chips Ship on Time
@lyallop case and other internals probably started months ago
Re: PS5 Production Reportedly Being Doubled to Meet Demand
@JJ2 Lol that makes sense. All about the clicky clicks
Re: PS5 Production Reportedly Being Doubled to Meet Demand
@JJ2 Seems like a marketing tactic to me as well
Re: PS5 Production Reportedly Being Doubled to Meet Demand
Is this a good thing? They misjudged the demand by 50%?
Re: On PS5, Exclusive Games Will Be More Important than Ever Before, Says Sony
@Tharsman I suppose anythings possible and I agree if they do gain back some market share the competition will only benefit the gamers.
Offering past exclusives (Halo? what?!) on PC at launch however seems like they have a one foot in one foot out approach and it remains to be seen how much that affects their console sales. Phil's sentiments about Google and Amazon being their main competitor seem to reflect a focus away from consoles and into game streaming and that's fine. But is that even relevant yet? If you do want your games on a variety of platforms, do they want to offer an alternative to Steam? That's a whole new area of competition Xbox would be gutsy to "compete" in..
It just seems like they don't really have a true focus of where they're going, at least to me.
Re: Xbox Boss Implies PS5 Exclusives Are 'Counter to What Gaming Is About'
@Ralizah All great points. The suits at Xbox either fundamentally misunderstand the market greatly or they are deciding to leave the console space behind altogether.
Re: On PS5, Exclusive Games Will Be More Important than Ever Before, Says Sony
@Tharsman It's astonishing what they did and continue to do with the brand and I agree for a division of a company this size, there could easily be college material based off their failures to use in business courses.
You're spot on - anything they could flub up they did. The Master Chief Collection could have been their last saving grace to salvage anything after everything else had failed, and even that was a rushed botched mess. Does it even work till this day?
I find myself following the console market more than playing lately because I find this stuff so interesting.
Re: On PS5, Exclusive Games Will Be More Important than Ever Before, Says Sony
@Heavyarms55 The executives at Xbox are either that out of touch with the console market or these moves are strictly by design to turn the brand into a software as a service, which is what their parent company is and how they became a worldwide market leader. (Failing at almost everything else) I don't think there's much room for an argument in between at this point.
Xbox still brings in millions if it's eventually a SoaS and that may be the best business decision for MS. With only Sony and Nintendo in the market, that might leave an opening for another tech giant and I'm all for it.