chakkra said:
It is actually fascinating how different people's perspectives can be. At the beginning of this gen MS was my least favorite out of the three companies; but they won me over with the Gamespass, BC and Play Anywhere. Today I see them as the most consumer friendly out of the bunch. I mean, while PS4 and Switch owners are seeminly happy (and proudly) paying full price for remasters (and straight up ports) of last gen games, X1 owners are able to play what are basically remasters of last gen games for free. And now you see PS4 and Switch fans claiming "MS has brought nothing to the table this gen" while at the same time hoping for Sony/Nintendo to implement BC with enhancements on the PS5/Next Switch, something that we all know Nintendo will never do since their fans are so proud to claim "Nintendo games never drop in price!" And it is even more interesting to see Nintendo fans claming, "MS has brought nothing to the table this gen," while at the same time wishing for MS not only to bring Gamepass to Switch but also some games like Ori and Halo because "Switch owners don't have a whole lot of great FPS games to choose from," like Curl-6 recently admitted. |
You cant play "consumer friendly".
Thats basically the short of it.
Switch guys are happy with the games catalog they have, and the 1st party titles their getting, same with PS4 users.
Gamepass (good value, play A/AA games without buying them)
Play anywhere (ability to swap from pc to console, and have it auto-update save files ect) (doesnt work for everything right?)
BC (something everyone should have, but Cell -> x86, makes this basically impossible on the PS4)
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I guess some consumers (like you) value this alot.
However I suspect most would gladly give all that way, to just have better catalog of 1st party games on their platforms.
Otherwise why would Switch & Playstation be selling so well instead of Xbox One?
Also you can crap on remasters, but alot of people actually enjoy them.
Spyro Reignited (on both)
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (on both)
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (on both)
FFX + FFX2
FFXII
ect
And who complains about these types of games? No one, because their just great games.
"happy (and proudly) paying full price for remasters (and straight up ports) of last gen games"
Just do like most, and wait abit.... Sony runs tons of specials and offers, and prices drop on games.
No shame in not going in day1 imo, esp if you have a backlog of games to play already, its just good sense to wait for offers.
