MS: 1st party Xbox games will be cross-gen for "next year, two years"

[colafitte]

I find it ironic we are discussing this, because back then at the TGA awards, Microsoft was aplauded by showing a game that obviously looked only next gen and Sony was received with "meh" comments for showing (although it was Gearbox, not Sony) a cross-gen looking game with just better resolution and more fps....

Now Microsoft tells you its next console is going to be cross-gen only (at least 1st party games) in 2020 and 2021 at least, while Sony will probably show PS5 only games during that period (nothing official but it's what most people is expecting), and the same people now say that is a good thing for Microsoft too. Personally, i don't understand this tactic. If XBO was dominating like PS4 is doing that would make sense, but that's not what is happening. XBO is going to barely sell outside of USA and UK this year. What you really want, is to attract new players, and showing what a new machine is capable to do that the competion can't is still the better way to do so...in my opinion.

As a PC/PS4 only gamer, these comments don't make want to buy a new XBOX to be honest.