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shikamaru317 said:

EspadaGrim said:

MS cutting off 1st party support for the XB1 in 2021 would really hurt a big percentage of Gamepass subscribers.

if MS wants to continue support beyond 2 years then they should just start buying a ton of Indie exclusives that they can add to Gamepass on both consoles, it’s not like there are many indie titles that require 12 teraflops of power to run anyways many of these games could run on the 360 today.

Yeah, that's the thing. They already have teams who could make games that aren't graphically demanding that will run on both consoles just fine. Double Fine games are not known for pushing the limits of graphics, they could easily support both XB1 and XS. Isometric RPG's like inXile makes aren't known for being graphically intensive, they can easily be cross-gen. They could always acquire more small indie tier devs as well to do that. Holding back the AAA's and AA's though is a mistake imo, and I really hope that they don't do that beyond Holiday 2021. 

I just really don't believe that is going to happen.

They need show-pieces. Their first-party studios are resourced to make them. They're already used to splitting features for the Xbox One X. The technology has been shown to scale well. PC developers are already routinely inserting features in to their games that can only be taken advantage of by a select few gamers with advanced cards.

And importantly, this doesn't apply to third parties who might not have the resources to stratify features. If they move on to the next generation, thats their business.