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binary solo on 01 June 2017
zero129 said:
binary solo said:

Perhaps. But I think MS miscalculated for Xbox by thinking there was no loss by having few / none truly Xbox exclusive games.

But ultimately Xbox is not MS's bread and butter, and it is more essential for MS to maintain, strengthen and grow Windows. To the extne that Xbox is important to that greater strategy MS will support Xbox. As Xbox sems to be of diminishing importance to Windows success, MS is less motivated to provide strong support to Xbox.

If strong PC gaming is what MS needs to keep Windows strong, then this will be prioritised potentially at the expense of Xbox. Was a time when people thought PC gaming was dead. So MS could prioritise Xbox for gaming, and this likely was beneficial to MS's broad strategy. Now arguably PC gaming is stronger than console (certainly stronger than Xbox), and services like Steam are making more games available on Linux and Apple. So possibly MS sees the greather threat as being alternative PC platforms for gaming rather than consoles. So making Windows exclusive games is more important than making Xbox exclusive games.

Yeah dont get me wrong the is a loss, im one of them users who owned a PC and used to buy an xbox but have not felt the need to buy one this gen. But i cant help but feel that MS would of took users like me into account and maybe seen we aint as big as it would seem?. I agree with pretty much everything else you say here, very well done post .

Thanks, except for all the horrible typos.



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Soundwave on 01 June 2017

I think MS should start looking at an exit strategy from the hardware biz and trying to set up a relationship with Nintendo, perhaps. Pending how Scorpio does.

It just feels like they are spinning their wheels not going anywhere and it's a lot of effort for not a whole lot of gain to their overall bottom line. They should focus more on the PC market and combatting Steam. 



j.thomaz on 01 June 2017

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Jigsawx1 on 01 June 2017
Soundwave said:

I think MS should start looking at an exit strategy from the hardware biz and trying to set up a relationship with Nintendo, perhaps. Pending how Scorpio does.

It just feels like they are spinning their wheels not going anywhere and it's a lot of effort for not a whole lot of gain to their overall bottom line. They should focus more on the PC market and combatting Steam. 

It really doesn`t feel like this at Xbox



endimion on 04 June 2017

As long as they don't do anything like Sony i'm fine. There is a reason I'm an XBox customer and I'll be for foreseeable future... I'm content with what I get so far... Sure last Ben was better... But nothing from Sony remotely attracts me... And with BC, GwG, game pass and EA offer... I have games to play for the next decade... This holiday I'll be buying a Scorpio without even thinking about it... MS service is great... Their exclusives are fun... Give me more stuff like you have been doing since you started with the OG xb... Phantom dust, forza, halo, gears, fable, sunset, Alan wake, lost odyssey, blue dragon, quantum break, panzer dragoon orta, banjo, perfect dark, etc etc etc and more yet to come... Quantity doesn't mean quality... Pretty clear when you see what other does... And to be frank I'm content with the quantity so far...

Of course that's me and most of my entourage



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S.T.A.G.E. on 04 June 2017
Soundwave said:

I think MS should start looking at an exit strategy from the hardware biz and trying to set up a relationship with Nintendo, perhaps. Pending how Scorpio does.

It just feels like they are spinning their wheels not going anywhere and it's a lot of effort for not a whole lot of gain to their overall bottom line. They should focus more on the PC market and combatting Steam. 

I believe Microsoft tried to create a relationship with Sony and Nintendo. Joachim Kempin said Microsoft tried to work with Sony but Sony kept them at an arms length, so they decided to compete with them. If they want to compete it will only make Sony a stronger company. Lets see if they realize the power of their competition and compete on similar grounds with them.



FallingTitan on 04 June 2017

only thing any gaming company can do.


1. GAMES.
2. PRICE.

3. *see numbers 1 and 2.



FallingTitan on 04 June 2017
endimion said:
As long as they don't do anything like Sony i'm fine. There is a reason I'm an XBox customer and I'll be for foreseeable future... I'm content with what I get so far... Sure last Ben was better... But nothing from Sony remotely attracts me... And with BC, GwG, game pass and EA offer... I have games to play for the next decade... This holiday I'll be buying a Scorpio without even thinking about it... MS service is great... Their exclusives are fun... Give me more stuff like you have been doing since you started with the OG xb... Phantom dust, forza, halo, gears, fable, sunset, Alan wake, lost odyssey, blue dragon, quantum break, panzer dragoon orta, banjo, perfect dark, etc etc etc and more yet to come... Quantity doesn't mean quality... Pretty clear when you see what other does... And to be frank I'm content with the quantity so far...

Of course that's me and most of my entourage

try Ori and the blind forest and Recore. some great MS games.

Ori is one of my fav games of all time. i think its a masterpiece beyond masterpieces.



S.T.A.G.E. on 04 June 2017
FallingTitan said:
only thing any gaming company can do.


1. GAMES.
2. PRICE.

3. *see numbers 1 and 2.

Less controllers too. 



Dgc1808 on 04 June 2017

Deep price cuts.



4 ≈ One