KazumaKiryu said:
Bandorr said:
Sony invested a lot into new studios, new games, and making sure they had good relationships with a lot of companies.
Microsoft has been spending money on timed exclusives, closing studios, and cancelling games. Any relationship to japan/JRPGs feels completely gone.
Xbox had the same 10 years. And they have done nothing, they are actually gotten worse over time not better. They have cancelled big titles like Scalebound, and Fable. Crackdown 3 is no where to be seen |
Thats true, really sad. Funny is: These are the same words as in the first XboxOne year by Microsoft -.- I have no interest in xbox (in future) and two of my friends have sold it. For microsoft is profit important, but not the players and gaming studios. The entire time after the Xbox360 shows it in my opinion. Microsoft is rich, but Sony develops the most expensive video game-productions in the last 7-10 years - and this is awesome for us, for the player. One of the reasons why many people have zero interest in xbox anymore.
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XB is there to keep SNY out of the PC/OS space. MS saw this potentially becoming a problem back during the PS1 and PS2 era. It's not a coincidence that MS wanted PS and/or Nin to work together with them, with MS offering to take care of the software and online side of things. Since neither agreed to it, the XB brand was born. Why? To protect the space that MS had already claimed, and make sure they didn't end up behind in the online services realm.
As long as XB is doing a good enough job at making sure the PS brand doesn't explode and grow like it did with PS2, or beyond, that's good enough for MS. The XB1 is doing exactly that right now, without being a huge financial burden, and so MS is just fine with where XB stands. I find it no surprise that PS backed off of the complete media entertainment system with PS4, and now XB1 seems to be backing off not only on the all in one media box, but console gaming to a degree as well. As long as the PS brand stays "in it's gaming place", MS will allow XB to be mediocre in certain ways, to be somewhat competitive, just to keep PS in check.
The reason why MS doesn't simply give XB the farm and allow them to snuff out PS, is because being a true console gaming platform, dedicated more so for the players, is not what MS is really after. Instead of destroying the greatness PS brings to the console gaming table, MS are simply protecting their main business. That's also not to say that there is nothing good about XB, it's just that the seemingly lack of effort, in comparison to PS, especially in super high quality first party games, from many more first party studios, is something MS doesn't want to invest in, based on their reason for being in the console space to begin with.
It's going to take a long time to figure out the first party situation, is just Phil saying it's basically not going to happen unless it's completely necessary to knock PS down a peg or two again. Otherwise, your simply going to get what you usually get, because it's the cheapest way to accomplish the true goal of XB, while potentially making some decent coin on the side from online services while they're at it. Phil must know this, and probably hates it, and tries to do the best he can with what he's given, but crossing the desert with a ball and chain, and just one bottle of water, won't get you near as far as the other guy who has a camel, knowledge of the oasis locations, and four weeks worth of supplies.
