Analyst DLC - 'Question is not if Microsoft will exit the game business, but when'

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zero129 said:

DanneSandin said:
I used to think MS was going to leave the console market, but now I'm not as sure. What if they make the nextBox into a successful steam machine, so to speak? What if the neXtBox is a PC of sorts that runs Win 10/11? Why wouldn't they make that happen? I really like what they're doing with the cross platform thing between Win10 and Xbox, and it doesn't mean that they'll sell a lot less Xbox's; most people don't want the hassle that comes with building a gaming PC. Consoles sell because people can't be bothered with PC's, and I don't see that changing.

This pretty much.

I dont understand why people put so much into the exclusives when its clear they are not even the biggest selling games.

You can bet your ass more people got a PS4/XB1 for CoD/GTA5/Fifa etc then for Uncharted 4 or Halo 5.

Even if all Exclusives where on PC the console versions would still sell better since console/=/PC.

Most of the people who buy CoD/GTA5/Fifa buy nothing else, they arent really spending much money on the ecosystem or video games in genral, thats why they dont matter. But if you have exclsuives you have a higher chance getting consumers who are more invested into gaming.

And you need to have people to buy these consoles in the first in order for the mass market to jump over dueto their friends playing on x and y system. If Exclsuives wouldnt matter you wouldnt see both Sony and MS still doing them.