Xbox's lack of compelling games won't be fixed in 2018 [Endgadget]

[Snoopy]

setsunatenshi said:

Soundwave said:

This gen is closer to the end than it is to the beginning. MS is doing good work with the XBox One X, their strategy should be from now on to never allow Sony to ever out power them again. They have the money/engineering to do so, they never ever should've released an XBox One that handed over the technical superiority to the PS4 AND was more expensive on top of that. 

I think they have learned that though. XBox needs to be the no.1 go to brand for multiplats and XBox One X is the correct step in that direction. They need to have the best hardware. 

I completely agree with your point that from the Xbox standpoint, the only way they can compete is to somehow vastly outpower whatever PS is doing hardware wise.

It would help them if, again, they managed to release their new console more than a year before Sony does, pretty much like they did with the 360.

But honestly, having the consoles going to a more pc type of architecture, that means they will always be in some sort of parity for the targeted price. So there's very little hope, aside some unforced errors from Sony, for them to take the performance crown.

My hope is that for the next gen, both MS and Sony will have a base SKU that is made for the penny pinchers, but open up the possibility to buy a premium model that is not bound by the 400-500 figure.

In a way this is what MS already did by having their games on PC and that's a big advantage for their gaming division, just coincidentally a possible disadvantage to their hardware sales.

On the main topic, it seems some people keep throwing the word niche when comparing to the PS4 list of games not realizing that since the PS1 era, the whole PS fanbase is composed of tons of different "niches". This is why they stay dominant as a worldwide gaming brand. If you cater to all niches, it turns out you sell much more than the competitor.

PS1 and PS2 dominated because they got all the big third party exclusives games or timed exclusive games for a while that are now what we consider multiplatform games. Such as MGS, Resident Evil, GTA, DMC, FF, KH, SH, Guitar Hero, ect as well as being cheap with multimedia functions. Not to mention playstation brand is a world wide brand. Sony is the only game company able to pull a ps3 and still be okay. If Microsoft or Nintendo did what Sony did with the ps3 they would be finished. There was only a few ps2 first party games that I would consider big like the GT and god of war series.

Last edited by Snoopy - on 02 January 2018