| Chazore said: It's good for those interested in getting an Xbox, but I was more talking about thos who were not on the Xbox fence already. The kind that want to be enticed to buy from them. I don't really see it as a good thing, to want to stay with a brand. Then when it gets lazy, they want someone to become a means to whip the other into shape, but not care about the person/entity they called over to help the other one out. The way I see it, competition is good, but it's at it's best when it entices you to buy from the competition, rather than just the one brand all the time. For some, there will come a time when that brand dries up or changes into something they don't like using/buying from anymore, which would then force them to using another. It would have been better for them to be enticed with other brands at the time, making their move much more comfortable, rather than forced over time. Yes, competition is good for everyone, but it's nice to make use of both sides of the competition, rather than "make this company I like look good, but you stay in second place ya hear?". |
Again are you speaking about me personally? Because I said I have no interest in Microsoft hardware or do you mean people in general?
If you mean people in general, well people do change brands and loyalties. A lot of people left Microsoft for Sony and Nintendo and PC in 2013 when Microsoft had their E3 conference that drove people away from their brand. The same thing could happen with Sony if they are not careful about what they do with their future PS5. I would hope they would learn from MS's mistakes but we'll have to wait and see...
As for me personally, MS games were simply never for me even before when MS was very successful and now that they are moving to GaaS and online multi-player models as their main model MS is even less for me. I'm a single player, hard-core, platform gamer. I'm into games like The Last of Us, Bloodborne, God of War, The Witness, The Talos Principle, Limbo, Dark Souls, Sonic Mania, Kingdom-Hearts etc type of games. I don't want games like Halo or Forza or Sea of Thieves online and co-op. It's simply not for me.
If Sony got lazy and their games were not as good or interesting for me I'd probably move to Nintendo as they also have games that interest me (Zelda, Metoid, Prime, Super Mario Odyssey...) So I'm not stuck with Sony, it's just that Sony has been good for me since the PS3. Why would I change something that works well for me?
And that's where I say, MS please don't get too far behind, don't screw up too much, don't make Sony a near-monopoly because that would not be good for me AND ALSO for those who want to play on Xbox.
