In your mind, what will the Xbox SX conference have to do to beat the PS5 conference?

[DonFerrari]

Runa216 said:
Alright, here we go. I decided to whip out some hard numbers and data for the 2017, 2018, and 2019 output for the Switch, Ps4, and Xbox one to prove my point about Microsoft not really having anything.

Keep in mind I took my data from Gamerankings.com before it collapsed. These numbers are for any game with 75% or higher, console exclusives. The rules are Simple. 1 - IT's console exclusives. If it released for the console and PC, then it still counted (I have to give Xbox something.) 2 - It's for brand exclusivity, so if it's for, say, Switch and WiiU or PSV/4 or something, that also counts. 3 - It's only exclusive for that year. If it was later ported to other consoles, it still counts (Again, gotta make sure I twist all the rules so that Microsoft has some representation on the list.) 4 - Remasters count. 5 - at least 20 reviews are needed (This weeds out a lot of smaller indie titles, sadly)

Even with these rules, which are implemented solely to ensure Microsoft still gets represented, here are the numbers of games released on each console with 75% or higher:

2017:
Switch - 11 Games
PS4 - 27 games
XBO - 3 games

2018:
Switch - 11 Games
PS4 - 13 Games
XBO - 1 Game

2019:
Switch - 11 Games
PS4 - 5 Games
XBO - 1 Game

The last three years have been anemic as hell for Xbox, and consider Cuphead and Ori and the Blind Forest (2/3 of the 2017 releases) were recently ported to switch. To be fair, a bunch of games on other consoles eventually got ported to other consoles (FFX HD and FFXII: the zodiac Age, for example), but they were exclusive at the time, just like Final Fantasy VII Remake is at this time.

For Shits and giggles, I am also gonna look at the 2020 list on Metacritic (But I can't give such strict rules so I'm literally going to look at the top 100 and only do what I 'think' are exclusives, since this is impromptu and I've not had time to really delve deep into it like I did with my old curated lists.) Of the top 100 Metacritic games released in 2020 so far:

Switch has: 6 games (With at least Paper Mario: the Origami king on the Horizon)
91 - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
89 - Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
85 - What the Golf? (Weird, it's Microsoft but not on Xbone)
82 - Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
81 - Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore
81 - Rune Factory 4 Special

PS4 Has: 7 Games (With at least Ghost of Tsushima on the horizon)
96 - The Last of US Part II
95 - Persona 5: Royal
89 - Dreams
87 - Final Fantasy VII Remake
85 - Nioh 2
83 - MLB The Show 20
82 - Yakuza 5 Remastered

XBO Has: 1 game
90 - Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Keep in mind that's just of the top 100, and 80 or above on Metacritic. Not nearly as comprehensive a list, but in line with what I've said. between 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, the Xbox Brand has had only 6 notable exclusives. no I didn't count Crackdown or Sea of Thieves, becuase those did not get good reviews and were pretty universally panned/ Also, are there any Xbox One games coming out before the Xbox Series X comes out?

This is not moping, this is hard data. This isn't bias, this is an observable pattern. This is a very reasonable explanation as to why I've given up on Xbox and so have many others.

Xbox doesn't have any games. Hell, I'm not interested in most of the games on that 2020 list (Don't care about MLB, don't care about Dreams, weirdly uninterested in The LAst of Us or Yakuza or even Nioh 2 despite loving soulslikes; I also don't care about any of those Nintendo games aside from Xenoblade Chronicles), but the point is, they're there. There's something for people who aren't me. there's content for people who like The Last of US (which will be another mega-hit, you just watch) or PErsona or Yakuza or nioh. Animal Crossing has done astoundingly. Final Fantas VII has done astoundingly. So many games have done well, but the only offering worth anything on Xbox, according to that list, is Ori. and I got the last Ori on switch so I'm sure this Ori will be on Switch, too.

When you actually see the patterns, it's gotta be hard to be so steadfast in your love for Microsoft. Brand loyalty has to be the only possible explanation. Or, somehow, those 6 games are all precisely, 100% up your alley.

It is more curious that MS happened to buy the devs that made the games he is interested as well =p