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goopy20 on 17 June 2020
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sales2099 said:
goopy20 said:

I think you have to understand that not many people are so incredibly loyal to a console brand as you. It just feels that whatever MS gives you, automatically becomes the thing you absolutely wanted the most. I mean would you honestly have cared about super nichy titles like Flightsim or Hellblade 2 if they weren't on your favorite console brand? Would playing 15 year old 360 games, on a next gen console, really have top priority for you if MS didn't put all their eggs in the BC/ Smart delivery basket? Do you honestly not care about not getting any Series X exclusives for the next 2 years? And do you really not care that half of the highest rated and best selling games are Sony or Nintendo exclusives, while the only decent thing that has come out of a MS studios, during a whole freaking console generation, is Ori?

Fact is, MS has proven over and over again that they don't care about you, or the rest of their Xbox fanbase. Console gaming alone just doesn't seem enough for them. That is why they completely abandoned their core audience, when they thought there was a bigger fish to catch with Kinect, and had half of their 1st party studios making shovelware for it. MS has had its share of fuck ups and next gen is looking to be their biggest one yet. At least if their "first look at Series X games" stream is a precursor of what to expect.

So, unless you're willingly looking to frustrate yourself, it's okay to be more open minded when it comes to making your next console purchase decision. I'm still open minded and if MS really hits it out of the park on July, I'll probably still end up buying a Series X. But history has made me, and many others, extremely skeptical and they really have a shit ton to prove if they plan to win me back over.  

You want to act like you know me and my interests are superficial? Ok then. Growing up I played an ungodly amount of Xcom and Xcom Terror from the deep. Advance Wars series on Nintendo DS. Xcom reboots. So yes I am VERY much looking forward to Gears Tactics and Wasteland 3, the latter being a multiplat but a 1st party game all the same. My gamertag is GhostMLD, named after the Ghost unit in Starcraft. Which I’m also a big fan of. So when they made Halo Wars 1 and 2, sure someone like you can see those as niche titles but to me they combined 2 of the best things I liked. Hellblade legitimately is my favourite new Ip of this gen. I wanted to play it so bad when it was Ps exclusive. And not only did I play it and it being better then I expected (narratively and atmospherically it nearly had no equal to me), it’s sequel is 1st party. Same with Obsidian and Fallout NV (one of my favourite wrpgs) and Outer Worlds. Can’t wait to see a sequel that actually has MSs resources behind it, OW could have been truly something special. 

Alan Wake, Ninja Gaiden 2 are games I am ashamed to say I missed when they were new but got the chance to beat them via GP. Then there’s my back catalog where I was able to beat Lost Odyssey (turn base jrpg that you just don’t see much nowadays) after getting stuck back in 2008. They were even optimized in some way when I played them on my Xbox X. So yes I’m grateful they made it work so that I could easily access this rather then shrug my shoulders and never play them. I could go on and on so yes I assure you I’m glad I have this feature.

“Do you honestly not care about not getting any Series X exclusives for the next 2 years?” I know they are optimized, I care if they are quality experiences, and I know they aren’t on PlayStation. So that makes the choice easy. 

Your second paragraph imo is just light trolling so ima skip that. I can easily say Sony gives you guys great games but doesn’t put as much effort in their services. They tend to add features Xbox did first, usually years later. The one thing they did first was Ps Now but they wasted its potential and allowed Game Pass to be 5x more successful with half the instal base in only a couple years time. I just know I’m playing more games then ever and saving a ton of money doing so, and I know I wouldn’t get that same value if I went to PS. Again no offence to anybody, that’s just my perspective. 

I’ll be open minded too, but from where I sit I’m going to go crazy if all I have to choose from is “3rd person story driven single player action adventures”. I can’t stress enough I need multiplayer and more genres covered. Again not baiting that’s just my genuine perspective. I like multiplayer games, sci-fi FPS, wrpgs, RTS, turn based strategy, racing and the occasional immersive story driven adventure title. I’m sorry but you have to accept that there are people like me who like different genres and Xbox definitely covering more genres then Sony. And they speak to me on a personal level, so nothing disingenuous about my opinion.   

Okay, maybe it really is just a freak coincidence that all the games MS has announced seemed to be a tailor fit for your taste in games, a 80 Metacritic game like Hellblade happens to be your favorite new ip - and only game you wanted to play so bad when it was a ps4 exclusive - even though you have no interest in any of Sony's 95+ Metacritic flagship exclusives because they're all just 3rd person story driven single player adventure games...

I honestly wouldn't know if MS's services are better than Sony's. I tried GP and it was great to play Gears 4/5 for $1. PS Now, I honestly don't give 2 shits about. Stuff like services are just a bonus to me and definitely not something a console platform should hang their hat on. In the end people will buy console X over Y because it has the games they care about. Sony caters to a wide audience with their exclusives and isn't afraid to take risks. Do I buy them all? Hell no, there are plenty of quality Sony exclusives I don't care about either. However, Sony has proven time and time again that they deliver with plenty of games and fresh ip's I do care about. MS, however, has pretty much done the opposite.

Like I said, I'm totally open minded and I do actually hope MS will prove me wrong in July. It's just that I got this gut feeling I'll be able to predict exactly what they'll be showing, and it's not going to be enough.