Rate The Xbox Games Showcase

[Mr Puggsly]

BillyBong said:

Mr Puggsly said:

Not everybody is going to buy next gen hardware at $500-600. In fact, many 8th gen users bought in at $149-$200.

I am gonna take a wild guess at say Playground games brought people in to work on the new Fable. I would just the same team making racing games doing the new Fable, but that's probably not a great idea. People laughed when a crappy studio was working on the new Killer Instinct game and it was awesome by the way.

MS is planning to make Xbox One games for a couple years, so their upcoming games also need to demonstrate Xbox is worth staying with in my opinion. They've been doing a good job in recent years, hopefully quality keep getting better as well.

Halo Infinte isn't just depending on pre orders, many millions of Gamepass subscribers are also going to play it.

Gamepass isn't going to move consoles though, especially if you have a more than capable gaming PC, why bother buying the next xbox if i can play on PC without having to buy the game or their console to play their games.  Why buy the new console if I can still play it via gamepass on my just as capable x one?  So why bother buying into the new xbox console at all?  Especially if they keep saying that most first party will be cross gen for the next 2 years?  Might as well not release the new console for the next 2 years.  See how giving Sony a 2 year hardware sale advantage will help your console cause this next gen.  I just don't get this strategy.

And in regards to buying next gen hardware  pricing, who knows how much next gen is really going to cost, but if it's expensive, do you feel MS gave consumers enough highlight material and value to warrant dropping that kind of money on the next box?  This is after 2 shows already to promote next gen games.. a bunch of promise with pretty trailers, but that's a big gamble.  MS hasn't given any reasons to buy their next Xbox yet other than a spec sheet.

Lastly, base ps4 is still $300.  Pro is $400.  100 mil plus sold at those pricing.. not sure when PS4 was available for $150-200.

You're on a tangent. I'm simply stating the fact Halo Infinite is not only being used to sell Series X units.

I think MS is doing something unprecedented and I like it. They bought a bunch of studios and a lot of content is coming, all 1st party games launch on Gamepass, you can play all MS games on PC, games will be cross gen for a few years and last but not least we can potentially play all the latest Xbox games via xCloud. You speak as if MS's only goal is moving Series X units. Hence, you sound ignorant to me because you aren't looking at the big picture.

Will MS's strategy be a success? Is it going to kill the Series X? I don't know, but I think what MS is trying is pretty fucking awesome for consumers.

Many PS4 and X1 units are sold at deep discounts during the holidays. Many many units are sold well below the launch price. In a few years people will probably buy the Series X and PS5 for $299.