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goopy20 on 27 July 2020
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sales2099 said:
goopy20 said:

Its because Sony has proven themselves with a ton of generation defining games that sold +10m copies, while MS hasn't had anything to get really excited about since.... well... I can't remember actually. 

Call it bias but its pretty much a given that games like HZW, GOW etc. will look amazing and end up as pretty great games. MS does have some nice studios as well and who knows, maybe they will surprise us. But that is the thing, even the biggest Xbox fan would probably be surprised if State of Decay 3 ends up being a AAA master piece.

You don’t have to be excited. Doesn’t mean games like Forza Horizon 4, Sea of Thieves didn’t reach 15 million players each. How Minecraft is more popular then every PS exclusive combined (and only reached said mega status after the buyout).

Bold: Wanna make a bet? I wager SoD 3 will have a higher metacritic score then Days Gone. Now this could go either way since SoD 2 got in the 60s. Granted it will be years until we see about it but what you say? You can dictate terms of win/loss.

“AA or A games doesn't mean it has to suck, though. I love Ori, Gears Tactics and am looking forward to playing Grounded.” I’m sorry but to me this is gold. You in the Xbox ecosystem. I hope The irony isn’t lost on you that you feel how you feel and MS made you a customer. To anybody that sees this, this is all the proof you need that MSs strategy is genius. 

Hmm you're willing to bet SOD3 will have a higher metacritic than the lowest rated Sony exclusive, and even then you're not entirely sure its a safe bet... That doesn't exactly sound like a vote of confidence in that AAA game lol. How about comparing it to GOW, TLOU, HZD, Spiderman etc? I'll make you a counter bet, though, and wager that SOD3 and Halo Infinite will both score lower than Days Gone 2 ;)

Hell yeah I'm using GP, I'd be crazy not too. I was curious and wanted to make sure I didn't miss out on anything and played the couple of exclusives MS does have. I'm not some fanboy who is blindly loyal to a specific console brand and I used to be a much bigger customer for MS. I did buy the OG Xbox, Xbox 360 and a shit ton of games to go with them. Current gen is actually the first time I didn't get a Xbox and that was simply because they had nothing to offer me. Which is pretty sad, considering I don't need much incentive to buy a console. Hell, I bought a Switch just to play BOTW.

If MS making $6 of off me for using GP feels like a moral victory to you, then have at it. But I would much rather see them try a bit harder to convince me why I need a Series X in my life.

Runa216 raised an interesting question. How would you feel if MS went full 3rd party? No more consoles, just GP which they would offer on ps5, Switch and PC. MS would make a fortune and you could gloat about how all the Xbox haters would be giving their money to MS. When you think about it, it would actually make a lot of sense for MS to go that route. So, would that be a good or bad thing for you?

Last edited by goopy20 - on 27 July 2020