The console war is over

[sales2099]

derpysquirtle64 said:

sales2099 said:

Thank you for that nice reply. Well maybe not here. I also check Twitter, where I’m not joking that seems to be the “frontlines” of the console war. It’s mostly Goopys opinion; more or less fear mongering that Game Pass is the “death” of AAA games. Quite the negative prophecy. Also that it’s not sustainable and will be dropped because it’s so value packed. Then you got staunch“I don’t rent games I only buy” but usually said in a disingenuous way.  

The contrary is that AAA like Gears 5 and Forza Horizon 4 show no evidence of being lesser then their predecessors. Also future AAA games like SoD3, Fable, Avowed, HB2. Even Halo for its looks is the most ambitious campaign in franchise history and the MP should be as feature packed as ever. And finally GP doesn’t restrict you from buying games.

It’s the usual. Back and forth, my side is better then yours. Your pros are crap my pros matter more. That’s why I like it here, it’s more civilized. 

Yes, but unfortunately both doubled down in awful MTX stuff compared to their predecessors which is obviously the worst monetization practice and cancer of gaming currently. Wouldn't say that GamePass is the reason but the point still stands. With Gears 5 it was so bad that I believe that MS has come out and said that they will do less this stuff in the future games.

Gears 5 dialed it back and now is in a pretty good spot with their online. It was all cosmetic anyway. I myself only spent $5 to get General RAAM. Not bad for a day 1 GP title with a full blown campaign and multiplayer component. As for Forza I had 0 incentive to buy anything. I just played the game. Didn’t shove MTX at me or make me feel I needed them. 

In the end the argument only holds if each game had a lacking campaign or multiplayer content to their predecessors. Which they didn’t.