MS CFO Tim Stuart defends throwing MTX into $70 games.

[sales2099]

Runa216 said:

sales2099 said:

 Talk to me directly next time. Your the flip side to me, so dug in and so sure of yourself. You so dismissive when my core reason for backing Xbox is “I spend hundreds less then you and I play more games then you”. I like their genres and MP in first party. More gaming for less money seems to be a good reason to like a brand...lol but sure keep your head in the sand.

The thread is trying to say MS is gouging us, when we overall pay less then you guys regarding 1st party. And it’s funny you talk about filler when you give a nice little story about Pirates of the Caribbean...

You say Elder Scrolls is one of your favourite IPs but even if it’s exclusive to Xbox consoles your love for Sony will prevent you from buying a Xbox. Now that’s brand loyalty. 

No, that's poverty, you insensitive [redacted]. Not everyone can afford a 600 dollar console just to play one game. I had to claw and scrape and scrounge and call in favours people owed me just to get a PS5, I'm not doing all that again for a console that's gonna have like, 3-5 games worth owning in its lifetime. And seriously? we've been over this dozens of times: I like Sony because they actually have games on their consoles, they actually try new things, they actually have soul and spirit in their work. Xbox is just the holy trinity again and again. The Xbox Series X is just the Xbox One with more teraflops. There's no innovation, there's no games. Microsoft should go third party and be done with it because they have no interest in getting enough variety to sustain their platform. 

I am surprised you wouldn't empathize with me saying paying $180 for all the games I can play with day 1 first party. I didn’t mean to call that out like that, but I’m surprised that my motivation doesn’t register with you either. Perhaps things like mobile streaming and Xbox All Access can remedy your situation if the brand somehow appeals to you in the future. At least you got that option. 

You are totally me but on the other end. You say Xbox only does the Trinity, I say they got plenty variety now with Avowed, Fable, Hellblade 2, Bethesda, etc. While Sony is ironically enough the sequel machine with Horizon, GoW, Ratchet, and GT7 next year. 

(To any mods, sorry for going off topic. He called me out and won’t stand for that).