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

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sales2099 said:

Xbox right now is in a pretty good spot despite losing to Sony last gen. And again I said we all ready seeing the seeds of it...10 games in 2020 with only one going below 70 on metacritic. 2 games 90 or above. Sure they aren’t all AAA bangers but it’s certainly promising. If you so sure of yourself, then don’t be such a Debbie Downer if you the winner. 

And @Don, if my optimism due to the massive studio acquisitions is mistaken as certainty then so be it. I’m simply excited and can’t wait to show it. By contrast my problem with him is the rude smug superiority complex who almost comically can’t compute how Xbox fans even exist. It’s guys like him that make me who I am here. 

Again, literally every one of your arguments boils down to 'there's potential there, so I'm going to go ahead and say they're going to live up to that potential and therefore do very well'. Like I said, Kena has potential, FFXVI has potential, and many other PS5 exclusives or franchises have potential, but until we actually see gameplay and know what we're getting into more with depth and length and details, it's WAY too early to call it and you're eagerly proclaiming quality and improvement with literally nothing more than hope and faith guiding you. Like Don said, your arguments boil down to preemptively determining quality and bragging about it.