Xbox will catch up to Playstation this generation

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LudicrousSpeed said:

GamePass is constantly evolving and getting better, the place it was in four years ago is completely different than now. It’s not all that similar to Now either, because it offers bigger games and offers them day one at times, too. It’s also offering DLCs now. It’s not going to have a huge effect on sales until it reaches a wider audience, which MS is working on with xCloud and the GamePass smart device. 

Idk if the DualSense is better or not, it’s too early, but I was speaking entirely on the value perspective. It’s not even close imho. Also if you say you’re counting cross gen and PC and indies etc on PS5 then Xbox has more than two exclusives lol. I agree about the games though, like I said, once all these studios start dropping games it’s going to make GamePass even more insane than it already is.

Yes, GamePass is getting better all the time. this is true. Yet so is PSNow. Oh, and the weekly sales gap between the two has stayed pretty consistent ever since the launch of the new consoles. 

This is exactly the reason I've always been so critical of Microsoft and the arguments people use to support them. All of the arguments make sense on paper, but there are no tangible results. "Oh, they have so many games in the works! Microsoft owns 23 studios!" yeah? Well then why do we not see a lot of new games coming out for the systems? Why are we nearly a year into the XSX's life and there's nothing on that system you can't get on PS consoles or Nintendo consoles or PC aside from 2 games? (You say there's more, but I couldn't find any. and so you know I keep my count to only games with 75 or higher metacritic; shit like Destruction All-Stars isn't helping PS with its 62 so neither is State of Decay 2 with its whatever it was, I think 67).

"GamePass is going to be a game changer!" people say. Well....then why hasn't it changed the game? aside from getting more, newer games on the system, where does it have to grow? People have been saying this for 4 years, and while it seems to be the only real argument people make for XSX anymore, it's still not enough to compete. Some people care, of course. But then you look at Nintendo and Sony's offerings and both of those are selling far better, far more consistently, and have many more games you can't play on the competition. Look at games like Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart and Animal Crossing and God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn and The Last of Us Part 2...all games exclusive to their respective brand, sold remarkably well, and got great reviews. When was the last time Xbox had that? 

It's nice to have hope, I'll never denounce that reality. buying new consoles, no matter the company it comes from, is always a long-term investment. nobody buys a PS5 because they just HAVE to have Bugsnax or even Returnal. The thing is, until we actually start seeing some of these promises on Microsoft's end come true, there's literally nothing anyone can say that will make it seem like Xbox is ever going to return to the same heights of the 360's glory days. Without any of their promises coming true, or any of their predictions being made into reality, it's just hopeful thoughts and wishes. Until the industry is actually changed, we can't assume GamePass is going to change the industry. it's had four years to do so, and while it's moved the needle a notch or two, it has not tipped the scales like Microsoft and its many fans have been saying since its inception. 

Your perception is not the same as the reality we live in. What you say is happening is not happening. what you think is going to happen isn't likely to happen unless some drastic changes occur, first. 

Plus you seem to think there's ANY parity between the Dualsense and the Xbox Series X's controller. I thought that was as foregone a conclusion as one could possibly imagine (That the Dualsense is superior in literally every way except price, which even then isn't enough of a disparity to disregard the leap between them in terms of features and quality)