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Machiavellian on 14 June 2023
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Azzanation said:

Keep in mind, i am not talking about now. I am talking about the future. Next gen maybe the gen after. Its going to get to a point that people wont need dedicated hardware to play the games they want. 

Sony and Nintendo can say no to GP, they can lose their cut on Halo and Elder Scrolls 6 etc if thats what the shareholders want. If MS gain ABK, they can also lose their cut on CoD too. Thats on them.

MS focus on hardware is not their focus anymore. Sure their consoles are built amazing but majority of the world simply dont care for it. 

MS compete with Steam while currently using Steam to sell their games. I am not sure where you think i contradicted myself here. That was always the case. 

Next 5 to 10 years, GP will be available on alot of devices where majority of the new gen wont have to worry about purchasing expensive dedicates hardware. Thats my point. Mum will say, you dont need an Xbox, you have one at home.

Sony and Nintendo already lose their cut of Halo and Elder Scrolls, from what I have seen from both of them, they are not hurting.  Not only are they not hurting but their own IP seem to be doing extreamly well.  Then when we look at being the only 2 consoles on the market, that means they even get more developer support on their platform increasing their cash flow and expanding their services.  GP would be regulated to PC maybe mobile but without hardware, why would anyone put their games on GP when they can put their games on PS+ and Nintendo Online services.  Yeah, I am not seeing Sony or Nintendo caring not having MS games as they do not care today about not having MS games.

MS still need to focus on hardware. You continue to ignore this point.  Series X runs XCloud, what will be running XCloud in the future???

MS had to sell their games on Steam because the MS store sucks.  If MS did not sell on Steam, MS would be doing terrible on PC.  MS is more dependent on Steam selling their games than anything else.  What you stated before is that MS would try to directly compete against Steam in a way that would put them at odds with valve which would probably not be in MS best interest if they have no hardware. If MS is dependent on Steam today for PC sales just think how much dependent they would be when they leave the console space.

GP is already available on a lot of devices.  I can today, access GP on my Android phone, my IPAD pro, my PC and my Xbox.  

Anyway, I believe we have exhausted this topic as we are just rehashing the same points.  I will leave it with what Phil stated is their focus which is console, PC and mobile.  When you show Phil changing that focus to XCloud then we can revisit but until then, MS isn't leaving the hardware market nor can they afford to do so.