shikamaru317 said:
That is just not accurate. PC is not a competitor platform to Xbox, Microsoft has a vested interest in growing their PC gaming ecosystem and getting people onto PC Gamepass and Windows Store. Nintendo and Playstation are competitor platforms, so an Xbox game releasing on Switch or Playstation absolutely devalues Xbox hardware more than an Xbox game releasing on PC does. Look at it this way, what do Xbox fans gain from HiFi Rush going to Switch and/or Playstation? Nothing, the only people who stand to benefit are Switch and PS5 owners and Microsoft themselves, the mega corporation who cares nothing about you as an Xbox owner and only wants your money. They didn't use HiFi Rush as a bargaining chip to get a Switch or PS exclusive to come to Xbox; Xbox fans are still waiting for Sony and Nintendo hats like Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, Shin Megami Tensei V, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, and FF7 Remake. Xbox fans know that the less Xbox hardware sales, the easier it will be for Nintendo and Sony to hat more games away from Xbox owners in the future, and we know that Xbox losing exclusives like HiFi will only further hurt recent abysmal Xbox hardware sales numbers (Xbox Series sales in 2023 appear to be down over 2022 sales, and Xbox One has now pulled into the lead over Xbox Series in the launch aligned charts, not good for a platform to be in decline only 3 years into a generation). There is simply no benefit to this move for us, the loyal Xbox hardware owners. |
Microsoft is a publicly traded 2.7 trillion dollar company. Microsoft exists to make money, if bringing the occasional game to a Nintendo console that has 133 million users has the possibility of someone saying hey this game is great I want more of these and they then buy and Xbox that is a good thing for Microsoft. If it was Starfield coming to Playstation that would be more of an eye raise for me, I think Hi-Fi Rush makes sense on Nintendo to try and build a base. Very few people in Japan have an Xbox, again if the Japanese gamer players it on the Switch and enjoys it maybe they buy Xbox to play the sequel.
