I'll reiterate once again, this thread is primarily about Xbox which now includes Xbox Game Studios, Zenimax/Bethesda Softworks and now Activision-Blizzard, I've never cared about where people play their Xbox IP, so whether folk play Xbox IP on Xbox, PC, or even Switch/PlayStation, I hope this thread would be welcoming, at the end of the day, it's all about the games and it's the community that makes this thread great. You want to swap to PC? Or PS? Or Switch? That's fine. As is it for folk to stay on Xbox. Hopefully, at least, we can go back to talking about actual videogames one day instead of constant business talk, Lol.
For me, I remain a big fan of the IP inside of Xbox Game Studios (Halo, Gears, Forza Horizon, Fable, etc.), I'm excited by a lot of upcoming titles, I also remain a big fan of Zenimax and their IP (things like Elder Scrolls, Doom, Wolfenstein, etc.). The vast majority of my gaming is done on Xbox, the remaining part is Switch exclusives, Lol. I'm a fan because of the teams making the games, a piece of hardware comes last, especially Xbox/PlayStation hardware which is far more boring than Nintendo hardware.
I'll likely stick with Xbox hardware as long as they keep making it, at the very least, I see no reason I should swap in the current generation as I already have an Xbox Series X and absolutely nothing is changing for me in the short term aside from PlayStation/Nintendo users getting old ports. I prefer the Xbox OS and Controller over Nintendo/PS, my Achievement history is on Xbox, my library is with Xbox, I can't get Game Pass anywhere else and I'm too impatient to wait for timed exclusivity to end so for me the options are really only Xbox or PC.
This Xbox still has all my games, will have all the future games I'm looking forward, it still has my profile and achievements, it still has Game Pass, those things are honestly enough for me for the time being, I could have made the switch to PC at any-point once they started doing day one for PC as well but as long as Xbox hardware keeps releasing at prices more affordable and convenient and yes, even a bit lazier than PC, I will likely stick to Xbox hardware, we'll see, I first have to see what their future hardware plans are.
The only thing which would get me to consider PS5/Switch fulltime is if either one had Game Pass in its full form and all exclusives came to those consoles day one, otherwise it's Xbox or PC and one thing which would make me swap to PC is if Xbox hardware either ceased to exist, somehow became more expensive/less convenient than PC or their were 3rd party titles which I actually cared about which were skipping Xbox, then I'd likely get say, Yakuza, on Steam instead. I think for the latter, there are ways Xbox can mitigate that beyond simply "sell 30m+ hardware"
Empire is a great community and I hope it continues to be one.
Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 13 February 2024
