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Machiavellian on 14 February 2024
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Azzanation said:
Machiavellian said:

You only know if you need something until its gone.  You have no clue how the market would change if MS does not have a competitive console.  One thing for sure is that you can believe all mega corporations will take full advantage of it so yes if you believe that Sony would sell at a loss their next system if MS is gone, you are deluding yourself.  Its not just the consumers that lose out its also the devs and other studios.  Fees go up, hell everything goes up because you just do not have to worry about competition.  No one knows what happens if MS leave and no one knows what will happen if MS goes limited multiplat which if you think about it they already operate in that fashion especially with ABK.  What determine success today is not always what you believe you know because you only live in the moment.

I dont disagree, i am not wanting MS to leave the market, i am stating thats their plan, weather its next gen or the gen after. 

I buy Xbox consoles, but i primarily game on PC, even though I'm called a Xbox fanboy on this site. If Xbox leave the industry, it wouldnt affect me personally, will it affect the console market, maybe, but how it looks already, it doesnt seem to be doing much anyway. Sony raised console prices first, they were the first console manufacturer to push $70 next gen games etc. Even with Xbox making hardware, its not going to stop Sony or Nintendo from doing what they want.

Thats just how i see it.

I actually do not believe MS is looking to leave the console space, I just seem them not want to depend on it.  Which means, MS will be moving to be the biggest publishers on all platforms, PC, console and mobile.  MS need hardware in the console space because it goes hand in hand better with GP.  The amount of money MS make on license fees alone is a significant amount that they are not going to throw that away unless something they can do can fill that void.

Phil stated internally they are not leaving the console space.  There are multiple rumors of MS next console.  If anything I see MS pushing harder in hardware but not the traditional route.