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curl-6 on 19 April 2024
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Pemalite said:
curl-6 said:

Yeah the next Xbox if indeed one makes it to market will face a massively uphill battle and will be at real risk of becoming the next Wii U/Dreamcast.

There's no more room for mistakes; they will need to come out swinging with a strong software lineup and keep the hits coming, or it's curtains.

Microsoft's biggest issue is that it's naming scheme is terrible.

Xbox and Xbox 360 were great names that set the consoles apart.

Xbox One/One S/One X/Series S/ Series X are not great names and doesn't really distinguish significant differences to Mum/Dads buying a console for their kids.

It also doesn't help that for all intents and purposes... Xbox and Playstation are the same hardware, so there really isn't any significant rendering feature that sets them apart and strikes up a conversation.

Microsoft cannot just copy Sony, it needs to be different and offer something compelling and unique.

The Xbox Series X is probably going to be my last Xbox console, I only have a dozen games for it and don't have any desire to turn the machine on... More so if they throw optical drives in the bin making my entire physical library useless.

Yeah their naming conventions are terrible and definitely part of the problem, though I really think the biggest thorn in their side is their complete inability to put out a consistent stream of quality software.

Back in the 360 days they had tons of killer exclusives. Now they haven't had a real system seller since forever, and their release schedule resembles the Sahara.

People buy a Switch to play stuff like BOTW, TOTK, Animal Crossing, Splatoon, Mario Bros Wonder, Pokemon, etc. They buy a PS5 to play stuff like Spiderman 2, God of War Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, and the version of multiplats that all their friends have. Meanwhile on Xbox... *Crickets*