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G2ThaUNiT on 02 August 2024
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NightF0x73 said:
G2ThaUNiT said:

Yeah even Satya recognizes where the bulk of Xbox's business comes from, at least on the subscription side of things. Idk if he has much of a determination to try to improve things on the hardware side of things, considering we're already more than halfway through the generation, and is more focused on the next set of Xbox hardware. Which does seem to be an exciting one from the look of things.

So I'm more encouraged currently on the game outlook. I'm finishing up Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess. Gonna be in my top 5 GOTY for sure. As well as Contra: Operation Galuga. Hell of a good time! Followed up by another imminent Konami release in Cygni that launches on Tuesday. I'm also enjoying the early access release of Stormgate.

Then September is gonna be an absolutely INSANE month on releases! Age of Mythology: Retold is by far my most anticipated game. Followed by Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, Ara: History Untold, and the early access launch of Greedfall II. 

Thankfully there's not much in October that I'm really looking forward to, so gives me some more time on my backlog before Xbox's other major holiday releases like Indiana Jones and Stalker 2 drop. 

You should stop by Empire more often

I can't wait to see what Xbox comes up with next with the hardware, it's always exciting, and I hope Microsoft supports their product the way we like to support them.

Xbox is a very important part of my childhood with the 360 and to see them disappear would really break my heart...

I can't wait to discover Age Of Mythology and the new Space Marine, 2 very big expectations for me.

You'll probably laugh, but if I don't come to the empire much any more, it's because I'm 'afraid' of seeing the latest figures and it demoralises me.

I'm probably taking it way too much to heart, but as I said, the Xbox 360 and Xbox in general are my childhood :P

As far as console popularity, Xbox will most likely never reach the highs of the 360 ever again. The 8th gen was detrimental because that was the generation where console players dramatically built up their digital libraries, achievements, etc and not too many, unless they have a huge amount of disposable income, will switch to Xbox because they don't want to lose what they spent years building up on. 

So Xbox as a console is now primarily meant to satisfy the core Xbox audience as well as being integral to being the affordable way to subscribe to Game Pass. Any other new Xbox players that do decide to get the console or get an Xbox as a secondary device, is just a nice extra bump. It's no longer the core that the entire business is built around. Hell, we're slowly seeing that reality with PlayStation as well. But it's pretty much been that way since MS announced all future Xbox games would go on PC day one and launched the Xbox app on PC along with its own tier of Game Pass.

So enjoy the consoles without the external negativity because you've got a huge heap of huge games coming your way to Xbox! And that's what I'm most excited for.