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[Imaginedvl]

chakkra said:

Imaginedvl said:

Honestly, it just makes sense. Sony strategy aside, for Xbox (as a business), I do not see why they are not putting some of their big AAA on Play Station already. 
The reality is that, while it sucks that Sony is buying those big third parties exclusives out; the fact is that they have 70%+ more of the market (if you do not count the Switch, and it is closer to 90% in certain regions). There is no way for Microsoft to compete and try to reverse that. 

People can claim whatever they want, but the main reason is not that "Sony is coming out with more exclusives." Yes, it played a role at first, but at this point (especially with Microsoft coming with way more games), it is just that people will not switch when they invest so much in Play Station and have their whole library there. I have a Play Station 5, and I play on it for games that are not available anywhere else, but I have more than 300 games in my Xbox library since the original Xbox; there is no fucking way I'm going to switch my gaming ecosystem to Sony (and Sony exclusives other than few like Horizon, are not engaging me at all). That's why it is so hard for Microsoft to do anything right. The majority of the market/media is siding with what they use the most, which makes sense. No matter what they do. They lost this with the Xbox One debacle, and there is no return anytime soon unless they come up with something completely different. This is the Apple effect in gaming... 

If Xbox wants to stay relevant (and they are; I mean, yes, Sony is first, but Xbox is selling, and Activision-Blizzard is just massive in the gaming world), they must sell some stuff on another platform. 

If this strategy is so beneficial and "makes so much sense", then why not do it with every game then? Why not just announce that every game going forward will be released on Playstation?

I'll go ahead and respond to your passive-aggressive quoting response lol I do not know why people are so edgy with this topic to be honest... You would not like it if the Play Station exclusives were on Xbox too?... anyway.

I am not sure how you think that having less than 30% of the market share and even less than 5% in certain regions makes it hard to understand why it makes sense for them to sell their game on another platform. Do I need to lay down the math for you? I don't think you need to be an expert economist to figure it out. "It makes sense" yes. (sorry for being dicky here, but come on, how can this still be argued today is beyond me... It is the same reason why there was no plan for Microsoft to pull out Call of Duty from PlayStation; it would have been insane, and as a shareholder, I would have been part of the 100% incoming legal action against them)

Now, your question about whether "every game" is more than fair. :) The bottom line is that I think they should put every game simultaneously on all platforms. But my guess is that if they want to retake some of the console market in the future, then I would wait for sure and keep some big-name exclusives (Halo, Gears, Forza, etc.). But again, financially speaking, there is no argument there. I'm talking from a business standpoint, not a gamer who favors one platform.

Finally, I think at this point, Microsoft needs to develop something different to make "Xbox" a viable place for gamers who have already invested a lot in Play Station to switch. Playing their Sony games on it will never ever happen, so I can see one or two things that may help other than content, for instance, that portable rumored machine; if this thing can play Windows/Steam and Xbox games. This would be amazing (I doubt it will be that but well). For the Xbox part, the reason is that as a gamer, I hate to have to buy the version of my games on 2 platforms, it just makes no fucking sense to me. Microsoft is already fixing that going forward with all 1st party titles being both on Xbox/PC without the need to buy it again. But for other publisher it is simply a pain in the ass as I play on both my PC and Xbox a lot, it just sucks.

That's one example of course; but I think this would be definitely a good way to get some of the marketshare back... Don't know

Last edited by Imaginedvl - on 18 August 2024