| Shaunodon said: Still have competition between Sony? According to who? All Xbox have talked about is wanting to offer people the best value and that everyone should be able to play everything regardless of system, then they go ahead to promote their games on PS consoles while more games are being kept away from Xbox consoles. Sony now feel emboldened enough to price their products as if they can get away with anything, not like someone operating in a competetive market. Right now their business isn't making people happy nor is it currently positioned to make any sort of worthwhile return on the huge investments they've made, so what exactly are they in the business for? If you're gonna make it out like they have their own rationale behind all these anti-consumer moves, you have to actually show some clear proof that it's actually leading to something positive. Right now all we know for sure is their market share is rapidly declining, Gamepass growth is not where they projected it to be and their brand image has arguably never been worse (up there with the Xbox One reveal/Kinect Overlord days). No one expects any corporation to be naturally consumer-friendly, although when it comes to Nintendo specifically they've set themselves apart from every other publisher in video games when it comes to their business philosophy. But as you've mentioned it should be common sense for a brand to please customers to a certain extent if they want to actually have some sustainable and long-term success in the market, yet right now Xbox are definitevely doing neither well, so what exactly have they been doing other than emptying out their Microsoft inheritance fund? |
The competition with Sony is there... People are mixing up console sales versus gaming revenues in general. While Sony is still ahead, Microsoft is definitely in the race and relevant. Fans are complaining about Microsoft spreading their legs (sorry but well, that's what it is); and having those games available on other platforms but this is just the right thing to do for them as they are third in the "console" market.
Their strategy is not about beating Sony in the console area, but to stay relevant and even beat them overall in the gaming industry and they are definitely on the right track for that; everything they are doing is aligned with that. Other than fans being frustrated for some weird reason and being so damn petty about anything Xbox is doing; I do not think there is any problem with Xbox and their strategy moving forward is pretty clear.
What exactly is Microsoft doing that is anti-consumer? You can play next gen games on the least expensive console out there, you get GamePass that offer more values than anything else out there (even without Day 1 on the lower tiers), you buy a game on PC or Xbox and can play it on the other platform without having to rebuy it (this is the dumbest thing in the gaming industry right now...), they are not forcing you to buy new controllers and shit for the new console pretending that it is required (when in most game you can simply disable the haptic...), etc... I have time understanding why people keeps saying that from Xbox.
Same for a gamer perspective, I am not sure about the "consumer-friendly" thingy you are talking about. Microsoft is probably the most consumer-friendly of the 3 out there (and I respect Nintendo very much) but Microsoft is really ahead with again, GamePass, true multiplatform (for first parties, with Play Anywhere), prices that makes sense. While Sony is literally milking their fanbases and knowing that most people will have no choice to pay because how much they invested so far if they want to keep going... Which is nuts.
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