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Azzanation on 04 March 2025
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SvennoJ said:
Azzanation said:

Thank you for devoting time in reading it all 

First point: they can work alongside but they are planting the seed. Only time will tell. The idea of this strategy is to work your way in and when the tides change, you hit hard.

Second point: The added value to other platforms is why Xbox uses have services like GamePass. Think of it like this, you pay premium prices while Xbox users get it day and date for peanuts.

Third point: Are all Xbox games coming to other platforms? A 4 year old Forza Horizon game confirmed all games that? Heck PC still doesn't have all Xbox games. But you are allowed to hope and pray.

Forth point: literally waiting years to play old games while paying premium prices for early access is not a W you think it is.

The good old, embrace, extend, extinguish.

MS tried, embraced the console market with the XBox, extended with XBox Live, tried to extinguish competitors with Gamepass and buying up publishers. It didn't work and now MS is flailing. They can't hit hard since too many people enjoy Nintendo and Sony games. MS can only shoot themselves in the foot as we see happening now.

Your peanuts cost $240 a year and lose access to everything if you stop paying. PSN is now $80 a year, 2 full price games to keep forever a year to balance it out. Reality is, most people don't play a lot of games, they play a few online games a lot.



"Forth point: literally waiting years to play old games while paying premium prices for early access is not a W you think it is."

That's what XBox is right now. Waiting years to play old Sony games on PC, while paying a premium subscription for early access of MS games.

Meanwhile if you wait a few months, games are much cheaper, further finished and less buggy.

People are not buying Xboxes to play PS games, if that's what they want then they clearly made the wrong choice in life.

I wouldnt want to wait 6 months or years to play the next Halo or Gears, the secruity of Xbox is you are garenteed these games at launch and not second guessing if the game will come and when.

Any game you purchase digitally you don't technically own, the only difference here is GP charges you $240 a year where otherwise you are paying $500 plus a year and not including the Online subscription. Huge difference.