| DroidKnight said:
Just the way I wanted to start off the week. |
I couldn't care less about what Ybarra thinks. But I watched the Laura Fryer video, because I think it is always worth to listen to Fryer, even when you disagree. Because she makes her point with a lot of background knowledge and consideration, that at least is worth a second look.
And obviously she is sad with a direction she interprets as giving up the own hardware slowly bit by bit. And yeah, that probably is sad, even though there probably will be another Xbox, but MS doesn't care anymore. Play Anywhere is a great thing, but it means also they are mostly a third-party publisher and offering Gamepass (which is great value).
Funny enough though, she shits on Windows throughout the video. She mentions that the Xbox team melted down Windows in their attempts to make a better Xbox, she claims it an advantage of Steamdeck that it is Windows-free (which I tend to agree), she says she left Winodws behind and installed Linux the moment she left and she even mentioned Pewdiepie's Linux adventures. Although after seeing Pewdiepie building his own bits of hardware even with 3D-printed case and programming it - he isn't a normie, he is a hidden engineer that for too long was stuck with Windows. I think it is funny to see her rant on Windows.
She recognizes that Xbox has a confusing course, changing their direction all the time. Especially in the case praising HiFi-Rush only to close Tango. I think she has a point. I am not sure that Xbox hardware is dead, but I kinda agree it is pointless at this moment. I mean, I probably would still get it as Gamepass machine, but I kinda wish Gamepass would be supported on Switch 2, so I don't have to.
