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[Ryuu96]

G2ThaUNiT said:

I know this is beyond frustrating, and the last thing we have is any say on how Microsoft conducts business, but at the end of the day, we're just consumers to these corporations.

Painfully, this will blow over to majority of the gaming playerbase, and things will continue as usual. If you want to leave Empire (honestly don't even want to call it that anymore) it'll be completely understandable.

This isn't how we all thought Xbox would transpire. They had all the pieces to finally compete properly only to have the rug pulled out from under them.

I only ask for everyone to be kind to each other as there are thousands of now unemployed people that have way worse than we do.

This thread was once like a community to me, like a little family on the internet, even though I fucking despise Microsoft and Xbox right now, I still enjoyed talking about videogames I was playing in this thread and seeing what others were playing and their thoughts on videogames because I love videogames! Lol. I love to have a place to talk about my favourite games or what I'm enjoying with people I'm familiar and comfortable with and I hope I can continue doing that once the rage subsides.

But Xbox to me is nothing more than a plastic box which is a means to play my videogames, it is unfortunately where my library and achievements reside though, I'm not going to lie, a part of me considers switching to PlayStation but I don't particularly like Sony either, Lmao. And I can easily imagine myself 10 years down the line from now raging at Sony for similar reasons too, these public American focused corps are all the same. Plus losing all my library but more, losing all my achievements fills me with sadness.

I think I would be happier on PC/Steam but the complexities of PC Gaming scare me and not being a simple plug and play into the PC is a bit tedious. But at least Valve isn't ran by dickheads and my library will be safe and my achievements still available on PC. Plus I will feel like I'm supporting Microsoft a little less which will probably make me happier too because fuck these assholes, Lol. End of the day it's all about the games, I will support the games because I love games, I will support the developers, it's a shame that Microsoft has forgot about that simple fact.

Do I switch to PS and lose everything, and likely end up raging at Sony down the line too, or do I suck up PC Gaming's complexities and switch to that where I'll likely end up happier even if it's a bit more effort. I'd need to buy a new PC and stick it into my TV. And if I go down that route, my only gaming devices will be Switch 2 and PC. And if I miss out on GTA 7 for a year then so be it, I'm not going to miss out on GTA 6 because I will still be using my current Xbox Series X for the time being.

This decision would be a lot easier if I lived with someone who was already a big PC Gamer

Also I need to find someone to buy my Halo statues, Lol.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 02 July 2025