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Good Lord. Microsoft has there work cut out for them! Some of these posts totally ripped them a new bootyhole. Good thing Microsoft saw this coming and got themselves a whole new Booty. Matt Booty, that is!

I still love 'em though. Despite their shortcomings, Xbox has given me my most played console two gens in a row. Looking forward to seeing what they show next month. They're gonna have to knock this one out of the park!

If it spikes and somewhat sustains, sure. If it spikes and dies again then we are in the same place. 

Wont a repackage for series x contradict the smart delivery narrative? 

I'd say Microsoft's biggest shortcomings prior to the launch of the Xbox One was their failure to "read the room".

7th gen was a strange beast. Things like motion controls, features ("It only does everything") and casual stuff like Guitar Hero seemed like the surefire route to success. Even power seemed like it wasn't necessary as the weakest console by far went on to be the best selling. Amongst other things, lot of that stuff went into the Xbox One launch and it just didn't look good compared to the PS4 which had pretty much no weaknesses compared to the One.

This gen, I feel like Microsoft has learned the error of their ways. Yeah, they've never really been the industry leader but what they have done in the past have catered to my personal tastes. If they can just get the launch right, they should do well.

I imagine they will make a physical release for newcomers who skipped out on XB1. In the event they gain back a portion lost this gen that had a 360 or newcomers in general. But cmon all spikes go down lol, the fact it spikes at all being 3 years old means something in itself. Nm, we just arguing hypotheticals now. 

An attractively priced Series S revelation along with jaw dropping game announcements.

An attractively priced Series S revelation along with jaw dropping game announcements.

Generally speaking I think there are 4 types of games. Bad, Ok'ish, Good, and rare gems that are considered a must play. Maybe that's just me, but if any particular console brand has a bunch of games of the later category, it peaks my interest and I would buy a console just to play them. I bought a Switch just to play BOTW, for example, and the OG Xbox mainly for Halo. Therefore, I just find it hard to believe that anyone, who sees games like TLOU 2, GOW, HZD etc. getting 96 Metacritic scores, wouldn't feel any desire to play them. Yet the one single game that is coming to your platform of choice happens to be your most favorite ip of the entire generation, even when it's a 6 hour long game with a 80 Metacritic score. I get that you're into viking history and all, but come on. 

And no, all those studios you mentioned haven't been quiet for too long. Ninja Theory just released Bleeding Edge, Mojang just released Minecraft Dungeons, Playground released Forza Horizon 4: Lego Speed Champions in 2019, The Coalition just released Gears Tactics for pc, Obsidian is working on some indie kid game called Grounded and 343 Studios seems to be hiring for a new Halo Wars. Except for Gears Tactics all of their new releases is sitting on a 70 or lower Metacritic score.

Surely you must notice a pattern here. Most of MS's studios are busy making small scale type of games to fill up the GP library. That's why I'll remain skeptical and keep my expectations in check, but I truly do hope they'll prove me wrong in July. 

ill bite
i quit tlou after 10 minutes, Gow I wont even touch dont like that kind of gameplay since heavenly sword with QTEs
IMo HZD was the only good one

so ye PS offered me one game for my taste

I explained myself enough. You skeptical that’s not on me. I think it’s a safe bet to say that Xbox plans to cover more genres then PS. And that will attract crowds that like said genres. MS clearly trying to capture the 3rd person narrative crowd that can’t get enough of PS4 exclusives, so let’s see how that goes. 

Bleeding Edge is a small game, where as Hellblade came out a few years ago. I didn’t mention Mojang or Coalition, but Playgrounds 2nd studio was what I was referring to. Again, Grounded is a small team, the bulk of Obsidian is working on a unannounced AAA game while the rest is working on Outer Worlds DLC. 343 will finally release a Halo game after 5 years and did a damn fine job keeping a closed lid this whole time and I can’t wait for it to pay off. So ya, I stand by my point that studios have been quiet for too long. 

If the small scale titles were all that those studios were working on I’d agree, but we both know that’s not the case. I mean they literally said they set aside 10-20 people for these smaller titles. 

It is fine to try to differentiate yourself and find market, but the problem they had was forgetting their core. Luckly they have enough money to tank a year or two of bad results while they shape up;