Eurogamer: Microsoft says Xbox is unlikely to compete with PS5 successfully this gen as Sony’s market position is too strong court documents reveal

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TLHBFR!!!

 

 

They also tell us what we already knew, that PS4 sold twice as many as LBox One last generation. 

 

If only lemmings would accept total defeat this gen as their corporate overlords already have  

 

 

[TLHBO 2,170]

JonB on suicide watch!

 

"Say it ain't so Phil Please say it ain't so!! "

 

They couldn't make a console anyone cared for so they asked daddy Microsoft to buy out publishers for them. They have it so easy at the Xbox gaming division you run the division into the ground and get bailed out by daddy's deep pockets. It works a lot like socialised health care

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[Remij 4,717]

No duh.

 

It's selling faster than Xbox one though.

 

PS5 is selling slower than PS4.

 

It's not 2:1 yet... and MS is hoping that by scoring COD, they can stem PS sales in the future.

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5 minutes ago, Remij said:

No duh.

 

It's selling faster than Xbox one though.

 

PS5 is selling slower than PS4.

 

It's not 2:1 yet... and MS is hoping that by scoring COD, they can stem PS sales in the future.

Sony expect the PS5 to overtake the PS4 next year as they heavily ramp up production. Only  reason PS5 was shipping slower was the crippling chip shortages which are slowly starting to subside. The PS5 demand is way higher than the PS4 demand ever was  

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1 minute ago, FIREPOWER said:

Sony expect the PS5 to overtake the PS4 next year as they heavily ramp up production. Only  reason PS5 was shipping slower was the crippling chip shortages which are slowly starting to subside. The PS5 demand is way higher than the PS4 demand ever was  

Yea.  MS is likely hoping that COD being on Gamepass and cheap access to a console will convince the casuals to buy Xboxes instead of PS5s to do so.

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[FIREPOWER 765]

12 minutes ago, TLHBO said:

JonB on suicide watch!

 

"Say it ain't so Phil Please say it ain't so!! "

 

They couldn't make a console anyone cared for so they asked daddy Microsoft to buy out publishers for them. They have it so easy at the Xbox gaming division you run the division into the ground and get bailed out by daddy's deep pockets. It works a lot like socialised health care

Lemshits living in denial still believe LBox can make a comeback with the Activision deal. Even Papa Phil doesn’t believe so 

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1 minute ago, Remij said:

Yea.  MS is likely hoping that COD being on Gamepass and cheap access to a console will convince the casuals to buy Xboxes instead of PS5s to do so.

It will convince some but it won’t convince the majority. COD, as massive as it is, is still only one game and it’s still gonna be available on PS5 like it is now. If they made it exclusive it would have probably swayed more but with it remaining multiplat I don’t see many being swayed.

I get their rational not making it exclusive though, games like COD are too massive to make exclusive. The backlash MS would receive would be too much and the cut in revenue would likely hurt the COD brand more than MS would be willing to accept. Keeping COD on PS5 is a win-win for both companies as MS can still use it to market GP while getting the sweet revenue from PS fans and Sony can still enjoy some of the revenue COD brings in yearly.

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36 minutes ago, FIREPOWER said:

It will convince some but it won’t convince the majority. COD, as massive as it is, is still only one game and it’s still gonna be available on PS5 like it is now. If they made it exclusive it would have probably swayed more but with it remaining multiplat I don’t see many being swayed.

I get their rational not making it exclusive though, games like COD are too massive to make exclusive. The backlash MS would receive would be too much and the cut in revenue would likely hurt the COD brand more than MS would be willing to accept. Keeping COD on PS5 is a win-win for both companies as MS can still use it to market GP while getting the sweet revenue from PS fans and Sony can still enjoy some of the revenue COD brings in yearly.

MS' already knows their future doesn't include consoles as the primary platform anymore.  They're literally just buying time until cloud gaming takes over.  They know they lost, that's why they're moving on to the next frontier.  That will be their platform going forward.  Develop PC games that can be streamed remotely to any device, or locally played across all generic PC devices.  An "Xbox" may exist in the future... but it will literally just be a PC.

 

They're essentially synergizing Xbox's gaming strategy with Microsoft's corporate strategy.  This is what allows them the full backing of the company.

 

 

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[JonDnD 2,698]

58 minutes ago, TLHBO said:

JonB on suicide watch!

 

"Say it ain't so Phil Please say it ain't so!! "

 

They couldn't make a console anyone cared for so they asked daddy Microsoft to buy out publishers for them. They have it so easy at the Xbox gaming division you run the division into the ground and get bailed out by daddy's deep pockets. It works a lot like socialised health care

You are OBSESSED

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9 minutes ago, Remij said:

MS' already knows their future doesn't include consoles as the primary platform anymore.  They're literally just buying time until cloud gaming takes over.  They know they lost, that's why they're moving on to the next frontier.  That will be their platform going forward.  Develop PC games that can be streamed remotely to any device, or locally played across all generic PC devices.  An "Xbox" may exist in the future... but it will literally just be a PC.

 

They're essentially synergizing Xbox's gaming strategy with Microsoft's corporate strategy.  This is what allows them the full backing of the company.

 

 

Maybe Cloud is in your future but it isn't in mine.

 

If anything, the majestic flop that Google Stadia had has shown me that Cloud isn't anywhere close to being ready to take over traditional hardware.

 

 

MS is going to be waiting many decades for Cloud to take off if it ever does.

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2 minutes ago, FIREPOWER said:

Maybe Cloud is in your future but it isn't in mine.

 

If anything, the majestic flop that Google Stadia had has shown me that Cloud isn't anywhere close to being ready to take over traditional hardware.

 

 

MS is going to be waiting many decades for Cloud to take off if it ever does.

It's in gamings future, whether you like it or not.

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4 minutes ago, Remij said:

It's in gamings future, whether you like it or not.

Nope, same way Kinect wasn't the future. Cloud gaming will never be the future.

 

It fucking sucks due to latency and that's never gonna change.

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57 minutes ago, Remij said:

MS' already knows their future doesn't include consoles as the primary platform anymore.  They're literally just buying time until cloud gaming takes over.  They know they lost, that's why they're moving on to the next frontier.  That will be their platform going forward.  Develop PC games that can be streamed remotely to any device, or locally played across all generic PC devices.  An "Xbox" may exist in the future... but it will literally just be a PC.

 

They're essentially synergizing Xbox's gaming strategy with Microsoft's corporate strategy.  This is what allows them the full backing of the company.

 

 

And it exists purely to data mine your Microsoft account so they can get more ad money.

 

Xbox is a souless cash grab.

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39 minutes ago, FIREPOWER said:

Nope, same way Kinect wasn't the future. Cloud gaming will never be the future.

 

It fucking sucks due to latency and that's never gonna change.

Ive had nothing but good experience with cloud. I use on on my one x sometimes. Its not as good as native for sure but its definitely good enough for most games if you have decent internet.

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2 minutes ago, TLHBO said:

And it exists purely to data mine your Microsoft account so they can get more ad money.

 

Xbox is a souless cash grab.

Cloud is on all platforms. 

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1 minute ago, JonbX said:

Cloud is on all platforms. 

We're talking about Microsofts platform.

[Remij 4,717]

56 minutes ago, FIREPOWER said:

Nope, same way Kinect wasn't the future. Cloud gaming will never be the future.

 

It fucking sucks due to latency and that's never gonna change.

 

lol ok breh.

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17 minutes ago, JonbX said:

Ive had nothing but good experience with cloud. I use on on my one x sometimes. Its not as good as native for sure but its definitely good enough for most games if you have decent internet.

I’ve tried out every Cloud based service since OnLive and they are all shit from my experience. It’s not even my connection either since I have fiber internet with 1000Mbps down. The latency just doesn’t do it for me. I’m very sensitive to latency and if I don’t l get fast and accurate input it destroys the experience for me. 

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3 minutes ago, FIREPOWER said:

I’ve tried out every Cloud based service since OnLive and they are all shit from my experience. It’s not even my connection either since I have fiber internet with 1000Mbps down. The latency just doesn’t do it for me. I’m very sensitive to latency and if I don’t l get fast and accurate input it destroys the experience for me. 

Yet you play games on PS5 and not PC. lol ok

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2 minutes ago, JonbX said:

Yet you play games on PS5 and not PC. lol ok

I play on PC and PS5. WTF are you talking about?