@trev666 I’m well aware of the state of the industry. I just feel that Microsoft’s 2017 hail-Mary that is Gamepass (and all that went with it initially) has had more of an impact on getting the industry to this current state than anything else. See no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil x-box zealots will never acknowledge this and point to Sony who are willing to spend over £300,000,000 on a Spider-man sequel as the culprit.
Are Sony perfect? Far from it… but Microsoft’s irresponsible loss-leading strategy to sew up all of gaming has had far more of a negative impact and when all is said and done, will lead us to the future you speak of.
@colonelkilgore you’re right in everything you said. GP is definitely a can of worms. Hail Mary.
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But, but, but 10 million people "played" Starfield. That equates to making a profit to invest in to their next release, doesn't it? Doesn't it?
I've always thought the real consequences will be seen when Bethesda has to release Elder Scrolls 6 after MS cutting it's budget multiple times. You can't just make games out of thin air, and if you don't sell games you can't just hope daddy will keep financing them.
We shall see, I suppose. Maybe PS customers will eventually save their bacon.
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@Ravix you’re right, I played starfield, I opened it up, got bored after 5 seconds, left it idle and forgot it idle for a few hours then deleted it cuz it was holding my storage hostage
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@colonelkilgore I was originally talking about Microsoft rewards
Im not an x-box zealot couldnt care less about the brand I dont care If the biggest company in the world costs its self millions, as a consumer its a good deal. As a gamepass user yeah i dont buy games anymore on xbox. If Microsoft want to put games day 1 on a subscription service thats up to them no one else has followed suit because makes no financial sense.
why do people care about massive corporations? gaming will still be around long after Xbox is gone and PlayStation is gone
@trev666 they’re both part of the same issue. Either Microsoft’s service is (or was as things have now changed… had to change) being funded by a bunch of people paying a buck a month or even worse, by a few bing searches.
This is why I buy games… and why I encourage people to buy games, as the industry can not continue when being so meagrely funded. But nooooo… games simply cost too much to make right? It’s an issue for sure but even if they do cost too much, paying customers, customers who stump up £70 per game are ensuring that the industry is getting funded far more appropriately.
X-box players bring up the Spider-man 2 budget as if it’s some kind of smoking gun… but as of May 2024 it had sold 11,000,000. Now even if not everyone paid the full £70… and most undoubtedly did as I still haven’t seen it going much cheaper but even if 70% paid £70 and 30% paid say… £50, that would still be £644,000,000 in revenue, which is well over double the budget.
Customer short-sightedness… or more specifically Xbox customer short-sightedness will end gaming as we know it. The lets take all we can now and not worry about later attitude endemic to team green will ruin gaming. But you do you.
edit. and I don’t care about corporations… your missing the point entirely, I care about gaming and Microsoft’s strategy is the biggest threat to a healthy gaming industry since E.T on the Atari 2600.
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It seems like the only xbox news lately is how they can't be bothered getting games on to Xbox, but they are focusing a lot more on getting their published games everywhere else. Are they really just shifting to becoming a publisher? It does seem to feel like the wind is blowing in that direction.
If they ever do, do you think will bother to change the name of the gaming division?
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