- 343 fucked up Halo Infinite
- Starfield was a flop
- Can’t find any games under $20 any more
- Game Pass price raised
- Can get the same game on PS5/PC cheaper and in better quality
I couldn’t have done it worse if I tried. Xbox is already dead, they will discontinue the Xbox console in a year or so and slowly spin down the brand.
It’s already disappeared from our game shops, it’s just PS5, Nintendo Switch and some PC accessories.
They had it all with the 360. 2013 was the beginning of the end.
Forza Motorsport being a flop was most upsetting to me. Probably the best funded simcade game next to Gran Turismo with a long development time and they fall flat and it still doesn’t even work on Linux. Forza Motorsport should be low hanging fruit with their experience and budget and they still managed to drop the ball
343 has been ruining Halo ever since they were formed, it goes beyond Infinite.
“it goes beyond Infinite” lol
poor chaps. To work on your dream games only for them to get mismanaged into oblivionWell according to Frank O’connor, a non-zero number of them hate Halo. Its why they were hired. If I had to guess, from the way they have mistreated the franchise, its more than 60% of them at the least.
💯. I remember the first game they made (halo 4 I think?) they had to go and introduce a whole new race just to put their own mark on the game. Guess what? The Prometheans were fucking stupid and that game sucked. I went from hardcore halo gamer to casual at best. I still haven’t finished 5 even though it’s installed on my PC.
Halo 5 is only like 4 hours long. It’s absolutely pathetic, nonsensical and boring AF. Now you know all this, feel free to uninstall.
I mean… That’s part of their intentional pivot right? “Everything’s an Xbox”. They’re after subscriptions to their ecosystem. Play from your tv, tablet, phone, computer with no hassle. Not saying it’s the best or right for everyone, but it’s certinly a calculated business decision rather than a side effect of discontent by users.
But losing a market like this is a type of failure that should turn into a case study and that’s really bad. You don’t outcompete yourself by making your competitors always the better option.
- hardware gets more expensive: check
- game pass gets more expensive: check
- everything is a Xbox, so you don’t need this system to play Xbox games: check
- games release multi platform: check
There is not really much incentive to buy a brand new Xbox console nowadays.
20 years of incremental hardware improvements and a big middle finger to the gaming community will do that.
With no successor, no backwards compatibility for next gen. Why would any new gamer opt for it!
I feel like I’m out of the loop.
Have they made a hard announcement that they will not have another home console generation or is that just inferred from their public strategy?
Not yet, there are plans for a more expensive console/PC hybrid that Xbox division has hinted at being a thing soon; Not that anyone would probably buy it given the Steam Machine is on the horizon this year. Since Microslop has a proven track record of failure post that one time they peaked, I wouldn’t be surprised if they eventually give up on console sales. They always piss on their success and never learn anything from their flops.
I was going to get one second hand to dick around with until this. I’ll stick to PC and steam link.
yes. please. drop further.
kill microslop.If you’re not going to treat your console like a console, then people looking to buy one aren’t going to buy yours.
Bye bye. I won’t miss you.
