We're listening and we hear you. We've been planning a business update event for next week, where we look forward to sharing more details with you about our vision for the future of Xbox. Stay tuned. (twitter.com)

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[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip -1 points 11 months ago

Yeah but the Xbox fanboys are seething and Sony fanboys are whetting their lips at the thought of Starfield on ps5.

[-] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 11 months ago

Yo of all the games to be hungry for, Starfield ain't one lmao

[-] garretble@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I don’t think anyone is really that excited for Starfield at this point.

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago

I’ve yet to see a single PS person excited about getting Starfield. At most, they’re like, “Oh, that’s nice,” and go back to doing other things.

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 points 11 months ago

I was being sarcastic. No one cares about Starfield.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 11 months ago

And everyone else just realizes how bad this means things are going for the gaming industry as a whole.

This isn't good news for anyone who likes actually owning their games instead of just having a license, if they own a console.

That ship sailed in PC gaming forever ago, which is honestly fine considering storefronts like GOG exist, but it's still going to be a gut-punch to people who have invested financially heavily in the Xbox ecosystem.

It's going to mean smaller selections of games, more gambling/gacha bullshit, and "you'll own nothing and you'll be happy" will dominate the industry. When licensing runs out for music, they'll just pull a game instead of trying to "fix" it, if it's not profitable enough. We're entering an era where there will be a dead-zone of lost media and history because so much of it is increasingly locked up behind corporate barriers.

[-] djsoren19@yiffit.net 6 points 11 months ago

It's going to mean smaller selections of games, more gambling/gacha bullshit, and "you'll own nothing and you'll be happy" will dominate the industry. When licensing runs out for music, they'll just pull a game instead of trying to "fix" it, if it's not profitable enough. We're entering an era where there will be a dead-zone of lost media and history because so much of it is increasingly locked up behind corporate barriers.

I have some bad news about the past few years for you...