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[alabtrosMyster]

I don’t like exclusives and long for a world where I can just buy one system, but you have to fight the battle you’re engaged in sadly. I have all systems, but this is amusing because of the Sony fanboys who have made everything about exclusives and ‘wins’. It’s always nice to see a bully get punched in the mouth.

I do feel a little bad for nice people with PlayStations who just like to play games... But they’ll probably just buy an Xbox to play them and not treat it like some kind of holy war.

While I see some of the points you make, I also see the motivation behind creating exclusive content from a platform owner's perspective, because let's be honest here nobody would buy a switch if it wasn't for the exclusive content.

So my impression is that games that are exclusive would not get made, at least not in the same manner if it wasn't for the platform holders doing their best to differentiate their hardware (look at what EA, Activision and Ubisoft to see the difference in the approach compared to Sony and Nintendo). I'm pretty sure that uncharted and the last of us would not exist if Sony had not been put in a corner with the mess the PS3 was.

Sony built their studios back in the 90s to boost their platforms, MS bought them for the same reason.

We can always run emulators to bypass some of these limitations!

 

[Gravemind]

Amazing. Not only do I get all Bethesda games on gamepass day one, I also get to go through all of these threads and laugh my ass off at all the denial and desperation from the biggest gaf warriors.

Truly the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[Skifi28]

I don't think I am going to have any luck upgrading my PC any time soon.

Yeah, it's not looking good. Hopefully, by 2027 when TES VI finally comes out, it'll be possible to find some decent parts without having to pay with a kidney.

 

[MonarchJT]

so while I was having dinner with friends, what we all thought would happen happened and a part of fanboys who never bought an Xbox said it wouldn't happen (of course) if you want I could remember the names of these users by heart

 

[Halo is Back]

At 8:47

Here is the compilation of takes.

 

[MonarchJT]

so it is exactly how I thought it would go. exactly as in the case of dieshot ... coincidentally

just out of curiosity where are those PlayStation money tables that ms couldn't do without? hahaha embarassing

 

[SoloKingRobert]

The one that will be coming to PS5

Which are you most excited for: The Elder Scrolls VI or Avowed?

Right now we have two massive first-person fantasy RPGs slated to release some years into the 9th gen. On one hand we have Bethesda's next entry into The Elder Scrolls, on the other we have Obsidian's new game set in the same world as Pillars of Eternity. Little to nothing is known about the...

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Aged like Milk

 

[Diddy X]

With xbox + PC you don't need playstation customers, also you make them more appealing having those exclusives, it's the only right decision.

 

[Edgelord79]

XCloud doesn't use the browser.

Actually it does.
https://www.theverge.com/platform/a...shots-cloud-gaming-streaming-browser-features

 

[ManaByte]

Actually it does.
https://www.theverge.com/platform/a...shots-cloud-gaming-streaming-browser-features

No it doesn't. That's a test. You can't currently use it in a browser.

 

[Edgelord79]

No it doesn't. That's a test. You can't currently use it in a browser.

Well sure but that's semantics. It will. It's the only way they can reach iphones.

 

[Andodalf]

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Bonus:

Golden

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

So what happened to exclusive games beinf anti-consumer?

 

[Ellery]

Okay for my situation I guess. Playing TES6 and Starfield on PC.
Kinda funny if you think about how games are going to look in 2023/2024 on that hardware then. Probably 60 TF - 80 TF of performance then for some juicy juicy juicy RayTracing.

 

[ManaByte]

At 8:47

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[Gone]

Based Phil.

 

[Banjo64]

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Bonus:

Thanks for compiling this list of low IQ smug individuals for us all. Wonder if any of them will have the cajones to just straight up admit they were chatting bollocks (they won’t).

 

[Deleted member 471617]

Very happy that Phil Spencer clarified everything earlier today.

- All previously released games stay as is and will receive updates, expansions, etc. as normal.
- All contracted games will be fulfilled which is Deathloop and Ghostwire Tokyo which was already known.
- All future games will otherwise be exclusive to Xbox/PC and Game Pass.

Super hyped!!! Starfield, The Elder Scrolls VI, Indiana Jones and whatever else they end up having for this generation and beyond will be exclusive as they fucking should be.

The only game I see as an exception will be Wolfenstein III as it will wrap up the current storylines in the previous games and can give the series a break while Machine Games will then move on to full production of Indiana Jones.

What a great day!!! Xbox baby!!! Whoooo!!!!

 

[fatmarco]

 

[MonarchJT]

as everyone with a brain said playstation user can wait just for timed exclusives like Deathloop.and tokyowire and mmo like Eso or fallout76 that's it .

 

[Astral Dog]

Means a lot of Switch/Switch 2 ports will be possible.

Support on Switch (and future Switch 2 ) will die out supposedly :'^( with this exclusive on Xbox Gamepass deal

 

[Hawking Radiation]

So where are we?

Are Bethesda games coming to other platforms? I hope they do.

Where are we brehs ??

 

[Bernd Lauert]

 

[HundredThousandTrillion]

So what happened to exclusive games beinf anti-consumer?

Let me know when I can pack up my PS5 and play Spiderman, Last of Us, and God of War on my XSX.

If any of this bothers you...buy both.

 

[phil_t98]

So where are we?

Are Bethesda games coming to other platforms? I hope they do.

Where are we brehs ??

Not past the contracted games no

 

[Duchess]

So where are we?

Are Bethesda games coming to other platforms? I hope they do.

Existing games will continue to be supported.

Game currently under contract will be released and supported.

In future, there may be other contracts that Bethesda do.

GamePass will be the place for exclusive games.

 

[Astral Dog]

The best thing about this is that decent competition prevents collusion.

For everyone who is sick of video game company greed, XBox being strong competition to PlayStation is absolutely the best thing.

If Bethesda games all came to Sony as well, the competition wouldn’t be there as much and the collusion would go on. We don’t want Microsoft and Sony in bed together.

As it stands this is going to heat up the whole market, which means cheaper consoles and games. This is a good thing for everyone.

Except Bethesda fans on Switch and PlayStation lol

:'^(

 

[Edgelord79]

So where are we?

Are Bethesda games coming to other platforms? I hope they do.

Where are we brehs ??

Basically what most people that didn't pretend to be an analyst thought. Most new games without contractual obligations will be exclusive (barring the obvious GaaS stuff). At least, for now

 

[reksveks]

So what happened to exclusive games beinf anti-consumer?

Hard to call it anti-consumer if you only have to pay 15 quid to play the game. Maybe not the way that you want but you could still play it.

 

[FrankWza]

At

I was wrong about Deathloop and Ghostwire? Why did you quote me 50 times?
I said after the debacle of claiming the worlds most powerful console and then fumbling the gold doubling they had no choice but to make all games exclusives.

 

[MonarchJT]

I was wrong about Deathloop and Ghostwire? Why did you quote me 50 times?

because you was one the main one of the fools who carried on with nonsense that Microsoft would release everything on PlayStation? you will understand for yourself that you deserved all the quotes next time think about things more

 

[SpongebobSquaredance]

I was wrong about Deathloop and Ghostwire? Why did you quote me 50 times?

It is heartwarming reading it. Now I can go to be with a smile, so either way, thank you.

 

[FrankWza]

It is heartwarming reading it.

But it’s true. They have to release Deathloop and Ghostwire exclusively on PS5....this year

 

[FrankWza]

because was you was one the main one of the fools who carried on with nonsense that Microsoft would release everything on PlayStation? you will understand for yourself that you deserved all the quotes next time think about things more

I did? When?
I think you should go back and read the quotes. Hahahaha

 

[Astral Dog]

Sony better fucking be on the phone with capcom or square enix right fucking now. No more diddly-dicking around wasting money on timed exclusives and porting games away while Microsoft continues to bolster the xbox value proposition.

man Capcom going first party sucks even more, they been slaying on all platforms and have big current/ next gen AND big Switch games coming, fortunately i don't believe they will let themselves be bought that easily.

 

[MonarchJT]

I did? When?

i quoted you in another thread ... and is embarassing it's better for you not to say anything more about it believe me

 

[FrankWza]

i quoted you in another thread ... and is embarassing it's better for you not to say anything more about it believe me

Show me. Was this before or after they changed most powerful console to most powerful Xbox and then bungled the gold doubling?

 

[MonarchJT]

Show me. Was this before or after they changed most powerful console to most powerful Xbox and then bungled the gold doubling?

No none of this (I've just checked) and as I am a sincere person, I apologize to you, I remembered badly it was hezkiel or something like that to which I replied. You were certainly part of the group that giggled at the lack of clarity on the exclusivity of the acquisition but I was wrong. you weren't the one I quoted. sorry

 

[WalterSobchak]

The level of denial on this post is off the charts.

You'd think they would have moved on to the bargaining stage by now.

 

[Riky]

But it’s true. They have to release Deathloop and Ghostwire exclusively on PS5....this year

I think Deathloop is coming to PC as well, maybe even PC Gamepass, who knows.

 

[Faithless83]

That's nice, but why wait so much to clarify it in the first place? There must be a reason not to boast it since this kinda of deal takes forever to be consolidated.

Fishy still, but congrats Xbox owners.

Wonder what response this will trigger...

 

[sublimit]

It means existing live service games(like ESO) that have legacy on other platforms.

What he actually did say is this:

"There's contractual obligations that we're going to see through as we always do in every one of these instances."

This is obviously about games like Death loop and Ghostwire Tokyo. Everyone already knew that they were going to honor those contracts and deals that were made in the past.
Next:

"We have games that exist on other platforms, and we're going to go support those games on the platforms they're on. There's communities of players. We love those communities and we'll continue to invest in them."

This is obviously about games like ESO and Fallout 76. We also knew that these games would comtinue to be platform so there's still nothing new about what he said.

And finally when he could have ended this easily and make everything clear he say this:

"And even in the future, there might be things that have either contractual things or legacy on different platforms that we'll go do."

Legacy on other platforms could mean many things and this is exactly where people like you and other fanboys like Stuart360pretend that it's very clear when it really isn't.

Games like TES,Fallout,Doom and many others all have history on Playstation as well. That what "Legacy" means or at least it could mean. Once again he's talking with riddles and half-words.
It's really beyond me how you and the rest of the xbox fanboys in this site managed to be so sure about something so vague.

Btw i've said many times that i DO hope and wish ALL Bethesda games remain 100% exclusive to Xbox. This is because 1) i never cared about any of Bethesda's or Zenimax's games and 2) because even though i personally don't care i do realize they are big franchises and that will really put some fire into Sony's pants.And we all know that competition is good.


But just like i expected there was nothing today that made this situation any more clear than before.

 

[MonarchJT]

That's nice, but why wait so much to clarify it in the first place? There must be a reason not to boast it since this kinda of deal takes forever to be consolidated.

Fishy still, but congrats Xbox owners.

Wonder what response this will trigger...

clarified because they saw that across social media many playstation fanboys were spinning incredibly positive news for the Xbox platform as something irrelevant as if nothing had changed. Instead it must be clear that the Xbox today has the largest First party on the market.

 

[reksveks]

Sony better fucking be on the phone with capcom or square enix right fucking now. No more diddly-dicking around wasting money on timed exclusives and porting games away while Microsoft continues to bolster the xbox value proposition.

Sony interested in becoming a bigger PC and mobile game developer? That's what they would be taking on if they buy Square Enix.

It's possible that they try and spin that out but it is pretty decent chunk of Square Enix revenue

 

[FutureMD]

Good, more competition. Plus, since it's on PC, we can play any "exclusive" game at a nice 60/120 fps vs something like god of war or spiderman.

 

[sublimit]

So funny to see fanboys like my friend Riky being triggered by the truth in my post! I hope you are ok man!

 

[Woo-Fu]

Good news for Xbox and its fans, regardless of how you spin it.

 

[Faithless83]

clarified because they saw that across social media many playstation fanboys were spinning incredibly positive news for the Xbox platform as something irrelevant as if nothing had changed. Instead it must be clear that the Xbox today has the largest First party on the market.

And it took them around 6 months (since September 21st announcement) to notice that?

Come on guys... really?

 

[MonarchJT]

So funny to see fanboys like my friend Riky being triggered by the truth in my post! I hope you are ok man!

believe me at the moment xbox will do everything to release exusive. period.

 

[Gunslinger]

While a good win for MS the scope of a Bethesda game is huge. How many exclusive titles we can expect to see this gen 1 or 2?