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Xbox: "These [E-Day and Clockwork] are not timed exclusives. Games already announced for multiplatform releases will stick to that plan"
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PauloRoberto
Member
Grubb also saying there is a finished version of gears e day for ps5.
Tick tock tick tock, just a matter of time asha comes to the same conclusion as Phil.
So the guy that said Gears of Wars would not be released on PS5 now says there there is a already finished build for it...
YOu know what ? Make sense. MS (not xbox, MS) knows xbox NEEDS to make money, and Gears of War Reloaded was a fart in the wind. So PS5 release will be a (probably necessary) Plan B ...
LordCBH
Member
And finding a way to lower the cost of the consoles. There's nothing wrong with saying "we want to grow our platform and exclusives will do that." But when nobody can afford the platform in the first place, it won't be doing much growing.
LostDonkey
Member
I was fully expecting them to pull Horizon from PS5 as well but they can't seriously....can they?
Seiryu21
Member
Steam 100% refutes the all in on Xbox messaging. They know most of their fanbase is on steam and don't want to see games on PlayStation.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
At the start of this generation, they were releasing games on PC and Xbox only. It didn't help them.
What makes you think it'll change this time?
MisterXDTV
Member
I'm sure most people will sell their Playstations for these 2 games
LOL
You can't make this shit up
LOL
You can't make this shit up
nial
Member
Xbox is going back to where Sony used to be, though (and not even that, as Sony SP games were generally not day 1 on PC). Gears is not an exclusive.So both Playstation and Xbox realized that consoles without exclusives don't work?
VGA-Games
Member
This!!!
If Microsoft would make now all Games from their IP's exclusive to XBox Consoles then Microsoft would easily outsell Sony Consoles in the Future.
Call of Duty can stay Multiplatform, but everything else should be exclusive to XBox Consoles!!!
Microsoft is a fucking dumb Company by giving away all their IP's to PC and competitors Consoles!!!
MisterXDTV
Member
We are back to Starfield launch
But now their console is not even selling anymore...
LOL
LordCBH
Member
Ultimately, at the end of the day, I don't think most people give a crap if the games are going to be console exclusive or not.
Seiryu21
Member
Lmao you would think so but Asha believes otherwise
poodaddy
Member
Aressa
You can't die before your death
Which is still under Microsoft ecosystem.
Topher
Identifies as young
They didn't even commit to no more PlayStation releases. As far as we know, everything remains exactly how it has been except for two games.
Ass of Can Whooping
Gold Member
never trust a woman who can't commit
MisterXDTV
Member
It's Valve's ecosystem, buddy
Methos#1975
Member
When Oct 6 rolls around and E Day is a massive flop, we will see how things go.
LordCBH
Member
The people who do are extremely vocal about it, though. And Xbox has been extending their ear to the very vocal Twitter base for a long time now, and it's part of why they're in the situation they're in.
nial
Member
Steam is not their ecosystem. And it's not like Microsoft needs to do anything to make people use Windows...
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Topher
Identifies as young
Steam is not a part of Microsoft's ecosystem
LostDonkey
Member
This is what I don't understand. People saying they're giving away their games to PC. PC IS Microsoft. Unless you're running Linux or something and that's a tiny minority these days.
Mr Moose
Member
Yeah, like SteamDeck.
Xbox is a console, not a MicroSoft Windows operating system. They aren't getting 100% of sales from other stores.
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Seiryu21
Member
I agree with you. I find the whole thing performative and a waste of time and money but man am I here to see it all end up making a mess.
LordCBH
Member
If they truly wanted to make a statement, they'd go all in on it. But they deliberately aren't.
Seiryu21
Member
Exactly. It's all a show for short term goodwill and maybe a temporary bump in sales that won't be sustainable. Maybe Asha is planning to pump and dump.
Topher
Identifies as young
Steam is far more synonymous with PC gaming than Microsoft. Doesn't matter if we are talking about Steam on Windows or Steam on Linux
MrTired
Member
Really question is will there platform to keep it exclusive to? I mean were talking 4-5 years now.
Clear
CliffyB's Cock Holster
They probably concluded that heading into this holiday they needed a differentiator. Being honest, with the sheer volume of competition in October sales projections couldn't be great.
I wouldn't be surprised in the least though if in about 12 months time they released an add-on for it, and the "complete edition" ended up on PS5.
Honest truth though, is at the of the FY numbers aren't up significantly, I'd expect another pivot.
KaiserBecks
Member
I don't care if games are exclusive, I only care for the meltdowns.
Mr.Phoenix
Member
Guess you don't know what an ecosystem is.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Asha's balls in my throat?
Reading is hard.
Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution will be XBOX console exclusives.
DreamcastSkies
Gold Member
I'm proud of them. I'm buying an Xbox.
Sanepar
Member
They will be earning money both ways. They own windows 95% of gamers play on Windows.
PC is part of Xbox strategy including their next hardware. Fanboys need to accept that.
Seiryu21
Member
The windows store is so inconsequential that Microsoft fans pretend it doesn't exist.
Goalus
Member
Depends on where you get it from, buddy.
I don't buy anything on Steam.
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MisterXDTV
Member
Of course they will pivot again after sales suck big time
LOL
They will say "We tried, but the sales weren't there"
Mr Moose
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LordCBH
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September and October are going to be brutal. I think we'll see a lot of games underperform in that time frame that otherwise might not just because of the absolute glut of releases scheduled for it. They're all terrified of GTA 6, but GTA isn't coming out until the end of November. There's 2 other weeks that enterprising studios could slot stuff into with no competition.
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Aressa
You can't die before your death
The OS. I'm not talking about Steam.
Microsoft still owns the ecosystem the game is running on.
Goalus
Member
You got that wrong.
Steam cucks pretend that it doesn't exist.
MisterXDTV
Member
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Correct, no other consoles.
Snowdonhoffen
Member
For better or worse, Gears of War looks like... more Gears. People who like the franchise will love it, but I don't think it will attract new players, let alone sell more consoles.
Clockwork, as interesting as it looks, I can't see that game being a system seller, looks like Dishonored combined with Bioshock Infinite, but I doubt it will do anything better than those, not even sell better.
This is just so weird, but I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens, for all I know this is just their last attempt to go back to how things were and if this doesn't move the needle they'll backtrack again.
Clockwork, as interesting as it looks, I can't see that game being a system seller, looks like Dishonored combined with Bioshock Infinite, but I doubt it will do anything better than those, not even sell better.
This is just so weird, but I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens, for all I know this is just their last attempt to go back to how things were and if this doesn't move the needle they'll backtrack again.