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[PharaoTutAnchAmun]

"Xbox will continue to help game creators find the biggest audience possible."

Basically, all games are on the table to go multiplatform.

Wonder how xbox diehards like @Ozriel and D Darsxx82 are going to cope?

Darsxx82 is already coping, i looked on the emo's he gave you an empathy

 

[StreetsofBeige]

So those rumour posts saying these 4 games were it was right the whole time. Batted 1.000.

 

[poppabk]

Wonder what’s next and how soon

Call of Duty?

 

[rexel229]

Pentiment on switch or ps5? Mmmm decisions decisions.

 

[nial]

Still here, not banned, and funny last post

What is wrong with the Xbox brand? Exclusives matter

They just havent delivered content up to scratch with competitors since the 360 days and there is practically zero reason to own an Xbox if you have a gaming PC. Last year they released nothing, this year they actually released games but everything except hi-fi rush has had negativity...

www.neogaf.com

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

what if these games don't sell?

 

[Mowcno]

Jan-Apr 2024 MS will release 4 titles on PS5 and 0 titles on Xbox. Nice!

 

[Snowdonhoffen]

So those rumour posts saying these 4 games were it was right the whole time. Batted 1.000.

Tom Warren was on the money. Guess we'll have to keep an eye on the other games he claimed were coming to other platforms.

 

[MisterXDTV]

what if these games don't sell?

They release bigger games that sell

 

[Nitty_Grimes]

what if these games don't sell?

They go back to nutella and say 'see, told you it was a waste of time'

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Of course, of course, because the numerous times you've bet me that MS would stop making hardware and that no Xbox console would be released never existed.... ironic

Oh, they exist. And I do think they will stop eventually.
But I speculate and theorize all the time, depending on the discussion.

This is also what I've said:

So, another move indicating that MS might indeed quit selling consoles, or at most release their own Ouya.

So, after getting destroyed by PS5 and Switch, they supposedly plan to solve the issues by going 3rd party AND taking both Sony and Nintendo head-on, based on a dead-end sub service?

Sounds like smart business.

Edit:

I'm actually willing to believe they are this dumb.

I'm much more objective and reasonable than I might appear.

Anyway, when everybody plays, we all win, right?

 

[MasterCornholio]

what if these games don't sell?

Then Nadella doesn't get his bonus.

?

 

[Jaybe]

Jan-Apr 2024 MS will release 4 titles on PS5 and 0 titles on Xbox. Nice!

PS5 gets Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment before Xbox console owners get Activsion & Blizzard games on Game Pass

 

[Topher]

Sea of Thieves dev is salty. lol

 

[intbal]

Then Nadella doesn't get his bonus.

?

He doesn't care.
He wants to fire everyone and move the company to India to work on AI.

 

[TheGodfather07]

what if these games don't sell?

Microsoft probably don't expect much. These four are niche games and only to ease into it. What Microsoft really want is to get the bigger games like gears, halo, starfield and indiana Jones onto PlayStation. Games they know will perform well.

 

[Pop]

Phil just give me Halo on PS5 before the holidays

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Microsoft probably don't expect much. These four are niche games and only to ease into it. What Microsoft really want is to get the bigger games like gears, halo, starfield and indiana Jones onto PlayStation. Games they know will perform well.

This.

When Phil Spencer was talking about testing the waters, I think he was talking more about businessdeals made between them and Sony/Nintendo.

No doubt that both Sony and Nintendo are wary of MS' plans and have a lot of demands/requirements for allowing Xbox games on their platforms.

Afterall, it was a business update, not some Xbox Direct aimed at gamers specifically.

 

[Coulomb_Barrier]

They had to start from smaller titles, but there's no going back now....

They are all coming

Yes I know, but Spencer and Xbox choosing to boil the frog slowly so to speak is another dumb move that will backfire with long-term reputational damage (not that he and the Xbox management care at this point.) all so they can sell several hundred more copies of Indianna Jones and whatever else is coming soon on Xbox.

 

[Kikorin]

Hi-Fi Rush still have to wait for becoming a success, but Switch 2 will finally give it a platform to shine.

 

[aliadiere25]

All of them are coming way sooner than I expected and could be the reason they were the only ones announced so far. Another batch of games is probably slated for the second half of the year.

For sure. I fully expect them to release Starfield at the end of the year.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Wow, missing Switch with HiFi Rush and Sea of Thieves, that's a drag. The ports would have been harder (and Sea could have been a pain to maintain online over a portable's connection, ) but this was a good markets for these games. Still, landmark moment for Xbox.

Xbox and PS5 have similar architecture. I doubt it’s that hard to get the games running on PS5.

 

[Heisenberg007]

This announcement tells us 3 important things:

1. The narrative that "Xbox preponed their announcement from Spring because of the leaks" was obviously false. Pentiment is releasing on Switch and PS tomorrow. They were always meant to follow this timeline. I'm more confident than before that those were all controlled, intentional leaks by Microsoft to soften the blow.
2. All 4 announced games will be released within the next 70 days. There's no way those are the only ports they've planned for this year. Otherwise, they'd have spread them out more.
3. "And as we shared at Developer_Direct, earlier this year, players can look forward to Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Avowed, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and more on Xbox Series X|S, PC, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and Xbox Game Pass this year." The wording here has no mention of exclusivity, implying all these games can come on other platforms later.

 

[damidu]

sad day for list warriors and banner artists lol

 

[Raonak]

I wonder what/when the next 4 games will be?

RIP Xbox. It was fun watching you from a distance.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Poor baby

 

[MasterCornholio]

Poor baby

So when is his next explosion?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Poor baby

 

[Topher]

So when is his next explosion?

 

[MasterCornholio]

Maybe something like Starfield is what I'm guessing.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Poor baby

"Integrity"

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Xbox having 5 first party games coming to Playstation before 1 comes to Xbox in 2024 is an interesting choice.

 

[Topher]

Maybe something like Starfield is what I'm guessing.

It'll be much worse with Starfield.....

 

[NickFire]

The way they presented this news lead me to believe Sea of Thieves would be coming closer to end of year. Happy to see its much sooner than expected as I am very interested. Will pass on other 3.

The quick release cadence says a lot. IMO, getting these 4 out so quickly makes it clear that these are just the convenient excuses for the bigger games to go multiplatform. Whether they maintain a set exclusive period or release everywhere day 1 going forward is not clear. My guess is that for at least this calendar year, any big release (outside of AKB games) will be timed exclusive. They want to open the floodgates, not blow up the whole dam.

It feels obvious now that Starfield will hit PS5 around end of summer IMO. I'm guessing Redfall hits in late Spring / early Summer, although its possible they don't port it as some sort of proof they aren't intending everything.

Finally, one question for anyone who thinks these really are just trial runs before they make decisions on bigger games: Do you really think that it is remotely possible that MS would ever say they did not expand their multiplatform approach because people did not like their first party games already released on PS5?

 

[C2brixx]

I think this is a brilliant strategy. "Go buy our games on PS5 if you want, or get an Xbox and play it on Game Pass". This is good shit.

It really is. The incentive for more games to come to PS5/Switch is for those gamers to buy the games in mass. If those gamer like the games coming from Microsoft they might eventually decided to save money and pick up and Series S and Gamepass. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Maybe something like Starfield is what I'm guessing.

 

[MasterCornholio]

It'll be much worse with Starfield.....

It will probably say its FUD being spread by Microsoft or something similar.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Maybe something like Starfield is what I'm guessing.

It'll be much worse with Starfield.....

 

[JohnnyFootball]

So when is his next explosion?

Big daddy Phil still has a stranglehold.

 

[MasterCornholio]

I'd ride that Harley.

Vroom vroom.

 

[Darsxx82]

Darsxx82 is already coping, i looked on the emo's he gave you an empathy

There is no reason for you to be jealous Of him......

 

[MasterCornholio]

Big daddy Phil still has a stranglehold.

Wait till its one after the other. I wonder if he will say the same in the near future.

Microsoft are the only ones that can stop this. All they have to do is say they won't release anymore than those 4.

And thus the rumor mill continues.

 

[tutomose]

I'm pretty sure they will release these first 4 games and just stop right there

 

[Vyse]

This is very cool. All really fun games.

 

[Topher]

Big daddy Phil still has a stranglehold.

"Do the damn thing!"

Yeah.....he ain't mad.

 

[NickFire]

Big daddy Phil still has a stranglehold.

His post gives me the vibe of "she needs this to be happy, but still comes home to me" .

 

[Kacho]

Call of Duty?

That’s already multi platform

 

[AJUMP23]

I was promised Starfield.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Big daddy Phil still has a stranglehold.

 

[DonF]

let's see pricing, I am not paying full price for old games