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Can Xbox make a comeback as a brand?
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TropicanaTwista
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I think the chance is next to 0 as a console. That may have some a very small chance as a brand if they can ever make gamepass truly appealing or with cloud gaming but with the direction they're going, I just can't get there.
XXL
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chokotoureiki
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I feel like they haven't fully established their identity the way Sony or Nintendo have. They've always struck me as a "me too" company. Until they can do that, I doubt that they will ever make a comeback.
bundylove
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Build up a bunch of first party titles for nexr year.
Make them console exclusive for a year.
Release a new console end of next year that is way more powerfull as the ps5 pro for same price and they might be back.
Sony gave them a big opening with the 700 price tag for the pro.
Make them console exclusive for a year.
Release a new console end of next year that is way more powerfull as the ps5 pro for same price and they might be back.
Sony gave them a big opening with the 700 price tag for the pro.
Klayzer
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You can ask this question anywhere, and get generally the same answers.
Saturn Dragon
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Nintendo didn't need to figure anything out. They already were leaders by a wide margin before. Both home console gens and portable.
MS did just ok with the 360 against an arrogant Sony (expensive PS3) and a careless Nintendo (Wii = Gamecube 1.5)
XXL
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Most places that discuss games have more PlayStation owners than Xbox owners.
It isn't a conspiracy, it's a consequence of Xbox consistently being outsold by Playstation.
You'll pretty much have the same situation anywhere.
chokotoureiki
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It seemed like they were leading from behind though. Most developers still placed their best AAA games on the HD twins rather than on Wii. Still a thing today.
Wake me up when I see GTA 6 being a Nintendo exclusive. (pffft not happening in a million years)
EverydayBeast
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The problem with an Xbox come back is the series s is still $300, the series x still $400 especially when you consider it’s been out five years now, Xbox, 360 and one year 5 had price cuts.
Bumblebeetuna
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More PlayStation users isn’t the problem and not what the user you quoted was talking about. The mentality of those users is the problem.
Anyway, yes, Xbox could, but they would lose too much money doing so. There are easy steps they could take, like making CoD and their other games exclusive, or undercutting Sony on price, but the days of MS letting them use the war chest seem to be over. Now it is all about as much revenue as possible.
snapdragon
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The saturn and dreamcast were good consoles that actually had a large amount of exclusive games and solid first party support
cannot say the same for the xbone and XSX at all
XXL
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I completely disagree.
I think Xbox fans have a serious persecution complex and blame everyone but the brand they support for their problems....like both of you are doing now.
I own all the different platforms and discuss all things, but Xbox fans are unique in this regard, imo.
Acting like you're not allow to discuss it here. Lol.
mckmas8808
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No. It's over!
OmegaSupreme
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No chance in hell.
Pegasus Actual
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Of course they could. I mean look at
And
That's two epic comebacks.
Not happening with current leadership and corporate culture though.
And
That's two epic comebacks.
Not happening with current leadership and corporate culture though.
Klayzer
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I completely disagree.
I think Xbox fans have a serious persecution complex and blame everyone but the brand they support for their problems....like both of you are doing now.
I own all the different platforms and discuss all things, but Xbox fans are unique in this regard, imo.
Acting like you're not allow to discuss it here. Lol.
vaibhavpisal
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I feel they are focused on individual games and growing them to bigger titles.
Xbox as a brand is what it is. People identify it with gaming, thats all is its purpose.
They also have slightly different idea of how to make console business work, so whatever one gets out of Sony / Nintendo, it won’t be possible on xbox.
I think people identify Series systems as solid, is what their goal is. Eventually having cornered a market instead of mass market product.
Xbox as a brand is what it is. People identify it with gaming, thats all is its purpose.
They also have slightly different idea of how to make console business work, so whatever one gets out of Sony / Nintendo, it won’t be possible on xbox.
I think people identify Series systems as solid, is what their goal is. Eventually having cornered a market instead of mass market product.
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Klayzer
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Who knew Playstation fans had this type of power.
I completely disagree.
I think Xbox fans have a serious persecution complex and blame everyone but the brand they support for their problems....like both of you are doing now.
I own all the different platforms and discuss all things, but Xbox fans are unique in this regard, imo.
Acting like you're not allow to discuss it here. Lol.
Bumblebeetuna
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I completely disagree.
I think Xbox fans have a serious persecution complex and blame everyone but the brand they support for their problems....like both of you are doing now.
I own all the different platforms and discuss all things, but Xbox fans are unique in this regard, imo.
Acting like you're not allow to discuss it here. Lol.
Another post missing the point. Xbox and their problems are irrelevant to this. There’s no point in discussing it further though.
Klayzer
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Everyone should be silent and look the other way, while Microsoft trys to buy up the industry and fails.
Sorry if that upsets you, but discussion and ridicule is part of it. They're safe spaces for you on the net, fortunately this is not one.
Funny, nobody is trying to muzzle you, or your takes when Sony is in the negative spotlight.
ChorizoPicozo
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Bumblebeetuna
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Klayzer
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Upset
XXL
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You're doing it again. Lol.
Feel free to explain yourself, maybe I'm just misunderstanding.
What is the mentality that leads to not being able to discuss it here?
This is one of the best places to discuss this...the moderators here are extremely hands off and allow us to discuss many things (within reason).
It's not like this is off topic or anything.
Alot of people recognize this mentality (that I'm talking about) is part of the problem with the Xbox brand.
Klayzer
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He's seemingly incapable of discussing anything critical of Xbox, without some passive-aggressive/thinly veiled shot at the group that has nothing to do with Microsoft's decisions.
You're doing it again. Lol.
Feel free to explain yourself, maybe I'm just misunderstanding.
What is the mentality that leads to not being able to discuss it here?
This is one of the best places to discuss this...the moderators here are extremely hands off and allow us to discuss many things (within reason).
It's not like this is off topic or anything.
Alot of people recognize this mentality (that I'm talking about) is part of the problem with the Xbox brand.
ShadowkillXNA
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Killjoy-NL
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It went dancing with EA and Ubisoft.
ShadowkillXNA
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ShadowkillXNA
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I completely disagree.
I think Xbox fans have a serious persecution complex and blame everyone but the brand they support for their problems....like both of you are doing now.
I own all the different platforms and discuss all things, but Xbox fans are unique in this regard, imo.
Acting like you're not allow to discuss it here. Lol.
ShadowkillXNA
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Xbox made their own bed and they're now sound asleep in it. They're absolutely relevant.
Rick Dangerous
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I hope not.
I deal very often with Microsoft for my company as a provider, and along with broadcom they are some of the most arrogant assholes around the world, using their size and monopoly to impose their products.
So out of my living room please. They are real cancer and a company I learned to despise. What they touch generally becomes tainted.
I deal very often with Microsoft for my company as a provider, and along with broadcom they are some of the most arrogant assholes around the world, using their size and monopoly to impose their products.
So out of my living room please. They are real cancer and a company I learned to despise. What they touch generally becomes tainted.
mrqs
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Things look bad. But my feeling is that they'll get worse in the next 5 years.
Probably Microsoft will dump the whole idea of a console after the next one fails. Streaming still isn't as strong as it needs to be, and they can get content from third party for that.
I say we will see massive Xbox layoffs, studio closures and reshuffles in the next 5 years. They have no healthy road ahead, only chaos.
Probably Microsoft will dump the whole idea of a console after the next one fails. Streaming still isn't as strong as it needs to be, and they can get content from third party for that.
I say we will see massive Xbox layoffs, studio closures and reshuffles in the next 5 years. They have no healthy road ahead, only chaos.
existensmaximum
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Nothing is impossible but I'd say it's very unlikely.
Klayzer
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Klayzer
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Has she even made a decision on anything yet? Really trying to see, what's so cancerous she has done.
MayauMiao
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You tell me
To be fair, there is the Xbox logo.
Then again, they decided to pose right next to the PlayStation logo. Says a lot.
Heisenberg007
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