>Microsoft Game Pass
>Not Xbox Game Pass
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>Microsoft Game Pass. >Not Xbox Game Pass
>Microsoft Game Pass
>Not Xbox Game Pass
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Goodnight sweet prince. Thanks for Halo and Forza.
Reninder to blacklist everyone you know that was dumb enough to buy ANY of the Xboxes. Their punishment must be more severe.
punishment for what?
I stand by my purchase of the Xbox. Tonyhawk proskater 4 and Slugfest were fun games.
stay seething, im playing ninja gaiden 2 in smooth constant 60 fps and 4k
At least they weren't dumb enough to buy a PS5.
>noooooo someone had fun, hold me sisters
Xbox One killed the Xbox
Correct. It's a shame since I love the mechanical design of the SeX, but Microshaft got completely outplayed with exclusives. Hopefully this makes Sony less hesitant to share the love on PC.
sony is porting many games now, they even put them ob gog so sony is actually very consumer friendly right now
I wouldn't be surprised if the PC ports slow down as Sony starts trying to challenge PC. Also more timed exclusivity against PC since Xbox is gone now.
If sony keeps the same budgets for games as they currently are, they literally will not be able to afford keeping them off PC
Xbox is out of the market so everyone looking for a non shitch power level console is getting a PS. This is a dream come true for them. They can absolutely afford to start cutting into PC gaming now.
Not with the game budgets they’re using, kek
They're profiting even on PS game sales alone right now (except rift apart which roughly broken even). If they want to stop the PC ports to gain more marketshare they absolutely can. It made sense for them to do PC ports when Xbox was a worry but the circumstances have obviously changed now.
>It made sense for them to do PC ports when Xbox was a worry
It never made sense. Especially after the numbers were fricking pitiful.
They alienated their hardcore loyalist fanbase, for nothing.
but who cares about hardcores? majority of their audience is sports fans and codders
And they'd keep that audience, with or without exclusives. They could've kept both, is what I meant.
from what I understand companies hate console wars, they think it's only thing that really stops them as stubborn consumer will never buy their product because of loyalty to s box.
Unlike Xbox Sony wasn't concerned with moving hardware so selling some of their games on PC a few years after release doesn't change anything much to the dismay of some morons on Ganker. Now that Xbox is out of the picture though Sony can focus on stealing marketshare from PC and Shitch since it's the next closest competition they have.
The only way Sony is gonna be able to compete with PC is to allow other stores on their consoles, and to guarantee compatibility with every game you download from each store.
But sure, if they can allow you to access stuff like the Steam Store, as well as play online with Steam players, and it all "just werkz" then yeah, they will be a formidable competitor, and basically the ideal console, where it just promises to play games reasonably well with zero fiddling for 7 years.
>it was unrionically sour grapes
lol
I was about to post this. gee it feels... weird. the xbox is officially dead.
Link
>they changed it
Was it a mistake or did someone jump the gun?
i'm gonna say they jumped the gun and rewrote it when they noticed people talking.
Really weird that it's written "play XBOX games on your XBOX series" but then goof and write microsoft game pass.
Xbox is still going to exist, except it's going to just be the name of the Game Pass machine. Like an Amazon Firestick.
i think that and they're announcing something similar to the steam deck
a fire stick that can stream cloud games is a no brainer, but i doubt they'd put any actual hardware into a handheld
something like a 5G capable 8" screen just powerful enough to push 1440@60 over wifi, maybe built into a controller
Probably both
Please annouce jet set radio future backwards compatibility
Peter Moore clearly took his Sega of America and Dreamcast experience to lay the foundation for the Xbox.
https://news.microsoft.com/1998/05/21/microsoft-sega-collaborate-on-dreamcast-the-ultimate-home-video-game-system/
>Microsoft developed a custom Dreamcast version of Windows CE
>Was released right after the Dreamcast was discontinued
>Literally uses the Dreamcast controller layout minus the VMU
>Sega offered backwards compatibility for Dreamcast games
>The Dreamcast was a testbed of sorts for Microsoft, with some of the console's games running on a custom version of Windows CE
>Peter Moore who worked for Microsoft on the Xbo was the president and COO of Sega of America
>The ESPN games, Gunvalkyrie, Headhunter Redemption, The House of the Dead 3, Jet Set Radio Future, NBA games, NCAA games, NFL games, NHL games, Otogi, Outrun, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Phantom Crash, Puyo Pop: Fever, Rent-A-Hero No. 1, Sega GT, Sega Soccer, the Sonic games, Spartan: Total Warrior, Spikeout, Super Monkey Ball: Deluxe, and Toejam & Earl 3 were all released on the Xbox
>Hell, Jet Set Radio Future was even bundled with it
>It went for the same audience of cool, hip, eXtreme jock gamers that the Dreamcast did
>It fully realized the online gaming feature Sega ambitiously set out to popularize despite lacking the resources
>Right at the end of Microsoft's E3 2007 conference, exec Peter Moore revealed a special edition Xbox 360 to be branded with Halo 3.
Remind me again why Xbox consoles are still a thing? Xbox One, Series S and Series X are literally rebadged AMD PCs.
PS4 and Xbox One use a custom AMD Jaguar-based APU, which is x86, and PS5 and Xbox Series X use Zen 2-based CPUs.
They've been making PC games all along.
moron. That's like saying a Xbox 360 is just a Mac because they used the same processor back then. moron.
>dude that's like saying one proprietary PC is like another
yes
Reductionism isn't a sign of intelligence
It's a sign of pragmatism.
>They've been making PC games all along.
What makes ps2/1 not pc?
>What makes ps2/1 not pc?
everything. "hurr durr it runs code" is typical i know computers gibberish.
At least try it.
>At least try it.
pic related. do you eat shit?
>More than 5+ billion people in the world own a PC.
>own a PC.
lol the inferiority complex.
>I mean that x86 and ARM are ancient.
you lost. the answer is the bloated instruction set. again "computer architecture course"
>No argument
Yeah. Thats what I thought. Now go dilate.
lol i answered everything. why are you so aggro
People that game on console are the reason why games are bad.
>>More than 5+ billion people in the world own a PC.
>>own a PC.
>lol the inferiority complex.
>He thinks theres only like 100,000 PC gamers out there
Lol
Why is it that person with clear pseudo knowledge on computer design can't answer what is a PC? is it because you made an arbitrary and capricious line in the sand and now will do whatever it takes to not engage in good faith?
>design
architecture. the word is architecture. pic related.
this gem tho:
>I mean that x86 and ARM are ancient.
i literally schooled you on the cpu front
>pic related.
architecture only exists in the construction. CS is trying their hardest to steal Valor even word science is there. you do nothing but design, get over it. now answer the question asked.
>architecture only exists in the construction
>construction
brother you have been throwing words pretending you are saying something. again terminology is important in academia and you are outing yourself with literally every word
>while M1x uses weirder bus
>is it 16bit do we need Northridge
>I mean that x86 and ARM are ancient.
all nonsense
I gave you examples of what a PC is not:
>an M1 imac (which is not a PC) uses a 8x16bit channel LPDDR RAM integrated ont the SoC, in a unified memory configuration.
and
you are literally throwing words around.
>CS is trying their hardest to steal Valor even word science is there
Gibberish
you game me an example of a memory bus and are implying it's what makes a PC. while ARM and x86 uses the same bus and only M1x uses wired nonsense apple design that was abandoned in M2.
how about you shut your mouth and actually make design decisions on what is and isn't PC. define it in a way you can't hide behind one singular fricking product.
>you game me an example of a memory bus
NO JESUS ITS THE FRICKING INTEGRATION LITERALLY 3 FRICKING TIMES I GAVE YOU THREE FRICKIGN CHANCES TO GOOGLE IT AND YOU KEEP REPEaTING THE SAME NONSENSE.
Integration of what you cretin-sama?
>cretin
brother. im showing the patience of a saint you have been stubborn af throwing tech jargon around in this entire thread and still calling me names.
you have yet to answer to any of my question.
you are not showing anything other than your inability to rationalize and answer questions. now shut the frick up and let's go back to the first thing I wrote.
provide standard of what a PC is from ISO, ANSI or IEEE. note that you have failed to answer for this for 3 hours.
>What makes ps2/1 not pc?
PS1 is MIPS
PS2 is Emotion Engine
PS3 is CELL
PS4 and PS5 are just AMD x86 PCs
>x86
cisc doesn't make something a pc
It's so over. Lived long enough to see Xbox pull a sega. Only Sony and Nintendo left.
and they're both japanese, so japan will basically be sucking up the entire planet's moolah, when it comes to console money.
>Microsoft Game Pass
The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their products.
>Steve Jobs
the guy who died because of ligma?
Omg, you're still here? Can't you just stay dead!?
>It's real
Wtf
Apologize
consoles have been toned down PCs for ages now, microsoft having both consoles and windows is stupidly redundant and made no sense to begin with. Playstation is next because it has no games anyway and nintendo after that because you can play all its games on PC too.
It’s honestly insane how building a PC has filtered millions of people. They can’t manage to just fit the Lego pieces together to the point console makers do not view them as competition. A system that can play pretty much any console
>consoles have been toned down PCs for ages now
why does every tech illiterate idiot repeat the same nonsense again and again.
homie wtf is "toned down". wtf is a PC. seriously asking. no, a console is not a PC.
Are you dumb, a console is 100% just a PC with proprietary parts and a locked down OS. How is it not a PC
homies dont call no names. you are not even making an attempt.
>he means theyre using standard x86 pc hardware ever since ps4/xbox one generation
anon actually makes an attempt. but you are wrong. a PC is not just its processor. a PC is a standard that governs everything from the booting process to the communication buses between the ram and cpu etc. consoles are absolutely not abiding to any of that.
lmaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaooooooo
you have no idea what i said.
>yes
based moron doubling down on nonsense.
uhh so your PC does not have ISA BUS
it's not a PC anymore, how can you claim compatibility wiith ibm?
he's stupid lmao
smart
bro you can’t be serious
i'd say he was baiting but i'm almost certain he really is THAT stupid
>anon actually makes an attempt. but you are wrong. a PC is not just its processor. a PC is a standard that governs everything from the booting process to the communication buses between the ram and cpu etc. consoles are absolutely not abiding to any of that.
what exactly are they not abiding to?
he means theyre using standard x86 pc hardware ever since ps4/xbox one generation
>calls people tech illiterate
>proceeds to be tech illiterate
really noggins the moggin
List of consoles that were literally just PCs:
Original Xbox
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
It's not a coincidence that the only Xbox that WASN'T a PC was also the only truly successful one
>if it has a x86 it's a PC
Yes.
>Yes.
No.
>Listen man I want to you to tell
Unironically, google "computer architecture course". I don't understand why you guys spam shit with such confidence when you are just totally uneducated.
>Unironically, google "computer architecture course"
Obviously bait at this point, though really it’s been pretty clear since a few posts ago
why. lol. what is even your major.
Computer Science
a cisc cpu does not make something a pc.
>bro you can’t be serious
bro we both know you have nothing to add. try and at least google it
Listen man I want to you to tell me what PC stands for and then explain what actually constitutes a PC.
Not those anons but isn't PC also by definition Windows?
no. intel based (x86) macs were pcs
Oh. I see. I only remembered that a big tech corp used the term "personal PC" to market their OS.
SO YEAH doesn't that also answer it?
>personal PC
Frick I meant "personal computer" of course.
what
"Personal computer" (PC) was a term coined by a big tech corp, for marketing hardware along with their operating system. I thought it was Microsoft with Windows, that other anon corrected me though: It was Apple with Mac.
That is where the term actually comes from. Like Santa Claus from Coca Cola.
I remember back in like late 2000s early 2010s, everything gaming in the US was an Xbox, just like how everything gaming in the 80s was a Nintendo. It can’t be understated how cataclysmic the Xbox One was.
They had Bungie and Halo.
They had Epic and Gears of War.
They had Bioware and KOTOR and Mass Effect.
They had Lionhead and Black and White and Fable.
They had Activision and CoD.
They had Rockstar and GTA and RDR.
They had Capcom and Dead Rising and RE5.
They had Rocksteady and Batman.
They had Valve and Orange Box and Left 4 Dead.
They had Bethesda and Morrowind/Oblivion/Skyrim and Fallout.
They had the strongest console of the gen (360 > PS3 > Wii)
What went so wrong?
Don't forget all the JRPGs Moore bought into it. It was both the weeb and dudebro console and was running laps around the PS3.
dumb Black person,
every xbox was an x86 pc running windows with an overlay
sincerely
>running windows
not really. it was running a custom os based on windows.
>Computer Science
oh please. Terminology is important in science. you are like "hurr durr it's all the same"
>Terminology is important in science
I think computer science people may just be very gifted idiots in their specific field of expertise. Not sure "science" actually applies.
>not really. it was running a custom os based on windows.
in the same vein as steam os is a custom os based on linux
youre a fricking moron
unironically go back to r/PCMR
how is knowing how tech of computers works related to pcmr?
A personal computer is a very general term. Being a device that can process mathematical operations. “personal” being due to the fact that computers of old where huge expensive machines that a regular person wouldn't be unable to own. An NES would count as a computer. As there was even was a cartridge that let you program using the cartridge as RAM and a keyboard peripherals for it
>A personal computer is a very general term.
this is absolute gibberish brother. we both know you are not even bothering to google anything. A PC is a tech standard.
same as anon above. you are posting nonsense.
Link the standard then. If there is a tech standard then there as to be a governing body to push this standard. Typically they have specified designations.
Is Mac mini a pc?
Is psp a pc?
Is Chromebook a pc?
PC is beyond windows and x86
PC as a tern is very debated topic.
But rest assured it's called PC because that's what IBM called it, IBM PC. This is why MAC Vs PC was a thing, not because MAC wasn't personal but because MAC wasn't IBM compatible.
Link to source?
S
They stopped calling it Xbox Game Pass a while ago (just Game Pass). They also made Phil head off Microsoft Gaming and installed Sarah Bond into the head of Xbox.
What they're doing is separating Xbox from being the face of Microsoft gaming. Xbox will continue to be that device you have by your TV.
Game Pass as a service is the future they want. Service businesses are way more profitable than selling hardware. Xbox won't be an ecosystem in the future, it will just be a thing on which you buy to play games and subscribe to Game Pass.
theyre bringing goomerpass to snoystation and shitendo
screencap this
Obviously they would if they were allowed. That's part of the reason they changed the branding.
Like I said, they're making Xbox just a device to play games. Game Pass is a service to rent games.
It's xbover
>builds a PC
>makes proprietary OS for it
>suddenly not PC anymore
damn dats some magical Black persony goin on there
older processors were often realtime and RISC-based, you can't really compare them
From the moment I first heard about Microsoft entering the console market, it felt soulless and forced to me, even though I was like 12 or something. I understood it back then.
And the feeling was never shaken. Xbox has been soulless from the minute of its conception and I won't shed a single tear when the brand finally fricking demises.
Hell, I hope MS's fricking OS goes down in flames as that pile of shit rightfully deserves, but that's probably not gonna happen. One can dream.
first it was XBOX GAME PASS
but people thought it's not available on pc, so they split it into PC GAME PASS and XBOX GAME PASS
but it still sucks indian poop, so now they rename to MICROSOFT GAME PASS
Next it'll be sony-nintendo game pass
>XBOX demo day
>play on XBOX
>big ass XBOX in the bottom right
>"Xbox is dead"
Genuinely the lowest quality board on the site.
Xbox is dead Xbox trannies pajeets seaBlack folk.xbox
PC is a tech standard. hardware and software comply to this standard. Consoles do not. how complicated is that.
Not really, yeah it has some qualifications but they are all things a console can clear
>it has some qualifications
i didn't say “qualifications” I said STANDARD.
>a console can clear
is this even english.
You are definitely an ESL if you do not understand what “clearing” something means and don’t understand that standards are rules and qualifications are the goals to met a criteria like a standard
i just love how fricking stubborn you are. you repeated verbatim a silly PCMR mantra "hurr durr consoles are ahktually PCs". i called you out. and you are throwing a tantrum instead of using google
>PC is beyond windows and x86
yes obviously that's what im saying.
Define PC to us without defining a console. keep on mind that steam deck is a pc.
dude the only one throwing a tantrum is you going on some autistic rant about a group no one knows or cares about but you
>dude the only one throwing a tantrum
why im copy pasting the exact same 2 things:
>consoles moving to cisc cpus do not make them PCs.
>PC is a tech standard that governs hardware and software.
Neither of those statements is controversial.
provide standards, I accept ANSI, ISO, IEEE.
here you go
please link to a document. is it ISO, ANSI or IEEE?
PC isn’t a tech standard, if it was a tech standard then you would be able to actually link to this set of standards. And don’t say “just google it lol” it just means you have no clue what you’re talking about. The burden on proof is on you to prove it’s a standard
As an example, an M1 imac (which is not a PC) uses a 8x16bit channel LPDDR RAM integrated ont the SoC, in a unified memory configuration.
the pc does not:
https://e115.engr.ncsu.edu/hardware/system-bus/
are you implying that 8x16bit is what makes Mac not a pc or if intel/amd decides to implement same memory bus it won't be pc no more?
>if intel/amd decides to implement same memory bus it won't be pc no more?
yes.
his uni’s website for a definition
yes.
so in your opinion what makes a PC is it's memory bus? what is PC memory bus, is it 16bit do we need Northridge to be considered PC? give me more specifics if memory bus determines it.
>so in your opinion
brother please stop implying.
>a PC is it's memory bus
yes communication between integral parts like CPU and RAM yes it is part of what makes a PC. the reason i mention "computer architecture course" above is because i can't really have a conversation with someone who doesn't know what cpu registers are or basic com lanes.
question here is what makes a PC your pseudo understanding of a subject isn't under the qualification.
x86 has been under many many iterations just like ARM. they use same bus for majority of their lives, heck M1 uses normal bus while M1x uses weirder bus but archives same results as M1 while on paper it should be twice as fast. so is ARM a PC?
>x86 has been under many many iterations just like ARM
what do you mean?
>weirder bus
lol.
I mean that x86 and ARM are ancient.
they used in computers for over 40 years and arm was used for longer than x86 on computers afaik.
both of them started with 16bit bus, the most basic b***h bus any DIY computer uses.
if bus makes a PC, is Acorn a pc?
>ask for a link to a standard
>links his uni’s website for a definition
holy shit, you weren’t baiting this whole time, you’re actually this moronic what the frick
But PC is not a tech standard while within x86, avx and sse make big perf difference for specific apps. For connecting external devices, Mac use thunderbolt or intel/amd use pcie. I was confused when /c think there is any standard for pc.
Don't dead name
>SHH-HA-CK!
Honestly I hope they don't touch game pass and hurry up with putting the Activision Blizzard games on it
Not WoW because of the subscription but they really need to put the rest on it
Its nothing. Youre just drama queens. Xbox been open about ditching exclusives for a long time. Its not going anywhere. They can burn money making consoles forever, its pocket change for them.
While I know it's probably never going to happen, I just wish Microsoft would give in and let people use Windows on the xboxes.
Hell, I'd be fine with a gimped version that only let you run signed applications or whatever.
They stopped calling it Xbox game pass a while ago though
Nope, they still call it that.
this is just Microsoft failing to rebrand consistently, like literally every other product they make, including Enterprise software.
WE WON SNOYS!!!
They spent billions of dollars acquiring ABK which resulted to their shareholders wanting to get their ROI and oh boy they gonna get that by being multiplatform publisher.
>Microsoft Game Pass
Fricking moronic homosexuals, enjoy your Games For Windows Live 2.0, you can't beat steam.
>you can't beat steam
If you can't beat them...
TOTAL PC VICTORY
CONSOLEhomosexualRY DEFEATED
consoles are bigger than ever tho
More than 5+ billion people in the world own a PC. No one cares about consoles. Sorry, but you lost.
Gaming PC*
This is going to be the most successful console gen ever for both Nintendo and Playstation, 300 million users between them
i'm so happy
>Prior to 2022, Microsoft had several areas of video game-related product lines, including Xbox hardware, Xbox operations, and game development studios. Microsoft Gaming was created in 2022 with the announcement of Microsoft's plans to acquire Activision Blizzard to unify all of Microsoft's gaming groups within a single division.
The writing has been on the wall for a while.
AND PLEASE EXCUSE MY ENEMIES I THINK THEY DO NOT KNOW
I WILL GLADLY SELF DESTRUCT IF THEY LEAVE ME ALONE
Look, there’s plenty of real bad news for Xbox. But im not falling for everything. We’ve seen this playbook before by Microsoft
The tactic of leaking false, often negative information to make real, potentially damaging news seem less severe when it eventually comes to light is known as a "decoy narrative" or "deflection strategy."
This approach aims to manipulate public perception and media focus, creating a situation where the actual negative news is viewed as relatively less impactful or concerning by comparison as the rumors.
It's a form of strategic communication or misinformation used to mitigate reputational damage by controlling the narrative.
Im convinced we’re in the middle of a psyop
Guess I should I but a deck now. Not moving to snoy.
i hope they continue with the xbox, if only for competition reasons.
Sony doubling the price of crunchyroll the second they got a quasi-monpoly should have everybody nervous for a future where Playstation doesn't even have to put the cursory effort into trying.
>He bought a Xbox
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
who gives a shit if they give up exclusives, their still selling Consoles it appears. anyone who cares about exculsivity in 2024 is a insufferable console war atuist
>anyone who cares about exculsivity in 2024 is a insufferable console war atuist
Shut the frick up, casual.
go the frick back to twitter. Console War Autism is technically a bannable offense, but Jannies barely enforce any of the rules here.
Right back at (You)
Exclusivity exists everywhere, not just in this medium, but for some reason, gays like you only cry about it when it comes to video games.
just ignore these homies, they don't know shit about the industry
The Elder Scrolls 6 will be ported to the PS5
Gears of War 6 will be ported to the PS5
New Halo (UE5) will be ported to the PS5
Forza Horizon 6 will be ported to the PS5
Sea of Thieves will be ported to the PS5
Hi-Fi Rush will be ported to the PS5
Redfall will be ported to the PS5
Starfield will be ported to the PS5
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be ported to the PS5
Avowed will be ported to the PS5
Contraband will be ported to the PS5
Fable will be ported to the PS5
Everwild will be ported to the PS5
Perfect Dark will be ported to the PS5
And I'll play them all on my PC along with several PlayStation "exclusives"
Lol Perfect Dark isn't coming out
Yeah, and neither is Everwild.
>Xbox demo day
>Microsoft game pass
This seems more like a rebrand. Xbox continues to exist as hardware, a video game machine and Microsoft game pass emphasizes the fact that game pass is playable on everything from xboxes to phones to PC to frick it a Samsung smart fridge? Since Switch-likes are the hot new thing they'll probably push that it's available on things like the Asus ROG Ally, especially ones that use Windows.
Pretty much, don't know why people are celebrating when this move means the Microsoft gaming ecosystem is going to expand exponentially.
cause of all those rumours that games like starfield are coming to the ps5?
>unconfirmed
true but why wait a week to deny them?
Because they don't work for your or on your time.
umm anon anyone one thinking of purchasing an xbox over the ps would hesitate or just buy the ps5 if they heard this and think xbox will just become a third party developer in the future
them not saying anything currently is probably negatively effecting any potential console sales even further
picrel March of last year
It's not the first time it's been referred to as MS Game Pass.
should've just kept it as xbox netwrok or xbox live silver, gold
who the FRICK is the nimrod that is in charge of branding and marketing
Is this your first console generation that you can remember? If Microsoft didn't abandon a console 3 years in, it would be a first.
The money in the console market pales in comparison to the GaaS/SaaS model. Sony sees the writing on the wall too with all their games going to PC. Consoles are about to be a niche market.
what a time to be alive in.
It's kinda crazy, isn't it? Remember when everyone was talking about how PC gaming was on its last legs?
Meh, I've got a plenty fine laptop, but I have zero interest in gaming on PC. I just want my shit to work, no fiddling necessary, so consoles work for me. And, considering I'm not interested in online multiplayer, the subscription shit is irrelevant to me.
You won't be limited to just your PC. Its basically what Game Pass is doing now where you can stream games to your phone too. Last I heard they were developing an app for Smart TVs, Firesticks etc. All you'll need is a controller at that point and a subscription to your favorite gaming service by Microsoft/Sony/Ubisoft/EA. The future is now™.
they have app exclusive for Samsung TVs. don't understand why as they use android and you can just install it on your TV via usb.
I'll give up on gaming before I pay for games I don't own.
Give it until 2030. With Best Buy stopping all sales of physical movies, it's just a matter of time before physical games follow that trend. Why waste money on manufacturing a game case when you can just stream it to the end user
In that event, I'd have no trouble purchasing games through something like the PS Store (its not like I have to concern myself with getting banned, as I never play online). But I'm absolutely not paying for a subscription to stream games.
Especially since discs are just a license in the first place and modern consoles just install the whole b***h anyway.
why Gankerermin keep telling this lie?
He's not wrong, its just that the disk is a TRANSFERABLE license.
It doesn’t matter if not all of them are like that, but some are which defeats the point of physical if the contents of the game are up to whichever publisher feels like not selling everything on the disc just like it’s up to the publishers if they want to yoink a game off the digital store or not. piracy will always 100% be the best option with drm-free purchase being the next best.
Microsoft doesn't want to play the console game anymore. They want people to rent their games from Microsoft with a subscription, on console and PC.
I'm not gonna lie, a lot of this is making me really anxious.
Sony is either just gonna go mask-off and acknowledge they don't have to compete anymore and this ends with Microsoft and Sony not even putting the pretense towards currying favor with Japanese publishers by investing in development. I can see that fricking up the Japanese industry as bad as the 360/PS3 did. That and since Sony already hiked up PSN subscription prices, what's to stop them from doing it more and more? What are you gonna do, tell your average PS5 owner to build a PC? Get real.
The other half of it is I feel like this is Microsoft sacrificing high profile titles like Starfield or Halo to throw off regulatory bodies so they can keep inhaling up publishers. God knows Embracer and its enormous IP catalog are probably at their cheapest right now.
>we're not acquiring a monopoly this is simple vertical integration we published things everywhere
Then all Microsoft has to do is inhale up cash, get people on Playstation invested in COD or Halo or whatever.
And then when those ten year COD deals are up? Look at all these games exclusive only to Microsoft game pass platforms like Xbox Heracles Model XXX or whatever dumb name they'll give it, starting with our premier launch title, Call of Duty 30 Black Ops 9 Tungsten Ball Run.
Wild
>xbox dead
>playstation releasing shit on pc
>nintendo is emulatable
the good timeline
>says Xbox literally 4 times in the image