I haven't kept the closest eye on this - rumor is they're planning to port more of their games to competing platforms, maybe allow 3rd party Xbox hardware, and phase out most physical Xbox games, right? Or am I way off the mark?

[–] ABCDE@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

maybe allow 3rd party Xbox hardware

They just started blocking a lot of accessories so I'm not sure about that.

[–] Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Basically. The main rumor is that Starfield, the new Indiana Jones game, and all of their other first-party exclusives are going to be coming to PS5 and Microsoft is giving up on the idea of console exclusivity. Not sure what that means for Xbox in the long-term, but it is going to be an interesting week.

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Are people mad about this? Console exclusivity is asinine and bad for gamers.

And MS doing that may pressure Sony to stop playing the exclusivity game too. Nintendo definitely won't stop that, but maybe Sony will.

[–] Computerchairgeneral@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes, because console wars. A lot of people that bought into the Xbox brand are angry Microsoft is "giving up" and "disgracing" developers by putting their games on PlayStation. It doesn't help that without a clear statement from Microsoft people are free to speculate that Microsoft is going to be the next Sega and Phil Spencer is going to personally come to their house and destroy their Xbox.

More seriously, there is some genuine concern about what will happen to the digital libraries of people who bought into the Xbox eco-system if Xbox stops being a thing. Or what will happen if the AAA game market comes down to Sony and Nintendo. But there are a lot of people angry their favorite mega-corporation "lost" even though we have no idea what Microsoft's actual plans are.

[–] yoyolll@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I can partly understand the frustration. If you bought a Series X/S instead of a PS5, you must have put some amount of faith in Xbox exclusives to make it worth missing out on Sony exclusives. Now, after an abysmal half-generation, it seems like Xbox is giving up on exclusives altogether. So what was the point in buying an Xbox? If PS5 gets all Xbox exclusives, then an Xbox retroactively becomes a really dumb purchase.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

There's also the rumor they are exiting the console business, which is probably what is making people anxious.