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trump-who-must-go I didn't know that. It led an amazing life, what else can you say? It was an amazing console, whether you agree or not. It was an amazing console that had an amazing life.

Looking at all the Youtube thumbnails in my feed in the past 24 hours, Xbox died somehow. RIP John Halo and Mark Fenix

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[–] refolde@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

Looking into it

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There's a rumor that Halo is coming to the Playstation, which was Xbox's biggest exclusive for a really long time.
Personally, I think Xbox has been dead ever since Microsoft started releasing every game on Windows and Xbox at the same time, which kinda eliminates the point of having a console.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I saw Starfield and the Indiana Jones game mentioned specifically, but it does look like the idea is that Microsoft is maybe becoming more of a third party publisher. Considering they've bought like half of the industry that sounds fair

Personally, I think Xbox has been dead ever since Microsoft started releasing every game on Windows and Xbox at the same time, which kinda eliminates the point of having a console.

More like it became super duper dead when they started releasing games on Steam at the same time. Also, this is a 100% positive development and Nintendo and Sony should follow suit party-sicko

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though Sony already releases stuff on PC, and every Nintendo game is playable on PC

[–] Parzivus@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I hope they never make a Switch 2 lmao

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

I genuinely don't see the point of having a .ore powerful console. It's fine

[–] DengistDonnieDarko@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

Did they get the semen in time??

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It would be so funny if they killed consoles.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, the Xbone reveal was a good first attempt

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The Xbox must converge into Windows. Make it like a 10ft HTPC/Gaming UI that you can go into or exit smoothly, so that all Xboxes are also PCs and all PCs are also Xboxes.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

Windows Big Picture Mode

[–] idkmybffjoeysteel@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unironically as someone with a living room PC and a desire to play old Xbox games like Fable 3 and Conker, I have been waiting for this to happen for a really long time.

Also if you aren't going to let me play my Steam games on Xbox, at least let me stream them from my main PC.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn't Fable 3 have a short-lived PC port? That might still be kicking around somewhere.

Also you might be able to play the Conker remake on Xemu

[–] idkmybffjoeysteel@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Ah you're right, I meant Fable 2

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

the tldr of it all is that gamestop (i believe) leaked an ad that mentioned "microsoft game pass" and not "xbox game pass" leading people to speculate, especially paired with previous rumors of MS bringing game pass to playstation and other consoles. The rumors are building into "MS is done with xbox, no more consoles from them".

the more likely reality is that they just want playstation owners to buy their subscription.

[–] GnastyGnuts@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

I haven't had a console since the 360 era, but i remember looking at what the new consoles were during the launch of this last generation, and the Xbox had several different versions of their console with different features, and adding that "which one am I supposed to get?" anxiety to a purchase probably hurt them a bit.

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

If true will they release Lost Odyssey for PC?

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I mean not a single Xbox model managed to outsell their main competitor in PlayStation. Even the PS3 beat the Xbox 360 in sales by the end of the console generation, and those sales in the second half of the generation are the most profitable. Consoles start selling at a loss or break even point, and only become profitable later on with later "slim" iterations.

This model would be sustainable if they cornered the US market like Apple did with the iPhone, and gave up on the more global market to PlayStation, but Xbox can't even get a foothold in the US.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Even the PS3 beat the Xbox 360 in sales by the end of the console generation

That came as a surprise to me, probably because I was mostly checked out of following the console wars by the end of seventh gen and the PS3 was kind of a laughing stock for the early stretch of it

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

It caught up in the long run

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago