Xbox gained a lot of ground this console generation/second half of PS5 gen has been terrible in comparison despite console sales
Xbox gained a lot of ground this console generation/second half of PS5 gen has been terrible in comparison despite console sales
With game pass popping off the last 18 months it seems like Xbox has really hit their stride as a publishing house. Admittedly they've largely done this by throwing billions upon billions of dollars to buy IP, but Expedition 33, Palworld, blue Prince and other hits popping off shows this hasn't exclusively been the case.
Meanwhile, Sony have had the most expensive flop in video game history with Concord, PSVR2 basically being DOA, and a perplexing pivot to chasing live service trends has meant that the system has missed out on several potential first party hits. Their subscription service pales comparatively to game pass, and there is very little of interest coming in the pipeline.
The PS5 has won this gen over Xbox in terms of sales, but I think customer confidence in their approach has dropped massively, at least for me.
xbox is on death's door
Phl spencer pointed out last gen was the worst to lose because of digital game libraries
As a console I agree completely, Xbox is pretty much done unless they succeed with Handheld and "opening up the ecosystem" (however it is they are supposed to make money off of that).
As a PC/PS5/Switch gamer, I've given more money to Xbox than I've given to Sony or Nintendo the last 2 years. Steam key resellers have gotten most of my money but Game pass for PC has been compelling recently.
I'm not sure how profitable it is, but the service is currently good.
Yeah PS5 has killed consoles for me I think. I have always had a Playstation, but when I got a Steamdeck and I was able to play every game ever and online was free. It showed me Playstation's major limitations. Then they released that terrible Steamdeck like controller with the screen where you could only stream games to it from your PS5 and it was super expensive. Sony is out of touch with what consumers want.
I've been super disapointed by the PS5. Games sucked and I basically only played my PS4 games on it. I'll build a PC now before I buy another console.
I like everything about the PS5 better: I LOVE the controller, UI, games play awesome on the machine and in general I prefer their more story-entered games BUT PS+ straight up sucks, there's nothing on there for me and its outrageously priced. Xbox on the other hand still runs great, everything about the controller and UI is just fine but game pass rules. Its also overpriced but at least they have a massive catalogue of games I actually want to try.
I forgot to mention the controller! God I wish those haptics took off, the tech is really cool. I worry that Sony will abandon it as an experiment that didn't take off.
Literally, a fake computer, scam.