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The PS5 and Xbox 2 thread - it's happening

Markman

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Its the future no matter how much people dislike it now it will be as natural as Netflix or YouTube in a few years.
 

cosmicray

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I hope it is Microsoft who's pushing for $80 games so they could sell their Game Pass-enabled console like hotcakes.
 

Markman

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Samsung did a deal with Xbox on S20 reveal so you can bet when S21 or whatever they choose to call it comes out next year its gonna come preloaded with like 3 months of free xCloud.
 

Morgoth

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https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/07/16/players-first-you-are-the-future-of-gaming/

Blabla...

You won’t be forced into the next generation. We want every Xbox player to play all the new games from Xbox Game Studios. That’s why Xbox Game Studios titles we release in the next couple of years—like Halo Infinite—will be available and play great on Xbox Series X and Xbox One. We won’t force you to upgrade to Xbox Series X at launch to play Xbox exclusives.

Blabla...

Good news taxalot, your glorious GTX 980 can chug along for another couple of years*.

*In 720p, low details, 20 fps
 

Taxnomore

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It is indeed a joy for me and for all of us who are not graphic whores and who enjoy games for the gameplay and stories. But I would not bet on this being a big factor, because they can drop this policy at any time and it only concerns Xbox Game Studios.

Nah, the reason I will keep my 980 this gen is called Lockhart.
 

vonAchdorf

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https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/07/16/players-first-you-are-the-future-of-gaming/

Blabla...

You won’t be forced into the next generation. We want every Xbox player to play all the new games from Xbox Game Studios. That’s why Xbox Game Studios titles we release in the next couple of years—like Halo Infinite—will be available and play great on Xbox Series X and Xbox One. We won’t force you to upgrade to Xbox Series X at launch to play Xbox exclusives.

Blabla...

Good news taxalot, your glorious GTX 980 can chug along for another couple of years*.

*In 720p, low details, 20 fps

But they discontinue the Xbox One X and only keep selling the One S.
 

TemplarGR

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These morons are pricing gaming into extiction. More expensive hardware, whether console or PC, more expensive games.... And what for? I haven't seen anything yet that is clearly superior to the PS4 gen. The leap in graphics is tiny. Why pay all these shekels, in global depression and quarantine?

I think this gen is off to a very bad start. I am pretty sure it will sell somewhat well in USA and some rich Europe countries, since those cucks always have money to waste (until their economy collapses completely), but the numbers won't sustain proper next gen AAA gaming for many years, since those need to sell to a lot of people and i just don't see that happening until at least 2023-2024.
 

Kem0sabe

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These morons are pricing gaming into extiction. More expensive hardware, whether console or PC, more expensive games.... And what for? I haven't seen anything yet that is clearly superior to the PS4 gen. The leap in graphics is tiny. Why pay all these shekels, in global depression and quarantine?

I think this gen is off to a very bad start. I am pretty sure it will sell somewhat well in USA and some rich Europe countries, since those cucks always have money to waste (until their economy collapses completely), but the numbers won't sustain proper next gen AAA gaming for many years, since those need to sell to a lot of people and i just don't see that happening until at least 2023-2024.

People will get more into debt, they dont care as they have been formatted by consumerism to need the next best shiny thing. Why do you think 1000$+ smartphones continue to sell?
 

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Still can't believe Sony managed to put multiplayer behind a paywall and they were applauded for it just because Microsoft fucked up really bad that year. I have PS4 but I use it like every 4 months so it doesn't make sense for me to buy a subscription. But when I buy a new game that features both single player and multiplayer, I'm essentially paying full price for the half of the game. Fuck that.
 

cosmicray

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And the main justification I heard was that you'd receive so much more for a PS+ subscription. Fuck that, I don't want "free" games just because I want to try a multiplayer.
 

DalekFlay

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Consoles might be in trouble if people don't take the Plus/Pass bait.

Every generation people say consoles are in trouble, but every generation they prove that wrong. Like Kem0sabe said, people will go into debt or they'll sell their old shit or whatever else. They want the hot new thing, they want the hot new games, and they want them plug and play on their big TV. They also want 4k and HDR, because there's a marketing buzz about them, and they've never cared about framerate or mouse aim for shooters or anything else. The mainstream market is what it is, and consoles will always succeed by serving it.
 

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