The End of Xbox is Here

[Lena CE]

I appreciate that they gave us Ninja Gaiden 4 before they kicked the bucket. For every dozen mistakes they make we get something dope like that.

 

[Pseudo64]

I jut hope that my series x doesn't turn into a complete brick, and I am still allowed to play my games there for at least a decade. I think they will continue supporting the microsoft game store hopefully, so that should in theory be good for next ten or so years, including my digital library that I technically don't own. I just need to buy the backwards compatible 360 Deadly Premonition og port (which is wildly different from the director's cut on pc), Fable II, and Infinite Undiscovery and I am good for a while (maybe will buy the 360 ghost recon games as well since I heard they are a little different from the pc ports), since I have like 100 games in there, half of them I have beaten, (thankfully I never horded too many games on my series x, so I should be able to beat them in a year or two), and if they don't decide to complete shut down the microsoft store, then I can hopefully buy a game or two like Slitterhead, or FF16 that I have been wishing to play for a while, otherwise, I will wait for a powerful PC to play them.

My best case scenario currently is to hope that down the line they give the console some update which turns it into some sort of PC, and allows me to run windows and steam (pretty sure that is kind of unlikely because of whatever technical factors but a guy can hope).

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My hope is that someone steps in to fill the void. I know the the increase of streaming and subscription services that's unlikely, but IMO, there isn't a dollars and cents reasoning to why people like to open a box with an expensive electronic device inside that has a cool design, and plug that into a big tv to start playing games. It's a feeling that's evergreen, even with newer generations.

If some company popped up and made a new shiny box with some platform originals, sensible value propositions and a competitive price point, it'd blow up. Plenty of companies are in a position to do it.

Naive? Maybe. I just think it'd be cool.

Funny thing is, Xbox was the one who originally stepped forward to fill the void of Dreamcast. The OG Xbox was basically Dreamcast 2.0, since Sega exited the market and a new competitor was needed and at that time, Microsoft filled the competitor position, especially since Nintendo wasn't competing very well with them still being stuck with 64 mb cartridges for n64 and their latest console, while brilliant, looked like a fucking lunch box.

 

[Quiggling]

Silver lining: hopefully some of my local retailers may follow suit and heavily discount some Xbox stuff. Could do with a 2nd controller

They can still sell Xbox controllers full price because they are among the most common controllers used for PC gaming. tend to be sturdy and long lasting as well. Lots of third party controllers based on their design, but they still struggle with durability issues.

But yeah, RIP Xbox. I was there day one with the first one, still have my OG Xbox! (and a Duke controller on a display stand!) It was basically Dreamcast 2 in the first two years for a lot of us Sega fans.