Xbox Future increasingly uncertain

[dany28]

The Xbox is the second top console on the market but somehow you notice that he is not really getting going anymore . What do you think he still has a future ??

 

[Tonberry]

I try not to think about it too much. I still enjoy mine a lot and I like the ecosystem, I still get an insane entertainment:value ratio from Gamepass, and I'm looking forward to the upcoming games like Clair Obscur. South of Midnight looks great too but the combat looking super repetitive was my biggest fear and all reviews seem to say that it indeed is.
I doubt they're just gonna up and quit the business. They'd do well with a solid restructuring though, but I'm not one to talk about stuff like that, I just want an efficient way to play good games.

 

[iamthemilkman]

Xbox no longer has an identity. It had an identity with the Original Xbox and Xbox 360 that was lost with the Xbox One and Series consoles. I remember that Xbox used to have events that the Xbox faithful would attend, show off their Halo and Gears of War tattoos, etc. They had an identity, a fan base, beloved franchises, etc. Now they don't really have any of that. It bums me out as someone who's liked the Xbox since 2001, but it is what it is. If they want to go third-party, just do it. Stop slow-walking it and go the Sega route.

 

[moonbits]

I think they'll transition to a 3rd party publisher and that's fine.

 

[Ikagura]

I think they'll transition to a 3rd party publisher and that's fine.

Having a "duopoly" dynamic is not really fine to me.

I know times have changed since the Nintendo/Sega console war (which wasn't much of a war anyway) but a 3-way competition will always be more beneficial.

 

[LaserMoose]

I do think that part of the issue stems from the lack of exclusivity on modern systems. Why buy an Xbox if Halo is readily available on PC? The identity crisis for the Xbox is real - the last two Microsoft systems have lacked a game or series to differentiate itself from Sony or the plumber.

But I also feel as though in previous generations with Microsoft's competitors, games would oftentimes make use of hardware exclusive to a system, which made for unique releases. The FMV craze during the PS1 era is one example of this. Some games on PS1 were just not feasible on the cartridge-based N64.

Xbox, on the other hand, has nearly always operated as a "PC in a console's body." The parity of the system with PC leaves the Microsoft systems without an identity, aside from being "the system that Halo is from."

 

[Sheepy765]

I'd be kinda bummed if it goes under, I like Xbox a lot and I would not be too happy with having to choose between Playstation and Nintendo for console gaming.

 

[LSDMemeEmulator]

Xbox no longer has an identity. It had an identity with the Original Xbox and Xbox 360 that was lost with the Xbox One and Series consoles. I remember that Xbox used to have events that the Xbox faithful would attend, show off their Halo and Gears of War tattoos, etc. They had an identity, a fan base, beloved franchises, etc. Now they don't really have any of that. It bums me out as someone who's liked the Xbox since 2001, but it is what it is. If they want to go third-party, just do it. Stop slow-walking it and go the Sega route.

Xbox's identity is running down in circles :(